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title: "GPSR — General Product Safety Regulation"
description: "The General Product Safety Regulation requires every consumer product on the EU market to be safe and sets duties for manufacturers, importers, distributors, authorised representatives, fulfilment providers and online marketplaces. It has applied since 13 December 2024, replacing Directive 2001/95/EC; the emergency procedures added by Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 apply from 29 May 2026."
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reference: "Regulation (EU) 2023/988"
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# GPSR — General Product Safety Regulation

The General Product Safety Regulation requires every consumer product on the EU market to be safe and sets duties for manufacturers, importers, distributors, authorised representatives, fulfilment providers and online marketplaces. It has applied since 13 December 2024, replacing Directive 2001/95/EC; the emergency procedures added by Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 apply from 29 May 2026.

## Key facts

- **Official title:** Regulation (EU) 2023/988 on general product safety
- **Reference:** Regulation (EU) 2023/988
- **CELEX:** 32023R0988
- **Act type:** Regulation
- **In force:** 2023-06-12
- **Applies from:** 2024-12-13
- **Enforced by:** National market surveillance authorities (in Denmark, Erhvervsstyrelsen through its Markedsovervågning department, formerly Sikkerhedsstyrelsen) enforce the regulation with the powers of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, including document requests, inspections, orders to withdraw or recall, bans on making a product available and takedown orders to online marketplaces, backed by penalties set by each Member State that must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
- **Category:** CE / Product Safety

## Who it applies to

**Covered by the act:** Any item intended for consumers, or likely under reasonably foreseeable conditions to be used by consumers even if not intended for them, supplied with or without payment, including in the context of a service; Products placed or made available on the EU market for which no specific Union safety law exists; Products covered by specific Union safety law, for the risks that law does not cover; New, used, repaired and reconditioned products; Products offered online or by other distance sales when the offer is targeted at consumers in the Union

**Derived and downstream products:** Products intended for professional use that are likely, under reasonably foreseeable conditions, to be used by consumers even if not intended for them (Art. 3(1)); Items supplied or made available in the context of a service, whether or not interconnected to other items (Art. 3(1)); Products covered by Union harmonisation legislation, for the risks that legislation does not cover, with the Article 2(1) carve-outs from Chapters II, IIa, III Section 1, V, VII and IX to XI (Art. 2(1)); Products offered online or by other distance sales that are targeted at consumers in the Union, which are deemed made available on the market (Art. 4); Products substantially modified by physical or digital means where the modification has an impact on safety, was not foreseen in the initial risk assessment, changes or creates a hazard or increases the risk, and was not made by consumers for their own use; the modifier is deemed the manufacturer (Art. 13(2) and 13(3))

**Roles under the act:**

- **Manufacturer (including brand owners)** — Any natural or legal person who manufactures a product or has a product designed or manufactured, and markets it under that person's name or trademark; anyone placing a product on the market under their own name or trademark, or substantially modifying it, is deemed a manufacturer.
- **Importer** — Any natural or legal person established within the Union who places a product from a third country on the Union market.
- **Distributor (wholesaler or retailer)** — Any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes a product available on the market.
- **Authorised representative** — Any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on the manufacturer's behalf for specified tasks under the regulation.
- **Fulfilment service provider** — Any natural or legal person offering, in the course of commercial activity, at least two of warehousing, packaging, addressing and dispatching without owning the products, excluding postal, parcel delivery and freight transport services.
- **Provider of an online marketplace** — A provider of an intermediary service using an online interface which allows consumers to conclude distance contracts with traders for the sale of products.

## Key dates

- 2023-05-10: Regulation (EU) 2023/988 adopted by the European Parliament and the Council in Strasbourg
- 2023-06-12: Entry into force, the twentieth day after publication in OJ L 135 of 23 May 2023
- 2024-12-13: The regulation applies; Directives 2001/95/EC and 87/357/EEC are repealed with effect from this date
- 2024-12-13: Deadline for Member States to notify the Commission of their penalty rules; Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/3173 on the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System applies from the same day
- 2026-05-29: Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 applies: new Chapter IIa on emergency procedures for crisis-relevant goods

## What you must do

### Manufacturer (including brand owners)

- Place on the market only products designed and manufactured in accordance with the general safety requirement.
- Before placing a product on the market, carry out an internal risk analysis and draw up technical documentation with at least a general description of the product and its safety-relevant characteristics; where risks warrant it, add the risk analysis, the solutions adopted and the standards or other elements applied.
- Keep the technical documentation up to date and at the disposal of market surveillance authorities for 10 years after the product was placed on the market, and keep procedures in place so series production stays in conformity.
- Keep the technical documentation up to date and at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years after the product was placed on the market.
- Keep procedures in place so that series production stays in conformity with the general safety requirement.
- Mark the product with a type, batch or serial number or other identifier that is easily visible and legible for consumers, and with your name, registered trade name or trade mark, postal and electronic address and, where different, the single contact point; if the product does not allow it, put the information on the packaging or in an accompanying document.
- Supply clear instructions and safety information in a language easily understood by consumers, as determined by the Member State where the product is made available, unless the product can be used safely and as intended without them.
- If you consider or have reason to believe a product you placed on the market is dangerous, immediately take corrective measures including withdrawal or recall, inform consumers and notify the market surveillance authorities of every Member State concerned through the Safety Business Gateway, giving details of the risk, the measures taken and, if available, the quantity still on the market.
- Keep other economic operators, responsible persons and online marketplaces in your supply chain informed in a timely manner of any safety issue you identify.
- Make public, accessible complaint channels available (telephone, electronic address or website section), investigate complaints and accident information, and keep an internal register of complaints, recalls and corrective measures; personal data in the register may be kept no longer than five years.
- Notify through the Safety Business Gateway, without undue delay after learning of it, any accident caused by the product that resulted in death or serious adverse effects on health and safety, to the competent authorities of the Member State where it occurred, with the product type, identification number and circumstances.
- When selling online or at a distance, show in the offer the manufacturer's name and postal and electronic address, the responsible person's details if the manufacturer is outside the EU, product identification including a picture and type, and any warnings or safety information in the language determined by the Member State.
- In a recall, notify affected consumers directly, use a recall notice headed Product safety recall with the prescribed content, and offer at least two of repair, replacement or a refund of at least the price paid, free of charge and without significant inconvenience.
- If established outside the EU, do not place products on the market without an economic operator established in the Union responsible for the product; the responsible person's name and contact details must appear on the product, packaging, parcel or an accompanying document.
- If you are established outside the EU, do not place products on the market unless an economic operator established in the Union is responsible for them.
- Make sure the responsible person's name and contact details appear on the product, its packaging, the parcel or an accompanying document.
- Cooperate with market surveillance authorities and be able to provide the risk description, complaints, accidents and corrective measures for 10 years, and supply-chain traceability (who supplied you, whom you supplied) for six years.

