Editorial Standards

The Readiness Directive is editorially independent. Its conclusions are not written on behalf of a client, vendor, commercial sponsor or other third party.

The author may be available for selected board-facing and advisory mandates. Any such work is kept separate from the analysis and conclusions published here.

How claims are verified

Regulatory dates, obligations and figures referenced in a dispatch or on the Readiness Tracker are checked against the most authoritative available source.

Depending on the subject, this may include:

• the Official Journal of the European Union;
• EUR-Lex;
• the European Commission;
• national legislation and official parliamentary materials;
• competent-authority publications;
• other relevant primary legal or regulatory sources.

Secondary commentary may be used for context, interpretation or comparison, but it is not treated as the primary basis for a regulatory claim where an official source is available.

Each Readiness Tracker entry shows when it was last verified. Where a date, obligation or legal position remains dependent on final adoption, publication, national implementation or further official clarification, that uncertainty is stated rather than presented as settled.

What “defensible” means here

A recurring distinction in this publication is the difference between compliance and defensibility.

Compliance shows that rules were followed.

Defensibility shows what an organisation knew, what it decided, and why.

This is an analytical governance framework. It is not a legal opinion and should not be read as legal advice for any organisation’s specific circumstances.

Corrections

If you believe something published here is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, use the Contact page and select Editorial correction.

The point raised will be reviewed against the relevant primary source. Where a correction is warranted, the affected page or dispatch will be updated and a visible correction note will explain what changed and when.

We would rather be corrected than be confidently mistaken.

Scope

The Readiness Directive covers product safety, product liability, product integrity, product governance and organisational readiness.

Its principal areas of analysis include:

• the Product Liability Directive (EU) 2024/2853;
• the General Product Safety Regulation;
• the Cyber Resilience Act;
• the AI Act;
• related national implementation;
• the organisational implications for quality, regulatory, legal, risk and board-level decision-making.

The Readiness Directive is an independent editorial publication. It is not an official publication of the European Union, a national authority or any regulatory body.

Nothing published here replaces legal, regulatory, technical or compliance advice from appropriately qualified professionals.

Publication record

Where a material correction is made, it will be recorded on the affected page.

No material corrections have been issued to date.