The trilogue on the General Product Safety Regulation (#GPSR) is finished. We have updated product safety to the challenges of online shopping and cyber security. Online marketplaces will have to check products. Third-country products need all to have a responsible person in EU.
That means that there will be an economic operator established in the EU that can be held liable for damages. The precautionary principle remains the leading principle for the entirety of product safety rules (that was an important point for @TheProgressives). 2/5
The Product Safety Regulation will also be part of collective redress and added to the annex of the Representative Actions Directive (@beuc). 3/5
In sum, a mixed result that is not decreasing the level of consumer protection already achieved, but making it fit for the challenges of the 21st century. /END
@SPDEuropa, @TheProgressives, @SchaldemoseMEP, @beuc, @vzbv, @EP_SingleMarket, @BiljanaBorzan, @EURACTIV, @POLITICOEurope, @BertuzLuca
I would have prefered more obligations for online marketplaces (such as "ex ante" checks), in particular SME ones (which are not subject to the #DSA rules). I would also have liked to see harmonised rules for fines in case of non-compliance with the product safety regulation. 4/5
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