Article 8 — Additional elements to be taken into account for assessing the safety of products
General Product Safety Regulation — Regulation (EU) 2023/988
What does GPSR Article 8 say?
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1. For the purpose of Article 6 and where the presumption of safety under Article 7 does not apply, when assessing whether a product is safe, the following elements in particular shall be taken into account, when available: (a) European standards other than those the references of which have been published in the Official …
Source: General Product Safety Regulation — Regulation (EU) 2023/988, read 2026-09-26.
| In the act | EU 2023/988 |
| Chapter | II · Safety requirements |
| CELEX | 32023R0988 |
| Read on | 2026-09-26 |
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1. For the purpose of Article 6 and where the presumption of safety under Article 7 does not apply, when assessing whether a product is safe, the following elements in particular shall be taken into account, when available:
(a) European standards other than those the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union in accordance with Article 10(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012;
(b) international standards;
(c) international agreements;
(d) voluntary certification schemes or similar third-party conformity assessment frameworks, in particular those conceived to support Union law;
(e) Commission recommendations or guidelines on product safety assessment;
(f) national standards drawn up in the Member State in which the product is made available;
(g) the state of the art and technology, including the opinion of recognised scientific bodies and expert committees;
(h) product safety codes of good practice in force in the sector concerned;
(i) reasonable consumer expectations concerning safety;
(j) safety requirements adopted in accordance with Article 7(2).
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