I won’t be shipping to EU!! please read!

Due to new GPSR of EU I won’t be shipping anything to those countries. Which means General Product Safety Regulations. If you placed an order and received a refund from me. This is the reason.

I’m very sad small businesses are gonna affected by this new regulations. I can understand why they are doing it. But it seems very complicated to me. In the following I copy and paste an etsy article about this. Please read. Its very long!

The General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), effective 13 December 2024, aims to ensure that products on the EU market are safe, and establishes specific safety obligations. It replaces the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD).

The GPSR applies to non-food consumer products and extends to new and second-hand products, as well as products that are repaired, reconditioned, or recycled.

Exceptions to the GPSR include:

• Medicinal products for human or veterinary use
• Food
• Feed
• Living plants and animals (including genetically modified organisms and genetically modified microorganisms in contained use, and products of plants and animals relating directly to their future reproduction)
• Animal by-products and derived products
• Plant protection products (such as pesticides)
• Equipment on which consumers ride or travel when that equipment is directly operated by a service provider within the context of a transport service provided to consumers and not operated by the consumers themselves
• Aircraft
• Antiques

The GPSR may apply to you if you’re a “trader” (which may include registered businesses or professional sellers) that list items for sale to the EU market, and/or if you manufacture, import, or distribute products available to EU consumers. Since Etsy is unable to advise whether or not this applies to you, you may want to consult a legal professional with further questions.

What are the main requirements of the GPSR?

Products covered under the GPSR must have an EU-based “economic operator” as a “responsible person” in order to be placed on the EU market. A responsible person can be one of the following, if based in the EU:

• The manufacturer
• An importer, if the manufacturer is not established in the EU
• An authorized representative mandated by the manufacturer
• A fulfillment service provider if the manufacturer, importer, and authorized representative aren’t based in the EU

The EU responsible person’s duties include:

• Maintaining the product’s technical documentation, and providing them to the authorities on request
• Ensuring the product complies with certain information requirements such as including:
  • a type, batch or serial number or other identifier
  • the manufacturer’s name, their registered trade name or registered trade mark, and contact information
  • clear instructions and safety information in a language which can be easily understood by consumers.
• Informing authorities about dangerous products and accidents
• Cooperating with authorities and ensuring necessary corrective actions

See Etsy’s Help Center article for more information about adding an EU-based economic operator as responsible person. To comply with the GPSR, Etsy’s interface enables traders to provide safety-related information in their shop/listings

If you are a trader, manufacturer, or have another direct role in the supply chain of items you sell to EU consumers, you may have obligations under the GPSR.

For example, before and after a product is placed on the market, manufacturers are responsible for ensuring their products are safe by carrying out risk analyses, drawing up and maintaining technical documentation, ensuring products are compliant and traceable, providing clear instructions and safety information, taking corrective actions, and notifying safety issues to consumers and authorities.

What happens if my product is not GPSR compliant?

If a product is subject to GPSR, but does not meet its requirements, the product may be considered a “dangerous product.” This can lead to EU authorities taking corrective action, including imposing fines, banning, or removing the product from the market. Should Etsy receive a notification from an authority that your product is non-compliant, we will take appropriate action, which may include removing your listing and/or suspending your account.

If a product is subject to such corrective action by the relevant market surveillance authority of an EU Member State, this will be published on Safety Gate, the EU rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products, which could lead other authorities to require similar actions in their jurisdiction.

If you have reason to believe that a product you placed on the EU market is a dangerous product, you must immediately:

• take corrective measures such as a withdrawal or recall
• inform consumers, using the required recall notice template where appropriate
• inform the market surveillance authorities of the Member States in which the product has been made available through the Safety Business Gateway

Should you and/or a national competent authority decide that a product recall is necessary, you must offer an effective, cost-free, and timely remedy to your buyer, including at least two of the following:

• repair of the recalled product
• replacement of the recalled product (with a safe one of the same type and at least the same value and quality)
• an adequate refund of the value of the recalled product, at least equal to the price paid by the buyer.

What if my product causes an accident?

Manufacturers must report accidents caused by their product to the competent authorities of the Member State where the accident has occurred, through the Safety Business Gateway, without undue delay from the moment they know about the accident. This includes accidents causing death or serious adverse effects on an individual’s health and safety, permanent or temporary, including injuries, other damage to the body, illnesses, and chronic health effects.

Does the GPSR apply in the United Kingdom?

Since Brexit, the United Kingdom is not part of the European Union anymore. Therefore, the GPSR does not apply to products sold in England, Wales, and Scotland (note that GPSR does apply to products sold in Northern Ireland). For the United Kingdom, manufacturers must comply with the UK General Product Safety Regulations(UK GPSR). Similar to the EU legislation, the UK GPSR creates a net of safety requirements where there are no specific safety regulations covering that kind of product.

Additionally, manufacturers can consult references to international standards in order to comply with the UK GPSR. The list of standardsincludes examples for products such as furniture, training equipment, child use and care articles, lighters, etc.