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EU GPSR Scope, duties and Safety Gate readiness

Use this GPSR hub to determine whether a consumer product is covered by Regulation (EU) 2023/988, then connect that product record to the safety assessment, economic-operator duties, responsible-person details, traceability records, online listing information, marketplace processes, and recall or incident notification paths that apply.

The GPSR applies to consumer products placed or made available on the EU market where no more specific EU safety rules cover the same risks. The work is product-led: define normal and reasonably foreseeable use, assess product risks, keep technical and complaint records, show the responsible EU contact where required, keep supply-chain traceability, and use the Safety Business Gateway when dangerous products, corrective measures, recalls, or covered accidents must be reported.

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Sorena AI
Published
Feb 21, 2026
Updated
Feb 21, 2026
What the hub helps you check
Product scope
Check whether the item is a consumer product, whether it is new, used, repaired or reconditioned, whether an exclusion applies, and whether sector-specific EU safety rules already cover the same risk.
Operator and contact duties
Separate manufacturer, importer, distributor, authorised representative, fulfilment-service provider, responsible-person and online marketplace responsibilities, including product identification and postal plus electronic contact details.
Evidence and response path
Tie internal risk analysis, technical documentation, complaint and accident records, supply-chain traceability, online offer information, Safety Business Gateway notification, Safety Gate alerts, and recall notices to the same product model.
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Quick scan
GPSR
Start with the product and channel
The GPSR covers consumer products made available in the EU, including online and other distance sales directed at EU consumers, with specific exclusions and a complementary role where sector rules cover only some risks.
Build the safety and traceability file
Keep the internal risk analysis, technical documentation, product identifiers, manufacturer and importer contact details, responsible-person details where needed, instructions, complaint records, corrective actions, and supply-chain traceability together.
Prepare notification and recall actions
Use the Safety Business Gateway for dangerous-product and accident notifications, support marketplace removal or consumer-notice duties, and prepare recall notices with the mandatory GPSR elements.
Use the topic guides to move from product scoping to safety assessment, role ownership, online offer checks, marketplace cooperation, incident reporting, corrective measures, recall notices, and market-surveillance evidence.
Reg. 2023/988
Regulation
Art. 5
Safety
10 years
Technical file
6 years
Traceability
Safety Gate
Alerts
Scope products
Map duties
Prepare evidence
GPSR Timeline

Key dates and operational moments for product safety programs

Use the GPSR timeline to separate the Regulation's application date from ongoing operational duties such as technical-documentation retention, traceability retention, dangerous-product notifications, accident reporting, marketplace order handling, and recall notices.

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Topic guides

Deep dive pages for implementation planning, controls, reporting, and evidence.

