Important Announcement: General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) Implementation
Dear Sellers Members,
We're sharing some crucial updates regarding the upcoming implementation of the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) in the European Union (EU), including Northern Ireland, under the Northern Ireland Protocol.
This regulation, set to take effect on December 13, 2024, marks a significant milestone in ensuring the safety and integrity of non-food consumer products in the EU market.
Here's a quick overview of what you need to know:
For listings on Amazon UK-based store, you don’t need to submit any information to Amazon. You must, however, submit the required information for listings on Amazon EU-based stores. For instructions, open this help page in the Seller Central website for the EU-based store, where you sell products in scope of the GPSR.
Scope of GPSR: Most non-food consumer products offered for sale in the EU will fall under the jurisdiction of GPSR, including used, repaired, and reconditioned items. However, certain exceptions apply, such as medicinal products, food and drinks, and living plants and animals.
Key Requirements:
- Responsible Person: It's mandatory to have a Responsible Person established within the EU for your non-food products. Make sure to label your products with their contact information in one of the EU's official languages.
- Manufacturer Information: Label your products with the manufacturer's contact details and, if applicable, the importer's information. Ensure the visibility of this information on both physical products and online listings.
- Labelling and Traceability: Adhere to GPSR and existing labelling requirements. Ensure each product carries a unique identifier for easy identification. Provide necessary warning and safety information, both physically and in online listings.
Action Required for Sellers:
- Proving Compliance to Amazon: Ensure compliance with GPSR requirements for EU-based stores. Non-compliant listings risk removal and ineligibility for flash sales.
- Brand Owners: Verify product compliance, enroll in Amazon Brand Registry, appoint a Responsible Person, provide manufacturer information, and display necessary details on product pages.
- Resellers: Verify compliance, provide Responsible Person and manufacturer information, display product pictures and safety information.
- Removing Products from Sale: If not continuing sales in EU stores, remove affected products from inventory via Manage Inventory dashboard or FBA.
- Displaying Information on Product Pages: Responsible Person and manufacturer information, along with relevant images and safety documents, will be displayed on product detail pages within 24 hours of confirmation.
- Submitting Information to Amazon: Use the Add compliance information widget in the Manage your compliance dashboard to provide necessary details. Submitting Responsible Person and manufacturer information: FR DE IT ES
Remember, this post serves as a guide and not legal advice. For specific queries regarding compliance with GPSR, we advise consulting your legal counsel.
Previous News post: Prepare for the new General Product Safety Regulation.
Stay tuned for further updates and ensure your products are in alignment with GPSR standards for a seamless market experience.
Have a great day ahead!
Ezra
Important Announcement: General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) Implementation
Dear Sellers Members,
We're sharing some crucial updates regarding the upcoming implementation of the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) in the European Union (EU), including Northern Ireland, under the Northern Ireland Protocol.
This regulation, set to take effect on December 13, 2024, marks a significant milestone in ensuring the safety and integrity of non-food consumer products in the EU market.
Here's a quick overview of what you need to know:
For listings on Amazon UK-based store, you don’t need to submit any information to Amazon. You must, however, submit the required information for listings on Amazon EU-based stores. For instructions, open this help page in the Seller Central website for the EU-based store, where you sell products in scope of the GPSR.
Scope of GPSR: Most non-food consumer products offered for sale in the EU will fall under the jurisdiction of GPSR, including used, repaired, and reconditioned items. However, certain exceptions apply, such as medicinal products, food and drinks, and living plants and animals.
Key Requirements:
- Responsible Person: It's mandatory to have a Responsible Person established within the EU for your non-food products. Make sure to label your products with their contact information in one of the EU's official languages.
- Manufacturer Information: Label your products with the manufacturer's contact details and, if applicable, the importer's information. Ensure the visibility of this information on both physical products and online listings.
- Labelling and Traceability: Adhere to GPSR and existing labelling requirements. Ensure each product carries a unique identifier for easy identification. Provide necessary warning and safety information, both physically and in online listings.
