The General Safety Requirement
The regulations require that no producer shall (reg.5):
- Place a product on the market;
- Offer or agree to place a product on the market or expose or possess a product for placing on the market;
- Offer or agree to supply a product or expose or possess a product for supply;
- Supply a product;
— unless the product is a safe product.
A producer must provide appropriate information to consumers (art.7). Either a producer or distributor must inform an enforcement authority if they become aware that they have supplied a dangerous product (reg.9). The authority must inform the Secretary of State, as of 2008 the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, who must inform the European Commission (regs.33-34)
A distributor must exercise due care in helping to ensure safety through (reg.8):
- Not selling dangerous products;
- Providing information to purchasers;
- Maintaining traceability;
- Co-operating with enforcement authorities.
Read more about this topic: General Product Safety Regulations 2005
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