Position paper - General Product Safety Regulation

The European Commission proposes to review and modernise the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD) through the proposal for a General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR). It is essential to constantly improve and design a simplified, coherent and effective market surveillance and consumer safety legislation. However, certain provisions within the current proposal will not amount to the desired result, as they might generate disproportionate compliance obligations while missing the root causes of the issues identified by the Commission. The following document highlights three key categories that should be tackled in the analysis of the proposal: ‘Definitions and general concepts’, ‘New obligations’ and ‘Enforcement and transition period’.