{"id":143072,"date":"2023-06-09T02:54:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T02:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=143072"},"modified":"2023-06-09T03:07:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T03:07:12","slug":"eu-general-product-safety-regulation","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/news\/eu-general-product-safety-regulation\/","title":{"rendered":"European Commission Approves New General Product Safety Regulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On May 23, 2023, the European Commission approved the implementation of the General Product Safety Regulation (EU) 2023\/988. This regulatory measure, set to take effect on June 12, 2023, aims to strengthen consumer protection and establish robust safety standards for consumer products in the European Union (EU).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">General Product Safety Regulation (EU) 2023\/988<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The new General Product Safety Regulation is designed to enforce the entry of only safe products into the European Union market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Various factors will be taken into consideration to determine whether or not a product is safe, including:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Characteristics and functions of the products, including their design, technical features, composition, and more.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Whether the product will be used with other products.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The effect other products might have on the assessed product.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The product&#8217;s labelling includes age suitability for children, warnings and instructions for use, and more.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The categories of consumers using the product.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The appearance of the product, especially in cases where:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Products that are not foodstuff but may be mistaken for food and pose a risk of ingestion, especially by children.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Products not intended for children but may still be used by them due to their design, packaging or characteristics.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Cybersecurity features.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The product&#8217;s evolving, learning and predictive functionalities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Compliance with Standards<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Products that conform to relevant European harmonized standards or national requirements (in the absence of harmonized standards) will be presumed to meet the safety requirements outlined in the General Product Safety Regulation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Transition and Enforcement of the General Product Safety Regulation (EU) 2023\/988<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Full enforcement of the General Product Safety Regulation will commence on December 13, 2024, following an 18-month transition period. The existing General Product Safety Directive (Directive 2001\/95\/EC) will be repealed upon enforcement. Products that comply with the General Product Safety Directive can be placed on the market until December 13, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/PDF\/?uri=CELEX:32023R0988\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> to read the full Regulation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Is this set to affect your business? Get personal guidance from our experts.<\/strong> Contact us today at inquiry@hqts.com<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 23, 2023, the European Commission approved the implementation of the General Product Safety Regulation (EU) 2023\/988. This regulatory measure, set to take effect on June 12, 2023, aims to strengthen consumer protection and establish robust safety standards for consumer products in the European Union (EU). &nbsp; General Product Safety Regulation (EU) 2023\/988 The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":143074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[133,132],"class_list":["post-143072","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-all","news-category-regulations"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/143072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143072"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/143072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143101,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/143072\/revisions\/143101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143072"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=143072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}