# Radio Equipment Directive (RED) — Certification marks and hazardous-area classifications: cross-market equivalences

For Radio Equipment Directive (RED), market / system is EU; meaning is the governing framework for any radio-transmitting device placed on the EU market; governing standard / law is Directive 2014/53/EU, recorded from its source on 2026-08-11.

- **Designation:** Radio Equipment Directive (RED) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Market / system:** EU _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Meaning:** the governing framework for any radio-transmitting device placed on the EU market
- **Governing standard / law:** Directive 2014/53/EU _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Directive 2014/53/EU — the Radio Equipment Directive (RED) — which has applied since June 13, 2017

## Source

- https://blog.promise.legal/fcc-certification-ce-marking-connected-devices-hardware-startups/

Last verified: 2026-08-11. Review by: 2027-08-11.
Part of [Certification marks and hazardous-area classifications: cross-market equivalences](https://referencesource.org/certification-standards-equivalence/).