General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)

GPSR General Product Safety Regulation (EU) 2023/988 · Consolidated version of 29 May 2026 · Official text on EUR-Lex

Contents of the act

CHAPTER I – GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Article 1 – Objective and subject matter
• Article 2 – Scope
• Article 3 – Definitions
• Article 4 – Distance sales

CHAPTER II – SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

• Article 5 – General safety requirement
• Article 6 – Aspects for assessing the safety of products
• Article 7 – Presumption of conformity with the general safety requirement
• Article 8 – Additional elements to be taken into account for assessing the safety of products
• Article 8a – Application of emergency procedures
• Article 8b – Presumption of conformity with the general safety requirement in the context of an internal market emergency
• Article 8c – Prioritisation of market surveillance activities and mutual assistance among authorities

SECTION 1

• Article 9 – Obligations of manufacturers
• Article 10 – Obligations of authorised representatives
• Article 11 – Obligations of importers
• Article 12 – Obligations of distributors
• Article 13 – Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to other persons
• Article 14 – Internal processes for product safety
• Article 15 – Cooperation of economic operators with market surveillance authorities
• Article 16 – Responsible person for products placed on the Union market
• Article 17 – Information to economic operators
• Article 18 – Specific traceability requirements for certain products, categories or groups of products

SECTION 2

• Article 19 – Obligations of economic operators in the case of distance sales
• Article 20 – Obligations of economic operators in the case of accidents related to safety of products
• Article 21 – Information in electronic format

CHAPTER IV – PROVIDERS OF ONLINE MARKETPLACES

• Article 22 – Specific obligations of providers of online marketplaces related to product safety

CHAPTER V – MARKET SURVEILLANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION

• Article 23 – Market Surveillance
• Article 24 – Reporting

CHAPTER VI – SAFETY GATE RAPID ALERT SYSTEM AND SAFETY BUSINESS GATEWAY

• Article 25 – Safety Gate Rapid Alert System
• Article 26 – Notification of dangerous products through the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System
• Article 27 – Safety Business Gateway

CHAPTER VII – COMMISSION’S ROLE AND ENFORCEMENT COORDINATION

• Article 28 – Union action against products presenting a serious risk
• Article 29 – Request for an opinion from the Commission on divergences in risk assessment
• Article 30 – Consumer Safety Network
• Article 31 – Joint activities on product safety
• Article 32 – Simultaneous coordinated control actions of market surveillance authorities (‘Sweeps’)

CHAPTER VIII – RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND TO A REMEDY

• Article 33 – Information between authorities and general public
• Article 34 – Safety Gate Portal
• Article 35 – Information from economic operators and providers of online marketplaces to consumers on product safety
• Article 36 – Recall notice
• Article 37 – Remedies in the event of a product safety recall
• Article 38 – Memoranda of understanding
• Article 39 – Representative actions

CHAPTER IX – INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

• Article 40 – International cooperation

CHAPTER X – FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Article 41 – Financing activities
• Article 42 – Protection of the Union’s financial interests

CHAPTER XI – FINAL PROVISIONS

• Article 43 – Liability
• Article 44 – Penalties
• Article 45 – Exercise of the delegation
• Article 46 – Committee procedure
• Article 47 – Evaluation and review
• Article 48 – Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012
• Article 49 – Amendment to Directive (EU) 2020/1828
• Article 50 – Repeal
• Article 51 – Transitional provision
• Article 52 – Entry into force and application