Scenario: choosing your conformity route
Self-assessment or a notified body? Walk the decision the CRA forces on you, and what each path costs in time and proof.
Self-assessment or a notified body? Walk the decision the CRA forces on you, and what each path costs in time and proof.
Your product is ready. Before the CE mark goes on, the CRA makes you choose how conformity is assessed — and the choice depends on what your product is.
Where your product sits
The route that follows
As an important, class I product you have two paths — and one is far cheaper if your house is already in order.
The decision
You've applied the harmonised standards in full and can evidence it — SBOM, vulnerability handling, secure-by-default, technical file. So you self-assess, keep the evidence current, and hold the notified body in reserve for the day a product moves up a class.
The cheaper route is only open to teams who can prove they met the standards. Evidence is what turns "notified body" into "self-assessment."
Proofwright keeps that evidence audit-ready, so the cheaper route stays open.
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