Annex III Important products with digital elements

Class I

  1. Identity  management systems and privileged access management software and hardware, including authentication and access control readers, including biometric readers
  2. Standalone and embedded browsers
  3. Password managers
  4. Software that searches for, removes, or quarantines malicious software
  5. Products with digital elements with the function of virtual private network (VPN)
  6. Network management systems
  7. Security information and event management (SIEM) systems
  8. Boot managers
  9. Public key infrastructure and digital certificate issuance software
  10. Physical and virtual network interfaces
  11. Operating systems
  12. Routers, modems intended for the connection to the internet, and switches
  13. Microprocessors with security-related functionalities
  14. Microcontrollers with security-related functionalities
  15. Application specific integrated circuits (ASIC) and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) with security-related functionalities
  16. Smart home general purpose virtual assistants
  17. Smart home products with security functionalities, including smart door locks, security cameras, baby monitoring systems and alarm systems
  18. Internet connected toys covered by Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council1 that have social interactive features (e.g. speaking or filming) or that have location tracking features
  19. Personal wearable products to be worn or placed on a human body that have a health monitoring (such as tracking) purpose and to which Regulation (EU) 2017/745 or (EU) No 2017/746 do not apply, or personal wearable products that are intended for the use by and for children

Class II

  1. Hypervisors and container runtime systems that support virtualised execution of operating systems and similar environments
  2. Firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems
  3. Tamper-resistant microprocessors
  4. Tamper-resistant microcontrollers
  1. Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on common rules for the internal market for electricity and amending Directive 2012/27/EU (OJ L 158, 14.6.2019, p. 125). ↩︎
Relevant Recitals

Recital 43, Recital 44, Recital 45