Action Required for Sellers:
- Proving Compliance to Amazon: Ensure compliance with GPSR requirements for EU-based stores. Non-compliant listings risk removal and ineligibility for flash sales.
- Brand Owners: Verify product compliance, enroll in Amazon Brand Registry, appoint a Responsible Person, provide manufacturer information, and display necessary details on product pages.
- Resellers: Verify compliance, provide Responsible Person and manufacturer information, display product pictures and safety information.
- Removing Products from Sale: If not continuing sales in EU stores, remove affected products from inventory via Manage Inventory dashboard or FBA.
- Displaying Information on Product Pages: Responsible Person and manufacturer information, along with relevant images and safety documents, will be displayed on product detail pages within 24 hours of confirmation.
- Submitting Information to Amazon: Use the Add compliance information widget in the Manage your compliance dashboard to provide necessary details. Submitting Responsible Person and manufacturer information: FR DE IT ES
Remember, this post serves as a guide and not legal advice. For specific queries regarding compliance with GPSR, we advise consulting your legal counsel.
Previous News post: Prepare for the new General Product Safety Regulation.
Stay tuned for further updates and ensure your products are in alignment with GPSR standards for a seamless market experience.
Have a great day ahead!
Ezra
52 replies
Seller_pfdAL01qncBD9
One thing that I don't seem to understand, is that you say:
"For listings on Amazon UK-based store, you don’t need to submit any information to Amazon. "
Northern Ireland is considered part of the UK and requires GPSR. So for nothing to be submitted when listing on "Amazon UK" only, does that mean Northern Ireland will be split off into it's own store? Or do we need to simply remove Northern Ireland from our shipping settings?
Seller_7Gzk2DXnerEBv
is this the reason my listings have all become invisible to buyers?
Seller_tz74iYhHLULoK
Has anyone had any luck finding a company who is reasonably price to act as an EU responsible person for your brand? We have not managed to find a company within budget to be able to do this on our behalf and will more than likely have to stop selling in Europe.
Some of the companies we spoke to want 1450 euros + 650 euros per product for the first year for RP representation, and this just isn't going to be a viable solution long term for us.
We are looking into Estonian e-residency in order to get around this at the moment.
Seller_Htg7RNxNPvp01
"Displaying in online listings warning and safety information in the language of the country of sale"
Does somebody know how to do this? We have digital manuals in every language, and also the safety information is in it. But how to upload this on every marketplace? Or what to do?
Nobody of Amazon seems to know this, but they sent the requirements...
Seller_2EG6N58tYDYmC
I am trying to understand this, but it is a bit confusing. I sell clothing. Do you want me to label each product with the ‘name of the person and manufacturer’ details?
Who would buy from me once I put the manufacturer’s details on the product, as they can go and buy from them?
Seller_xFNy6AOedMagf
For UK sellers currently selling into Northern Ireland, is Amazon going to remove the requirement making it compulsory to ship to Northern Ireland ?
As a micro-business, it's not cost effective to pay someone to be a responsible person for the products we sell which are produced outside the EU, so we'll have a choice of either not selling to Northern Ireland (if Amazon allows it) or removing all non-EU produced products from Amazon, and probably everywhere else.
Nice protectionist move by the EU, and because this affects almost all non-food products including second hand ones, I can see Facebook marketplace doing very well out of this when eBay & Amazon sellers can no longer sell collectable or discontinued goods !
Seller_0BTOhR5xfjfUq
Hi, can you just confirm we don't need to add this to our Amazon UK store/products? We don't sell to the EU, but we do sell to Northern Ireland...do we need to remove Northern Ireland as a delivery option? Quite stressed about this now I've seen it.
Thanks
Seller_n3wEbNmFmy4jl
Dear Erza,
Please explain me, what kind of information we must diplay on the listing's images, and what kind of information we must display only in the listing information (bullet points?)
Seller_fD1dVIICBO0dp
Please share a link to an amazon listing in FR, DE, IT or ES that has already done this, so we can model it? This would make life so much easier.
