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We cannot say we did not expect this: For decades, hardware has been sold across markets with varying standards and controls. It was about time that the whole EU market unifies under one cohesive block, increasing expectations and quality standards as well as conformity across suppliers to safeguard users safety.

With that simple sentence arise a lot of implications. If you fall under any one of the following points, you are liable for the security of the solution that users can buy on the market.

Software

• You create components (libraries, frameworks, SDKs, drivers, etc)
• You ship (Apps, Web Apps, Mobile Apps, Desktop, Cloud Hosted)
• You distribute to a community / market
• You resell to a community / market
• You sell white labeled apps

Hardware

• You create products
• You sell hardware with third party software
• You distribute products to a community / market
• You resell products to a community / market