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What it costs
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What does an EU responsible person cost?
Published prices run from roughly €200 to €800 per year, usually per catalogue rather than per product. Risk category and catalogue size move the price.
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How much does a GPSR responsible person cost per year?
Most services charge yearly, not one-time: a small-catalogue arrangement starts around €200; toys, electrical goods or large catalogues sit towards €800.
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Is the responsible person a one-time fee or a subscription?
Nearly always a yearly fee for as long as you sell. When you stop paying, the appointment ends — and every listing recorded against that address is at risk.
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What is the cheapest way to become GPSR compliant?
Appoint one responsible person service for your whole catalogue rather than per product, and keep the technical file from your factory ready — rebuilding it is the expensive part, not the appointment.
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Finding someone
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How do I find an EU responsible person?
The guide lists who provides the service, per type, editorially and unpaid — or ask for three introductions via the quote form.
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Who can be my responsible person in the EU?
Any economic operator established in the EU that takes on the role: a dedicated responsible-person service, or an EU importer you sell through. What matters is that their name and address are reachable and on the product.
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How do I find a compliance partner in Europe?
Depends on what you import: general consumer products need a responsible person, chemicals a REACH expert, medical devices a sector specialist. The provider list groups them by exactly that.
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Do I need a lawyer for GPSR?
No. The responsible person is an administrative appointment, not legal representation. A lawyer becomes relevant for disputes, not for compliance itself.
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Can I appoint my own company as responsible person?
Only if your company is established inside the EU. Selling from outside means the role must sit with someone who is — which is the whole business of responsible-person services.
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Per country
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What are the import rules in Germany?
The four EU rules (GPSR, REACH, EPR, CBAM) apply identically across Germany — EU regulation, not national law. What differs per country: the market surveillance authority, the EPR registers, and the language of warnings. Germany's best-known national extra: packaging registration in the LUCID register.
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Do I need a LUCID number to sell on Amazon Germany?
Yes, if you place packaged goods on the German market — including from abroad; Amazon.de asks for the LUCID registration number before you can list packaged products. This sits on top of GPSR, not instead of it.
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What are the import rules in the Netherlands?
The same EU rules as everywhere in the Union; in the Netherlands product-safety surveillance sits with the NVWA. Warnings must be in Dutch for the Dutch market.
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What are the import rules in France, Spain or Italy?
The four EU rules are the same; what changes is which EPR register you join and which languages your labels and warnings need. One EU-wide responsible person covers all member states.
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From outside the EU
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How do I import from China to the EU?
Seven questions cover it, asked the way sellers from China ask them — responsible person, suspended listings, the CE-certificate mistake, labels, dropshipping.
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Do Chinese sellers need an EU responsible person?
Yes — shipping directly from China to EU consumers is selling into the EU from outside it, so the responsible person must be established inside the EU.
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How do I import from India to the EU?
Same rules as for any non-EU seller, including why IEC and GST registration do nothing for the EU side. See the seven India questions.
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My company has IEC and GST — is that enough for Europe?
No. Indian export registrations cover India's side of the export; the EU checks a responsible person inside the EU. Two separate files, both needed.
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Platforms
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Does GPSR apply to Amazon sellers?
Yes, and marketplaces have been suspending listings without a recorded EU responsible person since 2025 — whatever the product itself is like.
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Does GPSR apply to AliExpress or Temu sellers?
Yes. Selling to EU consumers through any marketplace is distance selling into the EU; the responsible-person duty applies, and the marketplace checks the listing data.
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Does GPSR apply to my own webshop or Shopify store?
Yes — selling from your own site to EU consumers is distance selling, same duties as a marketplace seller: responsible person, labelling, documentation.
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Do dropshippers need an EU responsible person?
Yes. The duty follows the seller of record, even if you never touch the goods — per product, from every supplier you use.
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Per product
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Which rules apply to toys sold in the EU?
GPSR plus the toys' own regime (Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC) — children's products are the highest-risk category, and both the responsible person and the specific toy rules apply at once.
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Which rules apply to cosmetics sold in the EU?
The Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 with its own responsible-person duties, on top of general product safety.
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Which rules apply to electronics sold in the EU?
GPSR plus the CE directives for electrical products (such as low-voltage and EMC); the CE marking route and the responsible person are separate requirements.
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Which rules apply to chemicals imported into the EU?
REACH — and the one-tonne threshold counts per legal entity per calendar year, not per shipment.
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Which rules apply to packaging?
EPR registration per member state, and from 12 August 2026 the Packaging Regulation requires an authorised representative for sellers without an EU establishment.
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I import steel or aluminium — which rules apply?
CBAM: the definitive regime runs since 1 January 2026, and the first annual declaration is due 30 September 2027.
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Agents and partners
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How do I find a European distributor for my product?
The rules angle: if an EU company imports your product for resale, that importer is the responsible person for those goods. If you sell direct, you appoint the responsible person yourself.
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How do I find an agent to sell my products in Europe?
Two routes with different obligations: sell through an EU importer (they take the responsible-person role for what they import) or sell direct and appoint the service yourself.
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I am an agent — do I need anything to represent foreign manufacturers in the EU?
If you take over placing products on the EU market, you count as the importer and are the responsible person for what you import. Representing without importing leaves that duty with the seller.
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How do I find buyers for my products in the EU?
Compliance first: EU buyers increasingly ask for the responsible person and technical file before they order. The guide tells you which document they mean per rule.
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