Important Announcement: General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) Implementation
Dear Sellers Members,
We're sharing some crucial updates regarding the upcoming implementation of the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) in the European Union (EU), including Northern Ireland, under the Northern Ireland Protocol.
This regulation, set to take effect on December 13, 2024, marks a significant milestone in ensuring the safety and integrity of non-food consumer products in the EU market.
Here's a quick overview of what you need to know:
For listings on Amazon UK-based store, you don’t need to submit any information to Amazon. You must, however, submit the required information for listings on Amazon EU-based stores. For instructions, open this help page in the Seller Central website for the EU-based store, where you sell products in scope of the GPSR.
Scope of GPSR: Most non-food consumer products offered for sale in the EU will fall under the jurisdiction of GPSR, including used, repaired, and reconditioned items. However, certain exceptions apply, such as medicinal products, food and drinks, and living plants and animals.
Key Requirements:
- Responsible Person: It's mandatory to have a Responsible Person established within the EU for your non-food products. Make sure to label your products with their contact information in one of the EU's official languages.
- Manufacturer Information: Label your products with the manufacturer's contact details and, if applicable, the importer's information. Ensure the visibility of this information on both physical products and online listings.
- Labelling and Traceability: Adhere to GPSR and existing labelling requirements. Ensure each product carries a unique identifier for easy identification. Provide necessary warning and safety information, both physically and in online listings.
Action Required for Sellers:
- Proving Compliance to Amazon: Ensure compliance with GPSR requirements for EU-based stores. Non-compliant listings risk removal and ineligibility for flash sales.
- Brand Owners: Verify product compliance, enroll in Amazon Brand Registry, appoint a Responsible Person, provide manufacturer information, and display necessary details on product pages.
- Resellers: Verify compliance, provide Responsible Person and manufacturer information, display product pictures and safety information.
- Removing Products from Sale: If not continuing sales in EU stores, remove affected products from inventory via Manage Inventory dashboard or FBA.
- Displaying Information on Product Pages: Responsible Person and manufacturer information, along with relevant images and safety documents, will be displayed on product detail pages within 24 hours of confirmation.
- Submitting Information to Amazon: Use the Add compliance information widget in the Manage your compliance dashboard to provide necessary details. Submitting Responsible Person and manufacturer information: FR DE IT ES
Remember, this post serves as a guide and not legal advice. For specific queries regarding compliance with GPSR, we advise consulting your legal counsel.
Previous News post: Prepare for the new General Product Safety Regulation.
Stay tuned for further updates and ensure your products are in alignment with GPSR standards for a seamless market experience.
Have a great day ahead!
Ezra
Important Announcement: General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) Implementation
Dear Sellers Members,
We're sharing some crucial updates regarding the upcoming implementation of the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) in the European Union (EU), including Northern Ireland, under the Northern Ireland Protocol.
This regulation, set to take effect on December 13, 2024, marks a significant milestone in ensuring the safety and integrity of non-food consumer products in the EU market.
Here's a quick overview of what you need to know:
For listings on Amazon UK-based store, you don’t need to submit any information to Amazon. You must, however, submit the required information for listings on Amazon EU-based stores. For instructions, open this help page in the Seller Central website for the EU-based store, where you sell products in scope of the GPSR.
Scope of GPSR: Most non-food consumer products offered for sale in the EU will fall under the jurisdiction of GPSR, including used, repaired, and reconditioned items. However, certain exceptions apply, such as medicinal products, food and drinks, and living plants and animals.
Key Requirements:
- Responsible Person: It's mandatory to have a Responsible Person established within the EU for your non-food products. Make sure to label your products with their contact information in one of the EU's official languages.
- Manufacturer Information: Label your products with the manufacturer's contact details and, if applicable, the importer's information. Ensure the visibility of this information on both physical products and online listings.
- Labelling and Traceability: Adhere to GPSR and existing labelling requirements. Ensure each product carries a unique identifier for easy identification. Provide necessary warning and safety information, both physically and in online listings.