### Importer

- Before placing a product on the market, ensure it complies with the general safety requirement and that the manufacturer has drawn up technical documentation and applied the identification and address markings; do not place a non-conforming product on the market, and if it is dangerous inform the manufacturer and the authorities through the Safety Business Gateway.
- Add your name, registered trade name or trade mark, postal and electronic address and, where different, the single contact point on the product, its packaging or an accompanying document, without obscuring the manufacturer's information.
- Ensure the product is accompanied by clear instructions and safety information in the language determined by the Member State where it is made available.
- Keep storage and transport conditions from jeopardising conformity, and keep a copy of the technical documentation at the disposal of the authorities for 10 years after placing the product on the market.
- While a product is under your responsibility, keep storage and transport conditions from jeopardising its conformity with the general safety requirement and the marking and instruction requirements.
- Keep a copy of the technical documentation at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years after placing the product on the market.
- If you consider or have reason to believe a product you placed on the market is dangerous, immediately inform the manufacturer, ensure corrective measures including withdrawal or recall are taken (or take them yourself), inform consumers and notify the authorities of the Member States concerned through the Safety Business Gateway.
- Verify that the manufacturer's complaint channels are publicly available and provide them yourself if not; investigate complaints and accident information, record them in the register, and keep the manufacturer, distributors, fulfilment service providers and marketplaces informed of the investigation and its results.
- Inform the manufacturer without undue delay of any accident you learn of that was caused by a product you placed on the market, and make the Safety Business Gateway notification yourself if the manufacturer instructs you to.
- Where the manufacturer is not established in the Union, act as the responsible person: regularly check that the product matches its technical documentation and carries the required markings and instructions, keep documented evidence of those checks for the authorities, and show your name and contact details on the product, packaging, parcel or an accompanying document.
- When selling online or at a distance, show the Article 19 information in the offer, and cooperate with the authorities with 10-year risk records and six-year traceability records.
- When offering a product online or at a distance, show in the offer the manufacturer's name and address, the importer's or responsible person's name and address where the manufacturer is outside the Union, the product's identification and any warning or safety information (Art. 19).
- Cooperate with the market surveillance authorities on reasoned request: keep the records of the product's risks and corrective actions for 10 years and the traceability records of your suppliers and customers for six years, and provide them in a language the authority can easily understand (Art. 15).

### Distributor (wholesaler or retailer)

- Before making a product available, verify that the manufacturer and, where applicable, the importer have applied the identification, name and address markings and supplied instructions and safety information.
- Keep storage and transport conditions from jeopardising the product's conformity with the general safety requirement and the marking and instruction requirements.
- Do not make a product available if you consider or have reason to believe it is not in conformity with the general safety requirement or the marking and instruction requirements, until it has been brought into conformity.
- If a product you made available is dangerous or non-conforming, immediately inform the manufacturer or importer, ensure corrective measures including withdrawal or recall are taken, and ensure the authorities of the Member States concerned are immediately informed through the Safety Business Gateway with details of the risk, the number of products and the measures taken.
- Inform the manufacturer without undue delay of any accident you learn of that was caused by a product you made available, and make the notification yourself if the manufacturer instructs you to.
- When selling online or at a distance, show in the offer the manufacturer's name and addresses, the responsible person's details for non-EU manufacturers, product identification with a picture, and warnings and safety information in the required language.
- Cooperate with market surveillance authorities and be able to identify who supplied you and whom you supplied for six years, and the risk, complaint and corrective-measure information for 10 years.

### Authorised representative

- Act under a written mandate from the manufacturer and provide a copy of it to market surveillance authorities on request.
- On an authority's reasoned request, provide all information and documentation needed to demonstrate the product's safety in an official language that authority understands.
- Inform the manufacturer when you consider or have reason to believe a product is dangerous, and notify the competent national authorities through the Safety Business Gateway of any action taken to eliminate the risks where the manufacturer has not already done so.
- Cooperate with the competent national authorities, at their request, on any action taken to eliminate the risks posed by the products covered by the mandate.
- Where mandated, serve as the responsible person for a non-EU manufacturer: regularly check the product against its technical documentation and the marking and instruction requirements, keep documented evidence of the checks, and appear with name and contact details on the product, packaging, parcel or an accompanying document.

### Fulfilment service provider

- As an economic operator, place or make available on the market only safe products and keep internal processes for product safety in place.
- Cooperate with market surveillance authorities: on request, describe the risk, complaints, accidents and corrective measures, and identify who supplied you and whom you supplied; keep that information available for 10 and six years respectively.
- If established in the Union and no manufacturer, importer or authorised representative in the Union exists for the products you handle, you are the responsible person for them: check technical documentation and markings regularly, keep evidence of the checks, inform the authorities of risks, cooperate on corrective action and show your name and contact details with the product.
- If you are established in the Union and no manufacturer, importer or authorised representative in the Union exists for the products you handle, you are the responsible person for them.
- As the responsible person, regularly check the product against its technical documentation and the marking and instruction requirements, keep evidence of the checks, inform the authorities of risks, cooperate on corrective action and show your name and contact details with the product.

