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General Product Safety Regulation
Chapter I (Art. 1 - 4)
General provisions
Article 1
Objective and subject matter
Article 2
Scope
Article 3
Definitions
Article 4
Distance sales
Chapter II (Art. 5 - 8)
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
Chapter III (Art. 9 - 21)
Obligations of economic operators
Section 1 (Art. 9 - 18)
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 (Art. 19 - 21)
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 (Art. 22)
Providers of online marketplaces
Article 22
Specific obligations of providers of online marketplaces related to product safety
Chapter V (Art. 23 - 24)
Market surveillance and implementation
Article 23
Market Surveillance
Article 24
Reporting
Chapter VI (Art. 25 - 27)
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 (Art. 28 - 32)
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 (Art. 33 - 39)
Right ti 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 (Art. 40)
International cooperation
Article 40
International cooperation
Chapter X (Art. 41 - 42)
Financial provisions
Article 41
Financing activities
Article 42
Protection of the Union’s financial interests
Chapter XI (Art. 43 - 52)
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
Annex
Annex 1
Chapter V
Market surveillance and implementation