Action Required for Sellers:
- Proving Compliance to Amazon: Ensure compliance with GPSR requirements for EU-based stores. Non-compliant listings risk removal and ineligibility for flash sales.
- Brand Owners: Verify product compliance, enroll in Amazon Brand Registry, appoint a Responsible Person, provide manufacturer information, and display necessary details on product pages.
- Resellers: Verify compliance, provide Responsible Person and manufacturer information, display product pictures and safety information.
- Removing Products from Sale: If not continuing sales in EU stores, remove affected products from inventory via Manage Inventory dashboard or FBA.
- Displaying Information on Product Pages: Responsible Person and manufacturer information, along with relevant images and safety documents, will be displayed on product detail pages within 24 hours of confirmation.
- Submitting Information to Amazon: Use the Add compliance information widget in the Manage your compliance dashboard to provide necessary details. Submitting Responsible Person and manufacturer information: FR DE IT ES
Remember, this post serves as a guide and not legal advice. For specific queries regarding compliance with GPSR, we advise consulting your legal counsel.
Previous News post: Prepare for the new General Product Safety Regulation.
Stay tuned for further updates and ensure your products are in alignment with GPSR standards for a seamless market experience.
Have a great day ahead!
Ezra
Important Announcement: General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) Implementation
Dear Sellers Members,
We're sharing some crucial updates regarding the upcoming implementation of the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) in the European Union (EU), including Northern Ireland, under the Northern Ireland Protocol.
This regulation, set to take effect on December 13, 2024, marks a significant milestone in ensuring the safety and integrity of non-food consumer products in the EU market.
Here's a quick overview of what you need to know:
For listings on Amazon UK-based store, you don’t need to submit any information to Amazon. You must, however, submit the required information for listings on Amazon EU-based stores. For instructions, open this help page in the Seller Central website for the EU-based store, where you sell products in scope of the GPSR.
Scope of GPSR: Most non-food consumer products offered for sale in the EU will fall under the jurisdiction of GPSR, including used, repaired, and reconditioned items. However, certain exceptions apply, such as medicinal products, food and drinks, and living plants and animals.
Key Requirements:
- Responsible Person: It's mandatory to have a Responsible Person established within the EU for your non-food products. Make sure to label your products with their contact information in one of the EU's official languages.
- Manufacturer Information: Label your products with the manufacturer's contact details and, if applicable, the importer's information. Ensure the visibility of this information on both physical products and online listings.
- Labelling and Traceability: Adhere to GPSR and existing labelling requirements. Ensure each product carries a unique identifier for easy identification. Provide necessary warning and safety information, both physically and in online listings.
Action Required for Sellers:
- Proving Compliance to Amazon: Ensure compliance with GPSR requirements for EU-based stores. Non-compliant listings risk removal and ineligibility for flash sales.
- Brand Owners: Verify product compliance, enroll in Amazon Brand Registry, appoint a Responsible Person, provide manufacturer information, and display necessary details on product pages.
- Resellers: Verify compliance, provide Responsible Person and manufacturer information, display product pictures and safety information.
- Removing Products from Sale: If not continuing sales in EU stores, remove affected products from inventory via Manage Inventory dashboard or FBA.
- Displaying Information on Product Pages: Responsible Person and manufacturer information, along with relevant images and safety documents, will be displayed on product detail pages within 24 hours of confirmation.
- Submitting Information to Amazon: Use the Add compliance information widget in the Manage your compliance dashboard to provide necessary details. Submitting Responsible Person and manufacturer information: FR DE IT ES
Remember, this post serves as a guide and not legal advice. For specific queries regarding compliance with GPSR, we advise consulting your legal counsel.
Previous News post: Prepare for the new General Product Safety Regulation.
Stay tuned for further updates and ensure your products are in alignment with GPSR standards for a seamless market experience.
Have a great day ahead!
Ezra
52 replies
52 replies
Seller_pfdAL01qncBD9
One thing that I don't seem to understand, is that you say:
"For listings on Amazon UK-based store, you don’t need to submit any information to Amazon. "
Northern Ireland is considered part of the UK and requires GPSR. So for nothing to be submitted when listing on "Amazon UK" only, does that mean Northern Ireland will be split off into it's own store? Or do we need to simply remove Northern Ireland from our shipping settings?