1
EU GPSR Applicability Test for Consumer Products
Determine whether the EU General Product Safety Regulation applies to a product, sale channel, operator role, online listing, used product, or responsible-person setup.
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2
EU GPSR Compliance Checklist
Concrete EU GPSR checklist for consumer product safety assessment, technical documentation, traceability, labels, online listings, accidents, recalls, and corrective actions.
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3
EU GPSR compliance obligations
EU GPSR compliance guide covering safety assessment, technical documentation, responsible persons, traceability, marketplace listings, accident reporting, recalls, and evidence.
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4
EU GPSR deadlines and compliance calendar
Calendar of grounded EU GPSR timing duties: 13 December 2024 application, accident notices, marketplace takedowns, recall notices, remedies, and regular product-safety checks.
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5
EU GPSR Economic Operator Duties
Role-by-role GPSR duties for manufacturers, importers, distributors, EU responsible persons, traceability records, corrective action, accidents, recalls, and Safety Business Gateway escalation.
Read Guide
6
EU GPSR economic operator roles: manufacturer, importer, distributor
Classify GPSR roles for consumer products and map manufacturer, importer, distributor, fulfilment provider, responsible person, and online marketplace duties to evidence.
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7
EU GPSR FAQ: scope, listings, recalls, reporting
FAQ on GPSR consumer-product scope, economic operator duties, EU responsible person, online marketplace listings, Safety Business Gateway reporting, recalls, and evidence.
Read Guide
8
EU GPSR Imported Products Guide
GPSR importer guide covering EU responsible-person checks, traceability, technical documentation, online offers, dangerous-product action, recalls, and Safety Business Gateway reporting.
Read Guide
9
EU GPSR incident and recall triage workflow
A concrete EU GPSR workflow for product-safety incident intake, dangerous-product assessment, Safety Business Gateway notification, recall notices, marketplace coordination, and evidence records.
Read Guide
10
EU GPSR Marketplace Notice Handling
How online marketplaces should handle GPSR authority orders, product-safety notices, Safety Gate checks, seller communications, evidence, and escalation.
Read Guide
11
EU GPSR Marketplace Notice Response Workflow
Concrete GPSR workflow for online marketplace product-safety notices, authority orders, takedowns, seller and consumer notification, Safety Gate Portal checks, and Safety Business Gateway evidence.
Read Guide
12
EU GPSR Online Listing Obligations
GPSR online listing obligations for EU consumer-product offers: required product, manufacturer, responsible-person, warning, safety, traceability, and marketplace evidence fields.
Read Guide
13
EU GPSR online listing release workflow
Release workflow for EU GPSR online product listings: product scope, responsible person details, warnings, traceability, safety evidence, marketplace checks, and monitoring.
Read Guide
14
EU GPSR Online Marketplace Obligations
GPSR obligations for online marketplaces: contact points, Safety Gate registration, authority orders, product-safety notices, listing data, recall cooperation, accident notifications, and records.
Read Guide
15
EU GPSR penalties and enforcement exposure
source-linked EU GPSR enforcement guide covering Member State penalties, market surveillance powers, corrective actions, marketplace orders, recalls, and evidence records.
Read Guide
16
EU GPSR Product Recall Notice Template
A GPSR recall notice template for EU consumer products, covering product identifiers, affected batches, risk wording, consumer actions, remedies, contact routes, channels, accessibility, and evidence records.
Read Guide
17
EU GPSR Product Safety Assessment Record
Build a concrete GPSR product safety assessment covering product characteristics, foreseeable use, vulnerable consumers, warnings, standards, tests, incidents, risk level, corrective action, and documentation.
Read Guide
18
EU GPSR recall effectiveness evidence
GPSR recall effectiveness guide for direct consumer notice, recall notice content, remedies, channel monitoring, marketplace cooperation, and Safety Gate evidence.
Read Guide
19
EU GPSR Recalls and Incident Management
GPSR recall and incident management guide covering accident notification, Safety Business Gateway reporting, recall notices, consumer communication, marketplaces, and evidence records.
Read Guide
20
EU GPSR requirements for consumer products
Core EU GPSR requirements for consumer product safety: scope, risk assessment, operator duties, EU responsible person, traceability, online listings, marketplaces, accidents, recalls, Safety Gate, and evidence.
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21
EU GPSR Risk Evaluation Criteria
GPSR risk evaluation criteria for consumer products: foreseeable use, vulnerable consumers, standards, warnings, serious risk signals, corrective action, and evidence.
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22
EU GPSR safety assessment workflow
A GPSR workflow for consumer product safety assessment: scope intake, hazards, standards, warnings, vulnerable users, documentation, incident triggers, recalls, and evidence.
Read Guide
23
EU GPSR Safety Gate and Safety Business Gateway
source-linked guide to GPSR Safety Gate public alerts, Safety Business Gateway submissions, accident reporting, marketplace duties, evidence fields, and notification timing.
Read Guide
24
EU GPSR Scope and Covered Products
Scope guide for Regulation (EU) 2023/988 covering consumer products, distance sales, used and reconditioned goods, exclusions, Union harmonisation overlap, and evidence to keep.
Read Guide
25
EU GPSR sector-law fallback and overlap
How the EU GPSR applies when sector-specific Union product safety law also applies, including residual safety risks, online listings, recalls, evidence, and market surveillance.
Read Guide
26
EU GPSR Traceability and Documentation Records
source-linked GPSR record checklist for product identifiers, manufacturer and importer details, technical documentation, online offers, responsible person evidence, incidents, and recalls.
Read Guide
27
EU GPSR Traceability Records
Build GPSR traceability records for product identifiers, economic operators, online listings, safety evidence, incidents, recalls, and retention checks.
Read Guide
28
GPSR vs DSA marketplace duties for dangerous products
Compare GPSR marketplace duties with the DSA touchpoints referenced by GPSR Article 22 for product listings, takedown, recalls, incidents, and evidence.
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29
GPSR vs LVD, EMC, and RED: overlap and fallback
Compare GPSR fallback duties with LVD, EMC, and RED sector rules for consumer products, traceability, recalls, online marketplaces, and evidence records.
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30
GPSR vs Market Surveillance Regulation: Article 4, controls, recalls
Compare GPSR with Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 for responsible-person coverage, market-surveillance controls, evidence requests, unsafe products, recalls, and authority workflows.
Read Guide
31
GPSR vs Product Liability Directive
Compare GPSR preventive product-safety duties with EU product-liability exposure using grounded rules on recalls, warnings, traceability, accidents, and evidence.
Read Guide
Next step

Turn GPSR product scope into owned safety and recall work

Use this hub as the shared entry point for GPSR product scoping, safety assessment, economic-operator role mapping, responsible-person checks, traceability, online offer information, marketplace cooperation, incident reporting, corrective measures and recall notices.

What this unlocks
  • Start with one product model or online offer and record intended use, reasonably foreseeable use, EU market route, applicable exclusions or sector rules, and the economic operators involved.
  • Use Assessment Autopilot to request the internal risk analysis, technical documentation, identifiers, manufacturer and importer contact details, responsible-person evidence, instructions, complaint log, accident log, traceability records and corrective-action records.
  • Use Research Copilot for cited questions about GPSR scope, complementary application with sector-specific rules, online marketplace obligations, Safety Business Gateway notifications, Safety Gate alerts and recall notice content.
  • Keep product safety reasoning, supply-chain data, online listing evidence, marketplace communications, consumer warnings, recall notices, remedies and authority correspondence connected to the same product file.
Recommended route
Open Assessment Autopilot
Turn GPSR scope, safety duties, traceability, notifications and recall evidence into owned tasks and review checkpoints.
Supporting route
Open Research Copilot
Answer GPSR scope, role, marketplace, Safety Gate, accident-reporting and recall questions with cited outputs from official sources.
Talk to Sorena
Talk through GPSR readiness
Review your product scope, operator roles, Safety Business Gateway process, evidence model and recall readiness.
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Download the timeline export to align legal, product, engineering, and commercial teams on milestones and deadlines.