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EU GPSR Compliance Program

Turn GPSR into an operating model: controls, workflows, owners, and evidence.

Best practice: one product safety system that scales across product lines and channels.

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Sorena AI

Published

Feb 21, 2026

Updated

Feb 21, 2026

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Sorena AI

Published Feb 21, 2026

Updated Feb 21, 2026

Overview

Compliance is not a document set-it's a product safety operating system. GPSR forces cross-functional coordination (product, quality, legal, operations, support, marketplaces). This page outlines a program structure you can implement: governance, controls, workflows, and evidence exports.

Section 1

Program structure (workstreams and owners)

Start by splitting GPSR into workstreams with clear owners and measurable acceptance criteria. The 'owner' is the person accountable for evidence freshness, not just a stakeholder.

Use a RACI for each product category and channel.

Workstream A: scope + role mapping (catalog + exclusions + RACI).
Workstream B: risk assessment + safe product lifecycle controls.
Workstream C: documentation + traceability + supplier evidence governance.
Workstream D: incident/recall capability + comms + effectiveness measurement.
Workstream E: Safety Gate/Safety Business Gateway + marketplace obligations (where applicable).

Section 2

Governance cadence (keep the program alive)

GPSR programs degrade when they are 'one-time projects'. Build a cadence with defined inputs and outputs.

Governance should be lightweight but non-negotiable: evidence freshness is a recurring responsibility.

Quarterly review: scope changes, new markets/channels, supplier changes, incident trends.
Monthly review: open actions, test evidence refresh, marketplace notices, Safety Gate monitoring.
Post-incident review: what worked, what failed, and what the evidence pack lacked.

Section 3

Controls that matter (what auditors and authorities focus on)

The most valuable controls are those that prevent unsafe products and those that ensure rapid action when issues arise.

Prioritize controls that reduce time-to-detection and time-to-action.

Risk assessment method per product family (including vulnerable users and foreseeable misuse).
Change control gates (supplier/component/firmware changes trigger review).
Post-market monitoring and signal triage (support + returns + marketplace).

Section 4

Evidence operating system (build once, reuse everywhere)

Your evidence system should allow exports by view: product view, market view, channel view, incident view.

This reduces friction across regulators, marketplaces, partners, and internal leadership.

Evidence index + owners + refresh cadence (single source-of-truth).
Standard templates: decision memos, notification packs, recall notice generator, comms library.
Logs: incident timeline, notifications submitted, takedowns/delisting proof, effectiveness metrics.

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