Seller_7Gzk2DXnerEBv
is this the reason my listings have all become invisible to buyers?
Seller_tz74iYhHLULoK
Has anyone had any luck finding a company who is reasonably price to act as an EU responsible person for your brand? We have not managed to find a company within budget to be able to do this on our behalf and will more than likely have to stop selling in Europe.
Some of the companies we spoke to want 1450 euros + 650 euros per product for the first year for RP representation, and this just isn't going to be a viable solution long term for us.
We are looking into Estonian e-residency in order to get around this at the moment.
Seller_Htg7RNxNPvp01
"Displaying in online listings warning and safety information in the language of the country of sale"
Does somebody know how to do this? We have digital manuals in every language, and also the safety information is in it. But how to upload this on every marketplace? Or what to do?
Nobody of Amazon seems to know this, but they sent the requirements...
Seller_2EG6N58tYDYmC
I am trying to understand this, but it is a bit confusing. I sell clothing. Do you want me to label each product with the ‘name of the person and manufacturer’ details?
Who would buy from me once I put the manufacturer’s details on the product, as they can go and buy from them?
Seller_xFNy6AOedMagf
For UK sellers currently selling into Northern Ireland, is Amazon going to remove the requirement making it compulsory to ship to Northern Ireland ?
As a micro-business, it's not cost effective to pay someone to be a responsible person for the products we sell which are produced outside the EU, so we'll have a choice of either not selling to Northern Ireland (if Amazon allows it) or removing all non-EU produced products from Amazon, and probably everywhere else.
Nice protectionist move by the EU, and because this affects almost all non-food products including second hand ones, I can see Facebook marketplace doing very well out of this when eBay & Amazon sellers can no longer sell collectable or discontinued goods !
Seller_0BTOhR5xfjfUq
Hi, can you just confirm we don't need to add this to our Amazon UK store/products? We don't sell to the EU, but we do sell to Northern Ireland...do we need to remove Northern Ireland as a delivery option? Quite stressed about this now I've seen it.
Thanks
Seller_n3wEbNmFmy4jl
Dear Erza,
Please explain me, what kind of information we must diplay on the listing's images, and what kind of information we must display only in the listing information (bullet points?)
Seller_fD1dVIICBO0dp
Please share a link to an amazon listing in FR, DE, IT or ES that has already done this, so we can model it? This would make life so much easier.
Seller_pfdAL01qncBD9
One thing that I don't seem to understand, is that you say:
"For listings on Amazon UK-based store, you don’t need to submit any information to Amazon. "
Northern Ireland is considered part of the UK and requires GPSR. So for nothing to be submitted when listing on "Amazon UK" only, does that mean Northern Ireland will be split off into it's own store? Or do we need to simply remove Northern Ireland from our shipping settings?
Seller_pfdAL01qncBD9
One thing that I don't seem to understand, is that you say:
"For listings on Amazon UK-based store, you don’t need to submit any information to Amazon. "
Northern Ireland is considered part of the UK and requires GPSR. So for nothing to be submitted when listing on "Amazon UK" only, does that mean Northern Ireland will be split off into it's own store? Or do we need to simply remove Northern Ireland from our shipping settings?
Seller_7Gzk2DXnerEBv
is this the reason my listings have all become invisible to buyers?
Seller_7Gzk2DXnerEBv
is this the reason my listings have all become invisible to buyers?
Seller_tz74iYhHLULoK
Has anyone had any luck finding a company who is reasonably price to act as an EU responsible person for your brand? We have not managed to find a company within budget to be able to do this on our behalf and will more than likely have to stop selling in Europe.
Some of the companies we spoke to want 1450 euros + 650 euros per product for the first year for RP representation, and this just isn't going to be a viable solution long term for us.
We are looking into Estonian e-residency in order to get around this at the moment.
