§2.2 Link to EU harmonisation legislation and other EU legislation

The GPSR complements EU harmonisation legislation (10) and thus provides a safety net for all products placed or made available on EU markets. — The GPSR applies to products that are placed or made available on the market insofar as there are no specific provisions with the same objective under EU law which regulate the safety of the products concerned. — Where products are subject to specific safety requirements imposed by EU law, the GPSR applies only to those aspects, risks, or categories of risks, which are not covered by those requirements. Example : For example, the GPSR applies fully to, inter alia, childcare articles, gymnastic equipment and furniture, since these categories of products are not subject to specific requirements imposed by other EU legislation. In the case of low voltage devices, the GPSR would still apply for some new technology-related aspects, such as self-learning capabilities, if these are not covered by the EU Low Voltage Directive (LVD) (11) . Similarly, the GPSR will cover the safety risks of low-risk Artificial Intelligence (AI) products. In addition, the GPSR obligations for the providers of online marketplaces also apply to products subject to specific safety requirements under other EU legislation. With regard to products already subject to specific requirements imposed by EU harmonisation legislation: The following Chapters are applicable subject to the conditions listed above: ✓ Chapter I – general provisions; ✓ Chapter II – safety requirements: this chapter applies only to the risks or categories of risks not covered by EU harmonisation legislation ✓ Chapter III Section 2 – economic operator obligations regarding distance sales, reporting on accidents related to products, and the provisions on information in electronic format; ✓ Chapter IV – providers of online marketplaces; ✓ Chapter VI – the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System and Safety Business Gateway; ✓ Chapter VIII- right to information and to a remedy. The following chapters do not apply: ✓ Chapter III, Section 1 (the part of the obligations for economic operators not mentioned in the paragraph above); ✓ Chapter V (Market surveillance and implementation); ✓ Chapter VII (Commission’s role and enforcement coordination); and ✓ Chapters IX to XI (International cooperation, Financial provisions, Final provisions). The GPSR is interlinked with the Market Surveillance Regulation (12) in the sense that several of the provisions of that Regulation, notably those concerning the powers of market surveillance authorities, also apply to surveillance of products covered by the GPSR. (13) In addition, the GPSR naturally also has strong interlinks with other relevant EU legislation concerning illegal content online, including the Digital Services Act (14).

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-07