General Product Safety Regulation — Regulation (EU) 2023/988
Safety of consumer products, including duties for online marketplaces.
What we read it for
The act behind our product safety pages: the duties of a seller, an importer and an online marketplace when a product is unsafe.
Identity
| Type | Regulation |
| Identifier | EU 2023/988 |
| CELEX | 32023R0988 |
| Adopted | 2023-05-10 |
| In force | 2023-06-12 |
| Applies from | 2024-12-13 |
52 articles in the base act
Structure
| Chapter | Act | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| I | General provisions | 1–5 |
| II | Safety requirements | 6–8 |
| III | Obligations of economic operators | 9–21 |
| IV | Providers of online marketplaces | 22 |
| V | Market surveillance and implementation | 23–30 |
| VI | Safety Gate rapid alert system | 31–34 |
| VII | Role of the Commission and enforcement coordination | 35–39 |
| VIII | Right to information and remedy | 40–44 |
| IX | International cooperation | 45 |
| X | Financial provisions | 46–48 |
| XI | Final provisions | 49–52 |
Language versions
EUR-Lex publishes the act in every official language. These are the direct addresses for the languages this site is written in.
Norwegian is not an official EU language. Norwegian readers use the national register.
National law
One line per country. A line exists only when a primary source has been read; otherwise the national register is linked instead.
| National law | Identifier | Official text |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden: Line not read yet | — | National register |
| Norway: Line not read yet | — | National register |
| Denmark: Line not read yet | — | National register |
| Finland: Line not read yet | — | National register |
| Germany: Line not read yet | — | National register |
| United Kingdom: Outside this jurisdiction | — | National register |
National implementing measures on EUR-Lex
Supervision
Official text
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