Role mapping is the foundation of a defensible product safety program.
Outcome: clear owners, contracts, and evidence responsibilities per product and channel.
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Most GPSR failures are ownership failures: nobody is sure who must act, what evidence is required, or who can trigger corrective actions. Use this page to map economic operator roles and turn them into a RACI, contracts, and a single evidence spine that supports both authority inquiries and marketplace escalations.
GPSR obligations attach to roles. The same company can hold multiple roles across products and channels (e.g., manufacturer for one line, importer for another, distributor in certain markets).
Operational outcome: build a role map that is explicit, versioned, and tied to product identifiers and sales channels.
Manufacturers typically own product design safety, risk assessment, technical documentation, and corrective action initiation. The practical requirement is not 'have a document'-it's 'can you prove your safety decisions and act quickly when signals appear?'.
Build a manufacturer evidence pack that is exportable and can be shared with importers/distributors when needed.
Importers and distributors are not passive. They act as gatekeepers: ensure documentation and safety signals are handled, and coordinate corrective action and notifications when problems arise in their markets.
Operational outcome: define 'release to market' checks and post-market monitoring responsibilities for each role.
GPSR recognizes modern supply chains. Fulfilment providers can be key points of control for cross-border e-commerce. Online marketplaces have platform-level duties and system interfaces.
Operational outcome: integrate product safety into platform operations: listing governance, notice processing, and rapid removal/recall execution.
A scalable program uses one evidence spine: every role contributes to the same evidence index, with clearly owned responsibilities and refresh cadence.
This reduces incident-time conflict: instead of debating responsibility, you follow a pre-agreed RACI and playbook.
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