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GPSR compliance checklist

Fifteen checks, each with the article it rests on and a link to that article in the consolidated text. Tick them in the browser (nothing is sent anywhere) or print the page and work on paper. Based on Regulation (EU) 2023/988 as verified on 5 September 2026.

A checklist sorts your work; it does not classify your product. Where an item makes you unsure, that is the moment for the product check or the provider list; not for guessing.

Which product, checked by whom, on what date

A printed checklist without these three lines cannot go into a technical file. They print with the list, and the ticks are remembered per product code, so a catalogue can be worked through one SKU at a time.

Where you stand

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The fifteen

  1. An economic operator established in the Union who is responsible for the tasks in Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020. No product may be placed on the market without one. A UK entity does not qualify.
    Article 16(1) · what this means, in full
  2. Name, registered trade name or trade mark and contact details, including postal and electronic address, on the product or on its packaging, the parcel or an accompanying document.
    Article 16(3) · what this means, in full
  3. The manufacturer’s name and postal and electronic address are on the product, its packaging or an accompanying document; as importer you put your own there as well, without covering the manufacturer’s.
    Article 9(6) + Article 11(3) · what this means, in full
  4. A type, batch or serial number or other element that identifies the specific product, easily visible and legible for consumers; on the packaging or an accompanying document where the product is too small.
    Article 9(5) · what this means, in full
  5. Clear instructions and safety information in a language easily understood by consumers, as determined by each member state you sell into. One label is not enough for the whole EU, and the same duty falls on you as importer.
    Article 9(7) + Article 11(4) · what this means, in full
  6. In every offer, clearly and visibly: the manufacturer’s name and postal and electronic address; the responsible person where the manufacturer is outside the Union; information identifying the product including a picture; and any warning or safety information.
    Article 19 · what this means, in full
  7. An internal risk analysis, and technical documentation with at least a general description of the product and the characteristics relevant for assessing its safety; plus, where the risks call for it, the risk analysis, the solutions adopted and the test results.
    Article 9(2) · what this means, in full
  8. Kept up to date and at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for ten years after the product was placed on the market, and provided on request. As importer you keep your own copy for ten years from your own placing on the market.
    Article 9(3) + Article 11(6) · what this means, in full
  9. Internal processes for product safety (Article 14), and a written route for the day a product turns out to be dangerous. That route is a different article for every role, and taking the manufacturer’s by mistake is what leaves an importer exposed. As importer (Article 11(8)) you must immediately inform the manufacturer; ensure the corrective measures needed to bring the product into conformity are taken, including withdrawal or recall, and take them yourself where the manufacturer has not; ensure consumers are informed in accordance with Article 35 or 36, or both; and inform, through the Safety Business Gateway, the market surveillance authorities of every member state where the product was made available, giving the risk to health and safety, any corrective measure already taken and, if available, the quantity still circulating per member state. As distributor (Article 12(4)) you inform the manufacturer or importer, ensure the corrective measures are taken, and ensure the authorities of the member states concerned are immediately informed through the Gateway; that duty is triggered not only by danger but also by non-conformity with Article 9(5), (6) and (7) and Article 11(3) and (4), as applicable. Article 9(8) is the manufacturer’s version of this duty and is not your rule, unless you place the product on the market under your own name or trademark or substantially modify it, in which case Article 13 deems you the manufacturer; private-label importers usually are.
    Article 14 + Article 11(8) · what this means, in full
  10. You know that an accident caused by your product is notified through the Safety Business Gateway, without undue delay from the moment you know, to the authorities of the member state where it happened. As importer you inform the manufacturer, who notifies or instructs you to.
    Article 20 · what this means, in full
  11. An offer aimed at consumers in the Union counts as making the product available on the market, so the listing duties apply to your own webshop as much as to a marketplace, and to a seller outside the EU shipping in.
    Article 4 + Article 19 · what this means, in full
  12. Responsible person, manufacturer and documentation entered in the platform’s producer-compliance fields before the listing goes live, not after suspension. Marketplaces carry their own duties, which is why they check.
    Article 22 · what this means, in full
  13. Before placing the goods on the market you check that the manufacturer did what the regulation requires: documentation, identification and the name and address. The goods that arrive have to match the file.
    Article 11(1) · what this means, in full
  14. For each product: which factory, which documents, which version, and where your copy of the technical documentation sits. Catalogues of a thousand items fail here first.
    Article 11(6) · what this means, in full
  15. Checked on a date, noted with the source. Rules and lists change; a checklist without a date is an opinion.
    practice on this site · GPSR for importers

Every article number on this page comes from one shared table that GPSR for importers reads as well, so the two pages cannot drift apart. Sources: Regulation (EU) 2023/988 (GPSR); marketplace seller policies 2025–2026; verified 5 September 2026.

Check it yourself, at the source

Every answer above names the regulation and the article; the number links straight to the consolidated text on EUR-Lex. These are the official portals behind this page, each one checked on the date in the answers above.