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EU GPSR deadlines and compliance calendar

The General Product Safety Regulation applies from 13 December 2024 and sets timed duties for dangerous-product action, accident notification, online marketplace orders, recalls, and regular checks.

Use this calendar to track only GPSR timing points that are grounded in the regulation or Commission operational material.

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May 9, 2026
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May 9, 2026
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Published May 9, 2026
Updated May 9, 2026
Overview

This GPSR calendar is limited to dates and timing duties supported by the grounding sources. It avoids national filing dates, guessed launch milestones, and generic compliance cadence filler.

Section 1

Fixed GPSR dates to put on the calendar

The key date is 13 December 2024. Regulation (EU) 2023/988 applies from that date, Directives 87/357/EEC and 2001/95/EC are repealed from that date, and Member States must not block products that complied with Directive 2001/95/EC and were placed on the market before that date.

Two implementing measures also apply from 13 December 2024: the Commission recall-notice template under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1435 and the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System rules under Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/3173.

  • 13 December 2024: GPSR application date for the main regulation.
  • 13 December 2024: repeal date for the prior General Product Safety Directive framework.
  • 13 December 2024: transition boundary for products already placed on the market under Directive 2001/95/EC.
  • 13 December 2024: application date for the EU recall-notice template and Safety Gate Rapid Alert System delegated rules.
Sources for this answer
Regulation (EU) 2023/988 on general product safety
Grounds the 13 December 2024 application date, repeal date, transition boundary, and core GPSR timing duties.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1435 on recall notices
Grounds the recall-notice template and its 13 December 2024 application date.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/3173 on Safety Gate rules
Grounds the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System rules and their 13 December 2024 application date.
Section 2

Event-triggered notification and marketplace deadlines

For dangerous products and serious accidents, the calendar should start when the business knows, has reason to believe, or is informed of the safety issue. GPSR uses immediate action and without-undue-delay standards rather than a fixed number of calendar days for economic-operator accident reporting.

Online marketplaces have two explicit working-day clocks. They must act on market-surveillance orders for dangerous-product content without undue delay and in any event within two working days from receipt. They must process product-safety notices received under the Digital Services Act notice mechanism without undue delay and in any event within three working days from receipt.

  • Accident notification: manufacturers notify through the Safety Business Gateway without undue delay once they know of an accident causing death or serious adverse health and safety effects.
  • Dangerous-product action: manufacturers and importers immediately take or ensure corrective measures, inform consumers, and notify market surveillance authorities through the Safety Business Gateway.
  • Marketplace order clock: remove, disable access to, or warn on ordered dangerous-product content within two working days from receipt of the authority order.
  • Marketplace notice clock: process product-safety notices about online offers within three working days from receipt.
  • Marketplace dangerous-product knowledge: immediately notify relevant market surveillance authorities through the Safety Business Gateway when the marketplace has actual knowledge of dangerous products offered on its interface.
Sources for this answer
Regulation (EU) 2023/988 on general product safety
Grounds accident notification, immediate corrective-action duties, marketplace two-working-day and three-working-day clocks, and direct marketplace Safety Business Gateway notifications.
European Commission Safety Business Gateway
Confirms that the Safety Business Gateway is the Commission channel for reporting dangerous products and accidents to Member State market surveillance authorities.
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Section 3

Recall, corrective-action, and review triggers

Recall timing is also event-triggered. When a product safety recall or safety warning is required, identifiable affected consumers must be notified directly without undue delay. If not all affected consumers can be contacted directly, the business or marketplace must disseminate a clear and visible recall notice or safety warning through other appropriate channels.

The recall file should also track remedy timing. The responsible economic operator must offer an effective, cost-free, and timely remedy. Consumers are entitled to a refund when repair or replacement is not completed within a reasonable time and without significant inconvenience.

Periodic review should be tied to grounded GPSR triggers, not arbitrary monthly or quarterly filler. The EU responsible person must regularly check technical-documentation conformity and labelling/contact-information compliance where appropriate for product risk. Manufacturers must keep technical documentation up to date and preserve it for 10 years after placing the product on the market.

  • Recall notice trigger: direct notice to identifiable affected consumers without undue delay after a recall or safety warning is required.
  • Public recall notice trigger: use wider channels when not all affected consumers can be contacted directly.
  • Recall notice content: include the required product identification, hazard, immediate stop-use instruction, remedies, and consumer contact route.
  • Remedy clock: offer a timely remedy and track repair or replacement against the reasonable-time refund fallback.
  • Review triggers: update the record after a safety complaint, accident report, dangerous-product finding, recall, corrective measure, product change, or evidence that technical documentation is no longer current.
Sources for this answer
Regulation (EU) 2023/988 on general product safety
Grounds recall notification without undue delay, required recall notice elements, timely remedies, regular checks by the EU responsible person, and 10-year technical-documentation retention.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1435 on recall notices
Grounds the standardised recall notice template and the warning not to weaken consumer risk perception with terms such as voluntary or precautionary.
Primary sources

References and citations

European Commission Safety Business Gateway
webgate.ec.europa.eu
Referenced sections
  • Confirms that the Safety Business Gateway is the Commission channel for reporting dangerous products and accidents to Member State market surveillance authorities.
"report dangerous products and accidents"
Regulation (EU) 2023/988 on general product safety
eur-lex.europa.eu
Referenced sections
  • Grounds recall notification without undue delay, required recall notice elements, timely remedies, regular checks by the EU responsible person, and 10-year technical-documentation retention.
"notified directly and without undue delay"
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