Harmonised standards
This page covers how to declare harmonised and other referenced standards against your product in CRA Evidence.
Info: For the regulatory background (presumption of conformity, which standards apply, how standards relate to conformity assessment, and what to do when no standard covers your product), see Conformity assessment on the CRA compliance hub.
Full vs partial conformity
When you declare a standard, you specify whether your product's conformity is full or partial:
- Full: your product meets every requirement in the standard.
- Partial: your product meets some requirements but not all. You must provide a deviation justification explaining which clauses are not met and why. The uncovered requirements need to be addressed through other evidence in your technical file.
Declaring standards in CRA Evidence
Standards are managed at the product level and inherited by all versions automatically.
- Go to your product page
- Open Compliance Documents
- Find Harmonised Standards (Annex VII, section 5)
- Click Add Standards
- Enter the standard reference (e.g. EN 18031-1), a title, and the conformity level
- For partial conformity, add the deviation justification
Standards you declare here will be included in your EU declaration of conformity and technical documentation exports.
Info: If a specific version needs different standards than the product default, you can override them at the version level.
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