Seller_tz74iYhHLULoK
Has anyone had any luck finding a company who is reasonably price to act as an EU responsible person for your brand? We have not managed to find a company within budget to be able to do this on our behalf and will more than likely have to stop selling in Europe.
Some of the companies we spoke to want 1450 euros + 650 euros per product for the first year for RP representation, and this just isn't going to be a viable solution long term for us.
We are looking into Estonian e-residency in order to get around this at the moment.
Seller_Htg7RNxNPvp01
"Displaying in online listings warning and safety information in the language of the country of sale"
Does somebody know how to do this? We have digital manuals in every language, and also the safety information is in it. But how to upload this on every marketplace? Or what to do?
Nobody of Amazon seems to know this, but they sent the requirements...
Seller_Htg7RNxNPvp01
"Displaying in online listings warning and safety information in the language of the country of sale"
Does somebody know how to do this? We have digital manuals in every language, and also the safety information is in it. But how to upload this on every marketplace? Or what to do?
Nobody of Amazon seems to know this, but they sent the requirements...
Seller_2EG6N58tYDYmC
I am trying to understand this, but it is a bit confusing. I sell clothing. Do you want me to label each product with the ‘name of the person and manufacturer’ details?
Who would buy from me once I put the manufacturer’s details on the product, as they can go and buy from them?
Seller_2EG6N58tYDYmC
I am trying to understand this, but it is a bit confusing. I sell clothing. Do you want me to label each product with the ‘name of the person and manufacturer’ details?
Who would buy from me once I put the manufacturer’s details on the product, as they can go and buy from them?
Seller_xFNy6AOedMagf
For UK sellers currently selling into Northern Ireland, is Amazon going to remove the requirement making it compulsory to ship to Northern Ireland ?
As a micro-business, it's not cost effective to pay someone to be a responsible person for the products we sell which are produced outside the EU, so we'll have a choice of either not selling to Northern Ireland (if Amazon allows it) or removing all non-EU produced products from Amazon, and probably everywhere else.
Nice protectionist move by the EU, and because this affects almost all non-food products including second hand ones, I can see Facebook marketplace doing very well out of this when eBay & Amazon sellers can no longer sell collectable or discontinued goods !
Seller_xFNy6AOedMagf
For UK sellers currently selling into Northern Ireland, is Amazon going to remove the requirement making it compulsory to ship to Northern Ireland ?
As a micro-business, it's not cost effective to pay someone to be a responsible person for the products we sell which are produced outside the EU, so we'll have a choice of either not selling to Northern Ireland (if Amazon allows it) or removing all non-EU produced products from Amazon, and probably everywhere else.
Nice protectionist move by the EU, and because this affects almost all non-food products including second hand ones, I can see Facebook marketplace doing very well out of this when eBay & Amazon sellers can no longer sell collectable or discontinued goods !
Seller_0BTOhR5xfjfUq
Hi, can you just confirm we don't need to add this to our Amazon UK store/products? We don't sell to the EU, but we do sell to Northern Ireland...do we need to remove Northern Ireland as a delivery option? Quite stressed about this now I've seen it.
Thanks
Seller_0BTOhR5xfjfUq
Hi, can you just confirm we don't need to add this to our Amazon UK store/products? We don't sell to the EU, but we do sell to Northern Ireland...do we need to remove Northern Ireland as a delivery option? Quite stressed about this now I've seen it.
Thanks
Seller_n3wEbNmFmy4jl
Dear Erza,
Please explain me, what kind of information we must diplay on the listing's images, and what kind of information we must display only in the listing information (bullet points?)
Seller_n3wEbNmFmy4jl
Dear Erza,
Please explain me, what kind of information we must diplay on the listing's images, and what kind of information we must display only in the listing information (bullet points?)
Seller_fD1dVIICBO0dp
Please share a link to an amazon listing in FR, DE, IT or ES that has already done this, so we can model it? This would make life so much easier.
Seller_fD1dVIICBO0dp
Please share a link to an amazon listing in FR, DE, IT or ES that has already done this, so we can model it? This would make life so much easier.
