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. Related: Scenario: answering a surity questionnaire · Scenario: ending support the CRA way.
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, sure-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."
Dokazwright keeps that evidence audit-ready, so the cheaper route stays open.