Recital 80 Timely development of harmonised standards

The timely development of harmonised standardsmeans a harmonised standard as defined in Article 2, point (1)(c), of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012; during the transitional period for the application of this Regulation and their availability before the date of application of this Regulation will be particularly important for its effective implementation. This is, in particular, the case for important 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; that fall under class I. The availability of harmonised standardsmeans a harmonised standard as defined in Article 2, point (1)(c), of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012; will enable 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; of such products to perform the conformity assessmentsmeans the process of verifying whether the essential cybersecurity requirements set out in Annex I have been fulfilled; via the internal control procedure and can therefore avoid bottlenecks and delays in the activities of conformity assessment bodiesmeans a conformity assessment body as defined in Article 2, point (13), of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;.