The General Product Safety Regulations (GPSR) is a new instrument in the EU product safety legal framework, replacing from 13 December 2024 the previous General Product Safety Directive. It modernises the EU general product safety framework and address the new challenges posed to product safety by the digitalisation of our economies. The GPSR requires that all consumer products on the EU markets are safe and it establishes specific obligations for businesses to ensure it.

It applies to non-food products and to all sales channels. The GPSR provides a safety net for products or risks not regulated in other EU legislation. This safety net function means that EU consumers are always protected against dangerous products, be it now or in the future.

Should you be interested in a little light bedtime reading, you can find the full details here: (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2023.135.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2023%3A135%3ATOC)

What does it mean?

The long and short of it is that as a non-EU business, in order to continue supplying goods to the EU and Northern Ireland, we must appoint a “Responsible Person” based within the EU to act as a point of contact for the EU authorities, as per Article 19. Additionally, we must ensure that only safe products are offered for sale, as per Article 6, and have conducted an internal risk analysis prior to introducing the products to market, as stated in Article 9(2).

Common Sense Summary?

Departing slightly from the tedium of the new regulation, we’d like to emphasise that if you have a safety concern about any product you have purchased from us, please let us know immediately. We’ll then investigate and take the appropriate action, be that withdrawing the product from sale, recalling products from the market, etc, etc.

Wool Warehouse Contact Details

Wool Warehouse
12 Longfield Road
Sydenham Industrial Estate
Leamington Spa
Warwickshire
CV31 1XB
United Kingdom
sales@woolwarehouse.co.uk
www.woolwarehouse.co.uk

EU Responsible Person Contact Details

EU Responsible Person (for authorities only)

eucomply OÜ
Pärnu mnt 139b-14
11317 Tallinn, Estonia
hello@eucompliancepartner.com
www.eucompliancepartner.com

Regulatory Compliance Statement

We ensure all our products comply with GPSR, CE marking, and other applicable EU Directives.