### Provider of an online marketplace

- Designate a single point of contact for direct electronic communication with market surveillance authorities on product safety, register with the Safety Gate Portal and publish the contact point there.
- Designate a single point of contact enabling consumers to communicate directly and rapidly with you on product safety issues, and keep internal processes for product safety in place.
- Designate a single point of contact enabling consumers to communicate directly and rapidly with you on product safety issues.
- Keep internal processes for product safety in place that let you comply with the regulation's requirements for online marketplaces.
- Act on an authority's order to remove a dangerous-product listing, disable access to it or display an explicit warning without undue delay and in any event within two working days, and report the effect given to the issuing authority.
- Process product safety notices received under Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 without undue delay and in any event within three working days.
- Use the Safety Gate Portal notifications for voluntary detection and removal of dangerous-product offers, and rely on it at least for the Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 checks against official databases.
- Design the online interface so traders can provide, and consumers see on the listing, the manufacturer's name and addresses, the responsible person for non-EU manufacturers, product identification with a picture and type, and any warnings or safety information; enable traders to self-certify that they offer only compliant products.
- Suspend, after a prior warning and for a reasonable period, traders that frequently offer products which do not comply with the regulation.
- Cooperate on recalls and dangerous products: notify affected buyers directly of recalls and safety warnings, publish recall information on the interface, inform the trader of removed listings, notify through the Safety Business Gateway dangerous products and any accident you are informed of that resulted in a serious risk or actual damage to a consumer's health or safety, give authorities' tools access to the interface and allow data scraping for product safety on reasoned request.
- Notify affected buyers directly of recalls and safety warnings for products bought through your marketplace, publish the recall information on your interface and inform the trader concerned when you remove a listing.
- Notify through the Safety Business Gateway the dangerous products offered on your marketplace that you become aware of, and any accident you are informed of that resulted in a serious risk or actual damage to a consumer's health or safety.
- On a reasoned request, cooperate with the market surveillance authorities by giving their tools access to your interface and allowing data scraping for product safety purposes.

## Requirements

Each duty above as an identified requirement (53); ids are permanent and shared with the compliance engine.

### evidence

- `gpsr-mfr-place-market-products` (Manufacturer (including brand owners), product, before-market) — Place on the market only products designed and manufactured in accordance with the general safety requirement. [Art. 5 and Art. 9(1)]
- `gpsr-mfr-supply-clear-instructions` (Manufacturer (including brand owners), product-market, before-market) — Supply clear instructions and safety information in a language easily understood by consumers, as determined by the Member State where the product is made available, unless the product can be used safely and as intended without them. [Art. 9(7)]
- `gpsr-mfr-keep-other-economic` (Manufacturer (including brand owners), product, on-event) — Keep other economic operators, responsible persons and online marketplaces in your supply chain informed in a timely manner of any safety issue you identify. [Art. 9(10)]
- `gpsr-mfr-notify-affected-consumers` (Manufacturer (including brand owners), product, on-event) — In a recall, notify affected consumers directly, use a recall notice headed Product safety recall with the prescribed content, and offer at least two of repair, replacement or a refund of at least the price paid, free of charge and without significant inconvenience. [Art. 35, Art. 36 and Art. 37]
- `gpsr-imp-inform-manufacturer-undue` (Importer, product, on-event) — Inform the manufacturer without undue delay of any accident you learn of that was caused by a product you placed on the market, and make the Safety Business Gateway notification yourself if the manufacturer instructs you to. [Art. 20(3)]
- `gpsr-dist-inform-manufacturer-undue` (Distributor (wholesaler or retailer), product, on-event) — Inform the manufacturer without undue delay of any accident you learn of that was caused by a product you made available, and make the notification yourself if the manufacturer instructs you to. [Art. 20(3)]
- `gpsr-oth-act-written-mandate` (Authorised representative, company, before-market) — Act under a written mandate from the manufacturer and provide a copy of it to market surveillance authorities on request. [Art. 10(1) and Art. 10(2)]
- `gpsr-omp-act-authoritys-order` (Provider of an online marketplace, product-market, on-event) — Act on an authority's order to remove a dangerous-product listing, disable access to it or display an explicit warning without undue delay and in any event within two working days, and report the effect given to the issuing authority. [Art. 22(4)]
- `gpsr-omp-notify-buyers-recalls` (Provider of an online marketplace, product-market, on-event) — Notify affected buyers directly of recalls and safety warnings for products bought through your marketplace, publish the recall information on your interface and inform the trader concerned when you remove a listing. [Art. 22(12)]

### data

- `gpsr-mfr-show-offer-manufacturers` (Manufacturer (including brand owners), product-market, at-listing) — When selling online or at a distance, show in the offer the manufacturer's name and postal and electronic address, the responsible person's details if the manufacturer is outside the EU, product identification including a picture and type, and any warnings or safety information in the language determined by the Member State. [Art. 19]
- `gpsr-imp-show-offer-information` (Importer, product-market, at-listing) — When offering a product online or at a distance, show in the offer the manufacturer's name and address, the importer's or responsible person's name and address where the manufacturer is outside the Union, the product's identification and any warning or safety information (Art. 19). [Art. 19]
- `gpsr-dist-show-offer-manufacturers` (Distributor (wholesaler or retailer), product-market, at-listing) — When selling online or at a distance, show in the offer the manufacturer's name and addresses, the responsible person's details for non-EU manufacturers, product identification with a picture, and warnings and safety information in the required language. [Art. 19]

### mark

- `gpsr-mfr-mark-product-type` (Manufacturer (including brand owners), product, before-market) — Mark the product with a type, batch or serial number or other identifier that is easily visible and legible for consumers, and with your name, registered trade name or trade mark, postal and electronic address and, where different, the single contact point; if the product does not allow it, put the information on the packaging or in an accompanying document. [Art. 9(5) and Art. 9(6)]
- `gpsr-mfr-show-responsible-person` (Manufacturer (including brand owners), product, before-market) — Make sure the responsible person's name and contact details appear on the product, its packaging, the parcel or an accompanying document. [Art. 16(3)]
- `gpsr-imp-add-name-registered` (Importer, product, before-market) — Add your name, registered trade name or trade mark, postal and electronic address and, where different, the single contact point on the product, its packaging or an accompanying document, without obscuring the manufacturer's information. [Art. 11(3)]

### decision

- `gpsr-mfr-ensure-eu-responsible-person` (Manufacturer (including brand owners), company, before-market) — If you are established outside the EU, do not place products on the market unless an economic operator established in the Union is responsible for them. [Art. 16(1)]
- `gpsr-dist-make-product-available` (Distributor (wholesaler or retailer), product, on-event) — Do not make a product available if you consider or have reason to believe it is not in conformity with the general safety requirement or the marking and instruction requirements, until it has been brought into conformity. [Art. 12(3)]
- `gpsr-omp-suspend-prior-warning` (Provider of an online marketplace, company, on-event) — Suspend, after a prior warning and for a reasonable period, traders that frequently offer products which do not comply with the regulation. [Art. 22(11)]

