Recital 29 Exemptions for spare parts

In order to ensure that products with digital elementsmeans a software or hardware product and its remote data processing solutions, including software or hardware components being placed on the market separately; made available on the market can be repaired effectively and their durability extended, an exemption should be provided for spare parts. That exemption should cover both spare parts that have the purpose of repairing legacy products made available before the date of application of this Regulation and spare parts that have already undergone a conformity assessmentmeans the process of verifying whether the essential cybersecurity requirements set out in Annex I have been fulfilled; procedure pursuant to this Regulation.