---
title: "Guidance"
url: "https://prighter.com/resources/laws/cyber-resilience-act/articles/article-26"
type: "legal-article"
date: "2025-05-21T09:56:06.859Z"
---

# Guidance

1. In order to facilitate implementation and ensure the consistency of such implementation, the Commission shall publish guidance to assist economic operators in applying this Regulation, with a particular focus on facilitating compliance by microenterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises.
2. Where it intends to provide guidance as referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall address at least the following aspects:
    - (a) the scope of this Regulation, with a particular focus on remote data processing solutions and free and open-source software;
    - (b) the application of support periods in relation to particular categories of products with digital elements;
    - (c) guidance targeted at manufacturers subject to this Regulation that are also subject to Union harmonisation legislation other than this Regulation or to other related Union legal acts;
    - (d) the concept of substantial modification.
  The Commission shall also maintain an easy-to-access list of the delegated and implementing acts adopted pursuant to this Regulation.
3. When preparing the guidance pursuant to this Article, the Commission shall consult relevant stakeholders.

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