Which EU rules apply to what I import?

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What applies to you

Worked out in full, for the situations that come up most

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• Which EU rules apply to consumer goods imported from China?GPSR, EPR, Sanctions screening
• Which EU rules apply to electronics imported into the EU?GPSR, EPR, Sanctions screening
• Which EU rules apply when you import a tonne or more of a substance a year?REACH, EPR, Sanctions screening
• Which EU rules apply when you import less than a tonne of a substance a year?REACH, EPR, Sanctions screening
• Which EU rules apply to steel imported above the CBAM threshold?EPR, CBAM, Sanctions screening
• Which EU rules apply to steel imported under fifty tonnes a year?EPR, CBAM, Sanctions screening
• Which EU rules apply when you buy packaged goods inside the EU?GPSR, EPR, Sanctions screening
• Which EU rules apply when you dropship consumer goods into the EU?GPSR, EPR, Sanctions screening
• Which EU rules apply when your EU customer is the importer?REACH, Sanctions screening, You are not the one placing it on the market
• Which EU rules apply to waste or residues brought in for recovery?EPR, Waste shipments (EVOA / EWSR), Sanctions screening
• Which EU rules apply to consumer goods imported from the United Kingdom?GPSR, EPR, United Kingdom, Sanctions screening

What this does not cover

Named, because a triage tool that stays quiet about its edges is worse than none. Each of these has its own regime and none of them is answered above:

• CE marking and the product directives; machinery, toys, low voltage, EMC, PPE, radio equipment. Which directive applies depends on what the product is; the CE page routes you.
• RoHS and WEEE; substance restrictions and take-back for electrical equipment, separate from the EPR registration above.
• EUDR; the deforestation regulation, for cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, rubber, soy and wood and products made from them.
• Food, feed, cosmetics and medical devices; each with its own approval, labelling and notification route.
• Customs, origin and duties; tariff classification, preferential origin, anti-dumping measures.
• Product classification itself; the single most expensive thing to get wrong, and the one thing a questionnaire cannot do for you.

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