Reminder: General product safety regulation due to come into force
The EU’s Regulation 2023/988 on general product safety, comes into force on the 13th of December. The new regulation amends Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 and Directive (EU) 2020/1828, and repeals Directive 2001/95/EC and Directive 87/357/EEC.
The new regulation provides a high level of consumer protection and a level playing field for businesses, thus improving the way the European Union’s (EU) internal market works.
The regulation applies to new, used, repaired or reconditioned products:
- available for distribution, consumption or use in the EU (‘placed or made available on the market’), whether for free or against payment, which are not covered by other specific EU product safety legislation,
- subject to existing specific EU safety requirements regarding the risks and aspects that are not already covered therein;
- applies to products offered to consumers in the EU via all sales channels;
- does not apply to the following:
- medicinal products for human or veterinary use,
- food and feed,
- living plants and animals, genetically modified organisms and microorganisms in contained use,
- animal-derived and by-products,
- plant protection products,
- transport equipment operated by a service provider,
- aircraft whose design, production, maintenance and operation pose a low safety risk,
- antiques,
- products clearly marked to be repaired or reconditioned prior to use.
Full details of the regulations are found here.
For questions on this topic, please contact SFA Public Affairs Lead, Jonathan McDade - Tel: 01 605 1688 or Email: jonathan.mcdade@sfa.ie.