### procedure

- `gpsr-mfr-carry-out-internal` (Manufacturer (including brand owners), product, before-market) — Before placing a product on the market, carry out an internal risk analysis and draw up technical documentation with at least a general description of the product and its safety-relevant characteristics; where risks warrant it, add the risk analysis, the solutions adopted and the standards or other elements applied. [Art. 9(2)]
- `gpsr-omp-process-product-safety` (Provider of an online marketplace, company, on-event) — Process product safety notices received under Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 without undue delay and in any event within three working days. [Art. 22(8)]

### submission

- `gpsr-mfr-immediately-take-corrective` (Manufacturer (including brand owners), product, on-event) — If you consider or have reason to believe a product you placed on the market is dangerous, immediately take corrective measures including withdrawal or recall, inform consumers and notify the market surveillance authorities of every Member State concerned through the Safety Business Gateway, giving details of the risk, the measures taken and, if available, the quantity still on the market. [Art. 9(8)]
- `gpsr-mfr-notify-through-safety` (Manufacturer (including brand owners), product-market, on-event) — Notify through the Safety Business Gateway, without undue delay after learning of it, any accident caused by the product that resulted in death or serious adverse effects on health and safety, to the competent authorities of the Member State where it occurred, with the product type, identification number and circumstances. [Art. 20(1) and Art. 20(2)]
- `gpsr-imp-immediately-inform-manufacturer` (Importer, product, on-event) — If you consider or have reason to believe a product you placed on the market is dangerous, immediately inform the manufacturer, ensure corrective measures including withdrawal or recall are taken (or take them yourself), inform consumers and notify the authorities of the Member States concerned through the Safety Business Gateway. [Art. 11(8)]
- `gpsr-dist-immediately-inform-manufacturer` (Distributor (wholesaler or retailer), product, on-event) — If a product you made available is dangerous or non-conforming, immediately inform the manufacturer or importer, ensure corrective measures including withdrawal or recall are taken, and ensure the authorities of the Member States concerned are immediately informed through the Safety Business Gateway with details of the risk, the number of products and the measures taken. [Art. 12(4)]
- `gpsr-oth-inform-manufacturer-consider` (Authorised representative, product, on-event) — Inform the manufacturer when you consider or have reason to believe a product is dangerous, and notify the competent national authorities through the Safety Business Gateway of any action taken to eliminate the risks where the manufacturer has not already done so. [Art. 10(2)(b) and Art. 10(2)(c)]
- `gpsr-omp-designate-single-point` (Provider of an online marketplace, company, before-market) — Designate a single point of contact for direct electronic communication with market surveillance authorities on product safety, register with the Safety Gate Portal and publish the contact point there. [Art. 22(1)]
- `gpsr-omp-notify-dangerous-products` (Provider of an online marketplace, product, on-event) — Notify through the Safety Business Gateway the dangerous products offered on your marketplace that you become aware of, and any accident you are informed of that resulted in a serious risk or actual damage to a consumer's health or safety. [Art. 22(12)]

### verification

- `gpsr-imp-ensure-complies-general` (Importer, product, before-market) — Before placing a product on the market, ensure it complies with the general safety requirement and that the manufacturer has drawn up technical documentation and applied the identification and address markings; do not place a non-conforming product on the market, and if it is dangerous inform the manufacturer and the authorities through the Safety Business Gateway. [Art. 11(1) and Art. 11(2)]
- `gpsr-imp-ensure-product-accompanied` (Importer, product-market, before-market) — Ensure the product is accompanied by clear instructions and safety information in the language determined by the Member State where it is made available. [Art. 11(4)]
- `gpsr-imp-verify-manufacturers-complaint` (Importer, product, before-market) — Verify that the manufacturer's complaint channels are publicly available and provide them yourself if not; investigate complaints and accident information, record them in the register, and keep the manufacturer, distributors, fulfilment service providers and marketplaces informed of the investigation and its results. [Art. 11(9) and Art. 11(10)]
- `gpsr-imp-act-responsible-person` (Importer, product, ongoing) — Where the manufacturer is not established in the Union, act as the responsible person: regularly check that the product matches its technical documentation and carries the required markings and instructions, keep documented evidence of those checks for the authorities, and show your name and contact details on the product, packaging, parcel or an accompanying document. [Art. 16]
- `gpsr-dist-verify-manufacturer-applicable` (Distributor (wholesaler or retailer), product, before-market) — Before making a product available, verify that the manufacturer and, where applicable, the importer have applied the identification, name and address markings and supplied instructions and safety information. [Art. 12(1)]
- `gpsr-oth-serve-responsible-person` (Authorised representative, product, ongoing) — Where mandated, serve as the responsible person for a non-EU manufacturer: regularly check the product against its technical documentation and the marking and instruction requirements, keep documented evidence of the checks, and appear with name and contact details on the product, packaging, parcel or an accompanying document. [Art. 16]
- `gpsr-ffp-serve-responsible-person` (Fulfilment service provider, product, ongoing) — As the responsible person, regularly check the product against its technical documentation and the marking and instruction requirements, keep evidence of the checks, inform the authorities of risks, cooperate on corrective action and show your name and contact details with the product. [Art. 4(3); https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32023R0988 · Art. 16(2) and Art. 16(3)]

