ImportRules

Selling to the EU from Taiwan

Every claim on this page links to the full answer with the regulation and article on the main guide — nothing here is new or looser than the official text.

You export from Taiwan — Taipei, Hsinchu, Taichung — into the European Union: semiconductors, electronics, machinery, bicycles. Taiwanese manufacturers already know CE marking well from the electronics directives — but GPSR adds a separate layer. Since 13 December 2024, almost every consumer product sold in the EU needs a Responsible Person inside the EU.

The questions, with answers

Is there an EU–Taiwan trade agreement? none

No. There is no free trade agreement between the EU and Taiwan, so your goods pay the ordinary Common Customs Tariff rate. There is no preferential origin to claim and no origin paperwork to produce for duty purposes — which does not remove the non-preferential origin rules that decide anti-dumping and labelling.

Whether a preference actually applies is decided per product by the origin rule in the agreement, not by where the goods were shipped from. Rules of origin works that through, and the goods code decides which rule you are under. A claim without valid proof is recovered from the importer, three years back, with interest.

Source: European Commission, Common Customs Tariff; no EU–Taiwan trade agreement in force. Checked: 4 September 2026.

We already have CE marking. Do we still need a GPSR Responsible Person?

Yes — this is the most common misconception among Taiwanese manufacturers. CE and GPSR are separate frameworks: CE proves conformity with technical directives; GPSR is the general safety net covering all consumer products. A product can be fully CE-marked and still lack the Responsible Person that GPSR requires.
Source: Regulation (EU) 2023/988 alongside the CE directives. Checked: 4 September 2026.

What does a Responsible Person cost for Taiwanese products?

€200–800 per year per catalogue, depending on product complexity and risk category. Electronics and children's products sit at the higher end. Ask for the cap on the number of products covered before signing.
Source: Published provider pricing, checked 4 September 2026. See the cost answer.

Next steps

Appoint a Responsible Person before your listings are suspended, not after — restoring a suspended listing takes longer than setting one up. The full guide covers GPSR, REACH, EPR and CBAM, each with regulation, article and the date it was last verified.

Selling into several EU countries at once? Labelling and warnings must be right per country — that is in the labelling answer.