What is an Assigned Representative?
Within ENISA's CRA Single Reporting Platform, the Assigned Representative (AR) is the individual who submits mandatory CRA notifications on behalf of a manufacturer. The current SRP supports Primary and Secondary AR roles.
Primary versus Secondary AR
ENISA states that a manufacturer can have one Primary AR and up to 20 Secondary ARs. The Primary AR manages the manufacturer association and can invite or remove Secondary ARs after the association is validated. Both roles can submit and update notifications subject to their permissions.
What do ARs need?
ARs use their own EU Login account and must have multi-factor authentication enabled. ENISA currently advises manufacturers to initiate SRP registration when a specific notification needs to be submitted rather than registering pre-emptively.
Operational takeaway
Even if registration is event-driven, manufacturers should decide in advance who will act as Primary and backup representatives, who owns the internal escalation, and how incident facts will reach the representative quickly enough for the 24-hour stage.
Official guidance: ENISA AR User Registration · ENISA SRP FAQ