### standing

- `gpsr-mfr-keep-documentation-years` (Manufacturer (including brand owners), product, ongoing) — Keep the technical documentation up to date and at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years after the product was placed on the market. [Art. 9(3)]
- `gpsr-mfr-series-conformity-procedures` (Manufacturer (including brand owners), company, ongoing) — Keep procedures in place so that series production stays in conformity with the general safety requirement. [Art. 9(4)]
- `gpsr-mfr-make-public-accessible` (Manufacturer (including brand owners), company, ongoing) — Make public, accessible complaint channels available (telephone, electronic address or website section), investigate complaints and accident information, and keep an internal register of complaints, recalls and corrective measures; personal data in the register may be kept no longer than five years. [Art. 9(11), Art. 9(12) and Art. 9(13)]
- `gpsr-mfr-cooperate-market-surveillance` (Manufacturer (including brand owners), company, ongoing) — Cooperate with market surveillance authorities and be able to provide the risk description, complaints, accidents and corrective measures for 10 years, and supply-chain traceability (who supplied you, whom you supplied) for six years. [Art. 15]
- `gpsr-imp-ensure-storage-transport` (Importer, company, ongoing) — While a product is under your responsibility, keep storage and transport conditions from jeopardising its conformity with the general safety requirement and the marking and instruction requirements. [Art. 11(5)]
- `gpsr-imp-keep-documentation-copy` (Importer, product, ongoing) — Keep a copy of the technical documentation at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years after placing the product on the market. [Art. 11(6)]
- `gpsr-imp-cooperate-authorities-records` (Importer, company, ongoing) — Cooperate with the market surveillance authorities on reasoned request: keep the records of the product's risks and corrective actions for 10 years and the traceability records of your suppliers and customers for six years, and provide them in a language the authority can easily understand (Art. 15). [Art. 15]
- `gpsr-dist-keep-storage-transport` (Distributor (wholesaler or retailer), company, ongoing) — Keep storage and transport conditions from jeopardising the product's conformity with the general safety requirement and the marking and instruction requirements. [Art. 12(2)]
- `gpsr-dist-cooperate-market-surveillance` (Distributor (wholesaler or retailer), company, ongoing) — Cooperate with market surveillance authorities and be able to identify who supplied you and whom you supplied for six years, and the risk, complaint and corrective-measure information for 10 years. [Art. 15]
- `gpsr-oth-provide-information-documentation` (Authorised representative, company, ongoing) — On an authority's reasoned request, provide all information and documentation needed to demonstrate the product's safety in an official language that authority understands. [Art. 10(2)(a)]
- `gpsr-oth-cooperate-competent-national` (Authorised representative, company, ongoing) — Cooperate with the competent national authorities, at their request, on any action taken to eliminate the risks posed by the products covered by the mandate. [Art. 10(2)(d)]
- `gpsr-ffp-economic-operator-place` (Fulfilment service provider, company, ongoing) — As an economic operator, place or make available on the market only safe products and keep internal processes for product safety in place. [Art. 3(13), Art. 5 and Art. 14]
- `gpsr-ffp-cooperate-market-surveillance` (Fulfilment service provider, company, ongoing) — Cooperate with market surveillance authorities: on request, describe the risk, complaints, accidents and corrective measures, and identify who supplied you and whom you supplied; keep that information available for 10 and six years respectively. [Art. 15]
- `gpsr-omp-designate-consumer-contact` (Provider of an online marketplace, company, ongoing) — Designate a single point of contact enabling consumers to communicate directly and rapidly with you on product safety issues. [Art. 22(2)]
- `gpsr-omp-keep-internal-safety-processes` (Provider of an online marketplace, company, ongoing) — Keep internal processes for product safety in place that let you comply with the regulation's requirements for online marketplaces. [Art. 22(3)]
- `gpsr-omp-use-safety-gate` (Provider of an online marketplace, company, ongoing) — Use the Safety Gate Portal notifications for voluntary detection and removal of dangerous-product offers, and rely on it at least for the Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 checks against official databases. [Art. 22(6) and Art. 22(7)]
- `gpsr-omp-design-online-interface` (Provider of an online marketplace, company, ongoing) — Design the online interface so traders can provide, and consumers see on the listing, the manufacturer's name and addresses, the responsible person for non-EU manufacturers, product identification with a picture and type, and any warnings or safety information; enable traders to self-certify that they offer only compliant products. [Art. 22(9) and Art. 22(10)]
- `gpsr-omp-give-authorities-access` (Provider of an online marketplace, company, ongoing) — On a reasoned request, cooperate with the market surveillance authorities by giving their tools access to your interface and allowing data scraping for product safety purposes. [Art. 22(12)]

## Penalties

Member States lay down the rules on penalties for infringements by economic operators and online marketplaces; the penalties must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive, and the rules had to be notified to the Commission by 13 December 2024. Market surveillance authorities apply the powers of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, which include requiring documents and supply-chain information, unannounced inspections, ordering corrective action, prohibiting or restricting the making available of a product, ordering withdrawal or recall, taking samples under a cover identity, and, where no other effective means are available to eliminate a serious risk, requiring the removal of content referring to the product from an online interface or the explicit display of a warning to end users, and, if that is not complied with, requiring information society service providers to restrict access to the online interface; under GPSR they can also order providers of online marketplaces to remove content referring to an offer of a dangerous product, disable access to it or display an explicit warning, to be executed within two working days. In Denmark, Erhvervsstyrelsen (Markedsovervågning, formerly Sikkerhedsstyrelsen) has been the market surveillance authority for general product safety since January 2026.

## Checklist

1. Sort every product into GPSR-only, harmonised-plus-GPSR or excluded using Article 2, and record the decision.
2. Decide your role for each product, remembering that selling under your own brand or substantially modifying a product makes you the manufacturer (Article 13).
3. Carry out the internal risk analysis and draw up the technical documentation before placing the product on the market; plan to keep it for 10 years (Article 9(2) and (3)).
4. Mark each product, or its packaging or accompanying document, with a type, batch or serial number and the manufacturer's and importer's name, postal and electronic address (Articles 9(5), 9(6) and 11(3)).
5. Provide instructions and safety information in the language each Member State requires (Articles 9(7) and 11(4)).
6. Appoint and label an EU responsible person for every product whose manufacturer is outside the Union (Article 16).
7. Update every online and distance-sales listing with the manufacturer, responsible person, product identification with a picture, and warnings (Article 19).
8. Open public complaint channels, investigate complaints and keep the internal register of complaints, recalls and corrective measures (Article 9(11) to (13)).
9. Set up a procedure to notify dangerous products and serious accidents through the Safety Business Gateway without undue delay (Articles 9(8), 11(8), 12(4) and 20).
10. Prepare a recall procedure with the Article 36 notice content and at least two of repair, replacement or refund (Article 37); if you run a marketplace, register on the Safety Gate Portal (Article 22(1)).

## Questions

### When did GPSR start to apply?

Regulation (EU) 2023/988 entered into force on 12 June 2023, the twentieth day after its publication in the Official Journal on 23 May 2023, and applies from 13 December 2024. From that date Directives 2001/95/EC and 87/357/EEC are repealed, but Member States may not impede products that conform to Directive 2001/95/EC and were placed on the market before 13 December 2024.

