You mean "particular descriptions" like "is a vehicle", "contains radio transmitter", "stores personally identifiable information"...? We he regulatory requirem

You mean "particular descriptions" like "is a vehicle", "contains radio transmitter", "stores personally identifiable information"...? We he regulatory requirements for all sorts of products for all sorts of reasons. Any specific example can of course be debated about, but the concept of "to demand from other people's products, simply by dint of their products fitting a particular description" is anything but the crazy unprecedented idea you seem to be implying it is.