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COMMISSION NOTICE The ‘Blue Guide’ on the implementation of EU product rules 2022 · European Union

Directive 2001/95/EC on general product safety (GPSD) (21) is intended to ensure product safety throughout the EU for all non-food consumer products to the extent that they are not covered by sector-specific EU harmonisation legislation. The GPSD also complements the provisions of sector legislation in some aspects. The GPSD therefore provides for a safety net ensuring that all non-food consumer products in the EU are safe. The key provision of the GPSD is that producers are obliged to place on the market only safe products. The GPSD also provides for market surveillance provisions aimed at guaranteeing a high level of consumer health and safety protection.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.