Recital 59 Determining the support period

For the purpose of ensuring the security of 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; after their placing on the marketmeans the first making available of a product with digital elements on the Union market;, manufacturersmeans a natural or legal person who develops or manufactures products with digital elements or has products with digital elements designed, developed or manufactured, and markets them under its name or trademark, whether for payment, monetisation or free of charge; should determine the support periodmeans the period during which a manufacturer is required to ensure that vulnerabilities of a product with digital elements are handled effectively and in accordance with the essential cybersecurity requirements set out in Part II of Annex I;, which should reflect the time the product 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; is expected to be in use. In determining a support periodmeans the period during which a manufacturer is required to ensure that vulnerabilities of a product with digital elements are handled effectively and in accordance with the essential cybersecurity requirements set out in Part II of Annex I;, a manufacturermeans a natural or legal person who develops or manufactures products with digital elements or has products with digital elements designed, developed or manufactured, and markets them under its name or trademark, whether for payment, monetisation or free of charge; should take into account in particular reasonable user expectations, the nature of the product, as well as relevant Union law determining the lifetime of 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;. Manufacturersmeans a natural or legal person who develops or manufactures products with digital elements or has products with digital elements designed, developed or manufactured, and markets them under its name or trademark, whether for payment, monetisation or free of charge; should also be able to take into account other relevant factors. Criteria should be applied in a manner that ensures proportionality in the determination of the support periodmeans the period during which a manufacturer is required to ensure that vulnerabilities of a product with digital elements are handled effectively and in accordance with the essential cybersecurity requirements set out in Part II of Annex I;. Upon request, a manufacturermeans a natural or legal person who develops or manufactures products with digital elements or has products with digital elements designed, developed or manufactured, and markets them under its name or trademark, whether for payment, monetisation or free of charge; should provide market surveillance authoritiesmeans a market surveillance authority as defined in Article 3, point (4), of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020; with the information that was taken into account to determine the support periodmeans the period during which a manufacturer is required to ensure that vulnerabilities of a product with digital elements are handled effectively and in accordance with the essential cybersecurity requirements set out in Part II of Annex I; of a product 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;.