IrelandEuropean Union (Radio Equipment) Regulations 2026, Essential Requirements for Internet-Connected Radio Equipment
S.I. No. 14 of 2026, regs. 4(5) and 58
In force since .
A product security requirements rule binding private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Security, DPIA
As of .
What it requires
- If you make available on the Irish market, or put into service, radio equipment in a class or category covered by a Commission delegated act under Article 3(3) of the Radio Equipment Directive, make it comply with the Article 3(3)(a) to (i) essential requirements that the delegated act requires (S.I. No. 14 of 2026, regulation 4(5)).
- Make radio equipment available on the market, or put it into service, only if it complies with the Regulations, when properly installed, maintained and used in accordance with its intended purpose (regulation 4(3) and (4)).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
In the frameworks
- NIST CSF 2.0
- GV.OC-03Legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements regarding cybersecurity - including privacy and civil liberties obligations - are understood and managed
Our reading of where this law's duties sit in each framework. It never says that running a control meets the law. How we read a framework against the law
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Private right of actionNo
Criminal exposure note
Regulation 58 makes an offence under the Regulations punishable on summary conviction by a class A fine or up to 6 months in prison, and on indictment by a fine of up to 500,000 euro or up to 2 years in prison.
Penalty structure
Regulation 58 sets a fine of up to 500,000 euro on conviction on indictment, alongside up to 2 years in prison; on summary conviction the fine is a class A fine.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- Currency
- EUR
- Fixed cap
- 500,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
The Commission for Communications Regulation, designated as the competent authority by regulation 9.
Settledness
- As of
What this law does
Radio equipment in a class or category specified by a Commission delegated act under Article 44 of the Radio Equipment Directive, for the purposes of Article 3(3), must comply with the essential requirements in Article 3(3)(a) to (i) that the delegated act requires, while it is in force (regulation 4(5)). A person may make radio equipment available on the market, or put it into service, only if it complies with the Regulations (regulation 4(3) and (4)).
The Commission for Communications Regulation is designated as the competent authority (regulation 9). A person who commits an offence under the Regulations is liable on summary conviction to a class A fine or imprisonment for up to 6 months or both, and on conviction on indictment to a fine of up to 500,000 euro or imprisonment for up to 2 years or both (regulation 58). The Regulations were made on (the closing formula) and revoke the Regulations of 2017 (regulation 61).
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app distributes a software product.