General Products Safety Regulation (GPSR) Services
The EU General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) of 2023 is a regulatory framework that aims to ensure that all consumer products on the EU market are safe consumers, including children, the elderly, and people with disabilities. GPSR will apply from 13 December 2024. It will replace the General Product Safety Directive 87/357/EEC. It applies to non-food products, whether sold offline or online. The GPSR addresses societal changes such as increasing digitalization, new technological developments, and globalized supply chains. It provides a safety net for consumers by ensuring that only safe products are offered in the EU, regardless of their origin.
The GPSR includes several key elements:
- It considers the evolving nature of a product and its interconnectivity in the safety assessment of consumer products.
- It improves conditions for product safety between online and offline sales.
- It establishes specific product safety requirements for online marketplaces to protect consumers against dangerous products sold via these platforms.
- It extends the obligation for all non-harmonized products imported to the EU to have an economic operator within the EU responsible for product safety issues.
- It provides national authorities with necessary tools to enhance their enforcement powers.
- It ensures effective product recalls by requiring direct contacts with consumers and standardized recall notices.
- It also includes provisions for manufacturers to investigate complaints and accidents concerning the safety of their products, maintain an internal register of complaints, product recalls, and any corrective measures taken.
GPSR Safety Requirements and Technical Documentation
We are providing safety risk assessment and technical documentation preparation (dossier) services to meet regulatory and safety compliance requirements of Article 5, 6 and Article 9 of the GPSR. A technical report contains the following aspects:
- A general product description and product characteristics.
- Hazard identification according to EU CLP requirements
- Product-specific risk analysis and adopted solutions for risk mitigation.
- Labelling, Usage Instructions, Traceability information, Warnings and Disposal, SDS
- List of relevant European standards or other adopted measures.
- The outcome of tests performed.
Household and Hygiene
- UN GHS / EU CLP compliant product labels preparation (Hazard based assessments) for consumer healthcare products for global FMCG businesses
- UN GHS / EU CLP /US ANSI compliant Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) preparation for industrial worker's safety and transport regulation compliance
- Safety Assessment and product labelling review for detergent products as per EU Detergent Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 & & US CPSC requirments
- Safety Assessments / Dossiers preparation for the registration of cleaning products / industrial chemicals with local authorities
REACH Registration Services
- We can provide assistance in following areas of European Union's REACH Regulation (EC 1907/2006) Compliance services:
- REACH Registration Technical Dossier Creation
- REACH Safety Data Sheet (SDS) Services
Please reach out to us in case of GPSR safety compliance requirements. Thank you.