### Does GPSR apply to CE-marked products that already have their own EU legislation?

Partly. Where Union law sets specific safety requirements, GPSR applies only to the aspects and risks those requirements do not cover. For products under Union harmonisation legislation, Chapter II does not apply to the risks that legislation covers, and Chapter IIa, Chapter III Section 1, Chapters V and VII and Chapters IX to XI do not apply at all, while the rules on distance sales, accident reporting, online marketplaces and recalls still do.

### Are second-hand, repaired or refurbished products covered?

Yes. The regulation applies to products placed or made available on the market whether new, used, repaired or reconditioned. Only products that are to be repaired or reconditioned before use, and are clearly marked as such, fall outside it; antiques are also excluded.

### Do I need a responsible person in the EU?

A product covered by the regulation may not be placed on the market unless an economic operator established in the Union is responsible for the tasks set out in Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 for that product, and Article 4(2) and (3) of that regulation apply. That operator is therefore a manufacturer established in the Union; an importer, where the manufacturer is not established in the Union; an authorised representative with a written mandate from the manufacturer to perform those tasks on its behalf; or a fulfilment service provider established in the Union, for the products it handles, where none of the others is established in the Union. Its name, registered trade name or trade mark and contact details, including postal and electronic address, must appear on the product, its packaging, the parcel or an accompanying document, and it must provide documented evidence of its checks on request.

### What must an online product listing show under GPSR?

The offer must clearly and visibly show the manufacturer's name, registered trade name or trade mark and postal and electronic address; where the manufacturer is not established in the Union, the name and addresses of the responsible person; information identifying the product, including a picture, its type and any other identifier; and any warning or safety information required, in a language easily understood by consumers as determined by the Member State.

### What do I have to do if a product causes an accident?

The manufacturer must notify the accident through the Safety Business Gateway to the competent authorities of the Member State where it occurred, without undue delay after learning of it, when the product caused death or serious adverse effects on health and safety, including injuries, illnesses and chronic effects. Importers and distributors that learn of an accident must inform the manufacturer without undue delay; the manufacturer notifies or instructs one of them to do so, and the responsible person ensures notification when the manufacturer is outside the Union.

### What must a recall offer consumers?

The economic operator responsible for the recall must offer an effective, cost-free and timely remedy and a choice between at least two of repair, replacement with a safe product of the same type and at least the same value, or a refund of at least the price paid. Only one remedy may be offered where the others would be impossible or disproportionately costly, and the consumer is always entitled to a refund if repair or replacement is not completed within a reasonable time. Written recall information must take the form of a recall notice headed Product safety recall.

### How long must I keep technical documentation and traceability records?

Manufacturers keep the technical documentation for 10 years after the product was placed on the market, and importers keep a copy for the same period. All economic operators must be able to give the authorities the risk, complaint, accident and corrective-measure information for 10 years and the identity of their suppliers and customers for six years. Personal data in the complaints register may be kept no longer than five years.

## What changed

- 2026-05-29 (amendment): **Emergency procedures for crisis-relevant goods apply** — Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 applies from this date: Chapter IIa (Articles 8a to 8c) allows an additional presumption of conformity and prioritised market surveillance for products designated as crisis-relevant goods while an internal market emergency mode under Regulation (EU) 2024/2747 is active.
- 2024-12-13 (applies): **GPSR applies; the General Product Safety Directive is repealed** — Regulation (EU) 2023/988 applies in all Member States from 13 December 2024. Directives 2001/95/EC and 87/357/EEC are repealed with effect from the same date, Member States had to notify their penalty rules by then, and products conforming to Directive 2001/95/EC placed on the market before that date may continue to be made available.
- 2024-12-13 (guidance): **Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/3173 on the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System applies** — The Commission's delegated act under Article 26(10) supplements the regulation without amending it (EUR-Lex lists only Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 as an amending act); it sets the rules on access to and operation of the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System, the information to be entered, notification requirements and the criteria for assessing the level of risk; it applies from the same day as the regulation.
- 2024-11-08 (amendment): **Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 published** — The amending regulation of 9 October 2024, published in the Official Journal on 8 November 2024, replaces point (b) of the third subparagraph of Article 2(1), adds definitions 29 and 30 and inserts Chapter IIa; its provisions apply from 29 May 2026.
- 2023-06-12 (in-force): **Regulation (EU) 2023/988 enters into force** — Adopted on 10 May 2023 and published in OJ L 135 on 23 May 2023, the regulation entered into force on the twentieth day after publication; its application was deferred to 13 December 2024.

## GPSR in plain terms

The General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), formally Regulation (EU) 2023/988 on general product safety, is the EU's baseline safety law for consumer products. Its two objectives are the functioning of the internal market and a high level of consumer protection, and it pursues them with one essential rule: economic operators may place or make available on the market only safe products (Art. 1 and Art. 5). A safe product is one that, under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of use and over its actual duration of use, presents no risk or only the minimum risks compatible with its use (Art. 3(2)); everything else is a dangerous product (Art. 3(3)).

GPSR is a safety net. It applies wherever no specific Union law regulates the safety of the product, and where such law exists it still covers the risks that law leaves open (Art. 2(1)). Because it is a regulation rather than a directive, it applies directly in every Member State without national transposition (Art. 52). Compared with the Directive 2001/95/EC it replaced, it adds concrete duties on traceability, an EU-based responsible person, online listings, accident reporting through the Safety Business Gateway, recall notices and remedies, and a dedicated chapter for online marketplaces.

> **Official text**
> Read the regulation on EUR-Lex: [Regulation (EU) 2023/988 (CELEX 32023R0988)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32023R0988), or the [consolidated text of 29 May 2026](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02023R0988-20260529) that includes the Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 amendment.

## Scope

A product is any item, interconnected or not, supplied or made available with or without payment, including as part of a service, which is intended for consumers or is likely under reasonably foreseeable conditions to be used by consumers even if not intended for them (Art. 3(1)). That last clause is why products sold as professional equipment can still fall under GPSR. The regulation applies to new, used, repaired and reconditioned products alike; only products sold to be repaired or reconditioned before use, and clearly marked as such, are outside it (Art. 2(3)). An offer made online or by other distance means counts as making the product available on the market whenever the offer is targeted at consumers in the Union, which is the case as soon as the operator directs its activities to one or more Member States by any means (Art. 4).

