Critical Entities Resilience Directive (CER)

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Overview

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Compliance Deadlines

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Stakeholder Roles

• manufacturer - Providers of security solutions for critical entities
• importer - Entities bringing security services into the EU
• distributor - Service providers supporting critical infrastructure
• authorized_representative - EU representatives for non-EU providers
• notified_body - Bodies for resilience assessment
• market_surveillance - National competent authorities
• consumer - Recipients of essential services

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Requirement Types

• obligation - Mandatory resilience and risk assessment requirements
• prohibition - Restricted practices affecting critical infrastructure
• right - Rights of critical entities and service recipients
• procedure - Incident notification and reporting procedures
• general - General provisions and definitions

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API Usage

# Get all CER articles
curl https://api.law4devs.eu/v1/frameworks/cer/articles

# Get CER framework details
curl https://api.law4devs.eu/v1/frameworks/cer

# Get CER requirements
curl https://api.law4devs.eu/v1/frameworks/cer/requirements

# Get CER recitals
curl https://api.law4devs.eu/v1/frameworks/cer/recitals

# Python SDK
from law4devs import Law4Devs

client = Law4Devs(api_key="your-api-key")

# List all CER articles
articles = client.articles.list("cer")

# Get CER requirements by stakeholder role
requirements = client.requirements.list("cer", role="manufacturer")

# Search CER articles by tag
articles = client.articles.search("cer", query="critical infrastructure")

// TypeScript SDK
import { Law4Devs } from '@law4devs/sdk';

const client = new Law4Devs({ apiKey: 'your-api-key' });

// List all CER articles
const articles = await client.articles.list('cer');

// Get CER requirements by stakeholder role
const requirements = await client.requirements.list('cer', { role: 'manufacturer' });

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Key Topics

• Critical entity identification and designation
• Risk assessment and resilience measures
• Physical and digital security requirements
• Incident notification obligations
• Cross-border cooperation and information exchange
• Supervision and enforcement mechanisms
• Relationship with NIS2 Directive (sister legislation)