Nine groups are excluded altogether: medicinal products for human or veterinary use, food, feed, living plants and animals together with GMOs and products relating to their reproduction, animal by-products, plant protection products, ride-on or travel equipment operated by a transport service provider, aircraft referred to in Article 2(3), point (d) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, and antiques (Art. 2(2)). Antiques are products such as collectors' items or works of art for which consumers cannot reasonably expect state-of-the-art safety (Art. 3(28)).

For products under Union harmonisation legislation, such as the CE-marking directives, GPSR applies only to the risks that legislation does not cover. Chapter II does not apply to the covered risks, and Chapter IIa, Chapter III Section 1 (the manufacturer, importer and distributor duties of Articles 9 to 18), Chapters V and VII and Chapters IX to XI do not apply at all (Art. 2(1) as amended). The distance-sales and accident provisions of Chapter III Section 2, the online marketplace chapter and the recall provisions of Chapter VIII still apply to those products.

The duties fall on economic operators: the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer, the distributor, the fulfilment service provider and any other person with obligations in relation to making products available (Art. 3(13)), plus providers of online marketplaces (Art. 3(14)). Anyone who places a product on the market under their own name or trademark, or who substantially modifies a product in a way that affects its safety, is deemed the manufacturer (Art. 13). Every economic operator must keep internal processes for product safety (Art. 14) and cooperate with market surveillance authorities, holding risk and complaint information for 10 years and supplier and customer traceability for six years (Art. 15).

## What you must do

### General safety requirement and technical documentation

When assessing whether a product is safe, the regulation lists what counts: the product's characteristics and packaging, its interaction with other products, its presentation, labelling and warnings, the consumers who will use it with particular attention to children, older people and persons with disabilities, whether it resembles food or appeals to children, and, where the nature of the product requires it, cybersecurity features and evolving, learning or predictive functionalities (Art. 6). A product that conforms to a European standard whose reference is published in the Official Journal is presumed safe for the risks that standard covers; absent such a standard, conformity with national health and safety requirements gives the same presumption (Art. 7). Where no presumption applies, authorities weigh other standards, certification schemes, Commission guidelines, the state of the art and reasonable consumer expectations (Art. 8).

Manufacturers must carry out an internal risk analysis and draw up technical documentation before placing a product on the market, keep it up to date, and hold it at the disposal of the authorities for 10 years (Art. 9(2) and (3)). Importers must check that this has been done and keep a copy for the same period (Art. 11(1) and (6)).

### Traceability and information on the product

Products must carry a type, batch or serial number or other identifier that consumers can see and read, together with the manufacturer's name, registered trade name or trade mark, postal and electronic address and, where different, its single contact point; where the product itself cannot carry the information, it goes on the packaging or in an accompanying document (Art. 9(5) and (6)). Importers add their own details without obscuring the manufacturer's (Art. 11(3)). Products must be accompanied by clear instructions and safety information in the language determined by the Member State where they are made available, unless the product can be used safely without them (Art. 9(7) and Art. 11(4)). Distributors verify that these markings and instructions are present before making a product available (Art. 12(1)). The same information may additionally be offered digitally, provided it stays clearly visible on the product or its packaging and accessible to persons with disabilities (Art. 21). For products that are likely to present a serious risk, the Commission may set up a mandatory traceability system by delegated act (Art. 18).

### Responsible person in the EU

A product may not be placed on the market unless an economic operator established in the Union is responsible for it (Art. 16(1)). The regulation applies Article 4(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 for this purpose, so the responsible person is a manufacturer established in the Union, an importer, an authorised representative with a written mandate or, where none of those exists in the Union, a fulfilment service provider established in the Union for the products it handles. Beyond keeping documentation available and informing and cooperating with authorities, the responsible person must regularly check that the product matches its technical documentation and carries the required markings and instructions, and must produce documented evidence of those checks on request (Art. 16(2)). Its name and contact details must be shown on the product, its packaging, the parcel or an accompanying document (Art. 16(3)).

### Selling online

Every online or distance offer must clearly and visibly show the manufacturer's name and postal and electronic address, the responsible person's details where the manufacturer is outside the Union, information identifying the product including a picture, its type and any other identifier, and any warning or safety information required, in the language determined by the Member State (Art. 19). This duty falls on the economic operator making the offer; providers of online marketplaces must design their interfaces so that traders can supply the same information and consumers see it on the listing (Art. 22(9)).

### Dangerous products, accidents and the Safety Business Gateway

When a manufacturer considers or has reason to believe that a product it placed on the market is dangerous, it must immediately take corrective measures including withdrawal or recall, inform consumers and notify the market surveillance authorities of every Member State where the product was made available through the Safety Business Gateway, with details of the risk, the measures taken and, if available, the quantity still on the market (Art. 9(8)). Importers and distributors carry mirror duties: inform the manufacturer or importer, ensure corrective measures are taken and ensure the authorities are notified (Art. 11(8) and Art. 12(4)). Authorised representatives notify actions taken under their mandate where the manufacturer has not (Art. 10(2)(c)).

Accidents are notified separately. The manufacturer must ensure that any accident resulting in death or serious adverse effects on health and safety, including injuries, illnesses and chronic effects, is notified through the Safety Business Gateway to the competent authorities of the Member State where it occurred, without undue delay from the moment it knows about it, with the product type, identification number and circumstances (Art. 20(1) and (2)). Importers and distributors that learn of an accident inform the manufacturer without undue delay; the manufacturer notifies or instructs one of them to do so, and the responsible person ensures notification when the manufacturer is outside the Union (Art. 20(3) and (4)). Manufacturers must also run public complaint channels, investigate complaints and accident reports, and keep an internal register of complaints, recalls and corrective measures, retaining personal data no longer than five years (Art. 9(11) to (13)); importers verify those channels exist or provide them (Art. 11(9)).

### Recalls and consumer remedies

In a recall or safety warning, economic operators and online marketplaces must notify every affected consumer they can identify directly and without undue delay, using the customer data they hold, and reach the rest through websites, social media, newsletters, retail outlets and, where appropriate, mass media (Art. 35). Written recall information takes the form of a recall notice headed Product safety recall, with a picture and identification of the product, a clear description of the hazard that avoids reassuring terms such as voluntary or precautionary, the action consumers should take, the remedies available and a free contact channel (Art. 36). The operator responsible for the recall must offer an effective, cost-free and timely remedy and a choice between at least two of repair, replacement or a refund of at least the price paid; only one remedy may be offered where the others are impossible or disproportionately costly, and the consumer is always entitled to a refund if repair or replacement is not completed within a reasonable time (Art. 37).

### Online marketplaces

Providers of online marketplaces must register with the Safety Gate Portal, designate one contact point for authorities and one for consumers, and keep internal processes for product safety (Art. 22(1) to (3)). They must act on an authority's order to remove a listing, disable access or display a warning within two working days and report back (Art. 22(4)), process product safety notices under the Digital Services Act within three working days (Art. 22(8)), use Safety Gate notifications for their own voluntary measures (Art. 22(6) and (7)), enable traders to provide the listing information and a self-certification of compliance (Art. 22(9) and (10)), and suspend traders that frequently offer non-compliant products after a prior warning (Art. 22(11)). They must also notify buyers directly of recalls and safety warnings, publish recall information, notify dangerous products and serious accidents through the Safety Business Gateway, give authorities' online tools access to their interfaces and allow data scraping for product safety on reasoned request (Art. 22(12)).

### Emergency procedures from 29 May 2026

Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 inserts Chapter IIa. Articles 8b and 8c apply only to products designated as crisis-relevant goods and only while an internal market emergency mode is active under Regulation (EU) 2024/2747 and the Commission has adopted the corresponding implementing act (Art. 8a). During such a period, where the severe disruptions that led to the activation significantly restrict manufacturers' possibilities to use relevant European standards already published in the Official Journal, the presumption of conformity may also rest on national health and safety requirements of the Member State where the product is made available, provided that national law complies with Union law (Art. 8b(1)). Member States must also ensure that their authorities treat products complying with relevant European standards not published in the Official Journal, international standards of a recognised international standardisation body or national standards of a national standardisation body as presumed to meet the general safety requirement for the risks those standards cover, unless the standards are inadequate in view of Articles 6 and 8 (Art. 8b(2)). Member States prioritise market surveillance for the listed products and assist one another (Art. 8c).

## Enforcement and penalties

Market surveillance is carried out by the authorities each Member State designates under Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, and GPSR applies Article 10, Article 11(1) to (7), Articles 12 to 15, Article 16(1) to (5), Articles 18 and 19 and Articles 21 to 24 of that regulation to the products it covers (Art. 23(1)). The minimum powers include requiring documents, data and supply-chain information, unannounced on-site inspections, entering business premises, ordering corrective action, prohibiting or restricting the making available of a product, ordering withdrawal or recall, taking samples under a cover identity, and, where no other effective means are available to eliminate a serious risk, requiring the removal of content referring to the product from an online interface or the explicit display of a warning to end users (Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, Art. 14(4)). Corrective actions an authority may require range from bringing the product into compliance to withdrawal, recall, destruction and public warnings (Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, Art. 16(3)). Authorities can also order online marketplaces to remove a listing, disable access or display a warning, to be executed within two working days (Art. 22(4)), and a product deemed dangerous by one Member State's authority is presumed dangerous in the others (Art. 29(1)).

Corrective measures against products presenting a serious risk are notified through the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System within four working days and shared with all Member States, and businesses notify through the Safety Business Gateway (Art. 25 to Art. 27; Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/3173); the Commission maintains the Safety Gate Portal, which gives the general public free and open access to selected information notified through the Rapid Alert System (Art. 34(1)). Where a serious risk cannot be handled nationally, the Commission may adopt Union-wide measures prohibiting, suspending or restricting a product (Art. 28).

Penalties are set at national level. Member States lay down the rules on penalties for infringements by economic operators and online marketplaces, those penalties must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive, and the rules had to be notified to the Commission by 13 December 2024 (Art. 44). In Denmark, the market surveillance authority for general product safety is Erhvervsstyrelsen (the Danish Business Authority) through its Markedsovervågning department, which since January 2026 performs the tasks previously carried out by Sikkerhedsstyrelsen (the Danish Safety Technology Authority).

## How Conphora helps

Conphora monitors GPSR and maps your products against its requirements, flagging gaps in risk assessment, traceability, the responsible person and labelling before they become enforcement problems. The platform helps you generate and keep the right documentation, and alerts you when obligations change so your compliance stays current.

[See how Conphora works](/how-it-works) · [See plans and pricing](/pricing)

## Sources

- [Regulation (EU) 2023/988 on general product safety, consolidated text of 29 May 2026 (EUR-Lex)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02023R0988-20260529)
- [Regulation (EU) 2023/988 as published in OJ L 135, 23 May 2023 (EUR-Lex)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32023R0988)
- [Document information, dates and relationships for CELEX 32023R0988 (EUR-Lex)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32023R0988)
- [Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 amending Regulation (EU) 2023/988 as regards emergency procedures (EUR-Lex)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R2748)
- [Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/3173 on the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System (EUR-Lex)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R3173)
- [Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance and compliance of products (EUR-Lex)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020)
- [Product safety (European Commission)](https://commission.europa.eu/topics/business-and-industry/product-safety_en)
- [Safety Gate: the EU rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products (European Commission)](https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate/)
- [Generel produktsikkerhed (Erhvervsstyrelsen, Markedsovervågning, formerly Sikkerhedsstyrelsen)](https://www.sik.dk/erhverv/produkter/generel-produktsikkerhed)

*This guide is for general information and is not legal advice.*

## Sources

- [Regulation (EU) 2023/988 on general product safety, consolidated text of 29 May 2026 (EUR-Lex)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02023R0988-20260529)
- [Regulation (EU) 2023/988 as published in OJ L 135, 23 May 2023 (EUR-Lex)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32023R0988)
- [Document information, dates and relationships for CELEX 32023R0988 (EUR-Lex)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32023R0988)
- [Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 amending Regulation (EU) 2023/988 as regards emergency procedures (EUR-Lex)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R2748)
- [Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/3173 on the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System (EUR-Lex)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R3173)
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- [Generel produktsikkerhed (Erhvervsstyrelsen, Markedsovervågning, formerly Sikkerhedsstyrelsen)](https://www.sik.dk/erhverv/produkter/generel-produktsikkerhed)

_Reviewed 2026-09-24 by Conphora compliance team_