GPSR horror (argh!)

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I’m by no means an expert in legalese but this:

“For clarity, this is the part of the GPSR amendment that as I understand it has people worried.

Responsible person. Manufacturers that are not based in the EU must establish an operator within the EU that is responsible for compliance with the GPSR, and they should be identified on the product or its packaging. Their role will include being the point of contact for supervisory authorities enforcing GPSR obligations and conducting compliance checks of the product’s documentation and safety information.”

Sounds very much like companies – even small companies – inside the EU are not going to be significantly impacted. If they’re operating a safe business, they’ve nothing to worry about. The bureaucratic (and costly) impact is for small businesses outside the EU who want to sell into the EU.

One of the companies mentioned above (I forget which one, but this was from a post on Instagram) said that the UK was going to be introducing a similar law in the near future.

 

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The key appears to be, as a few have mentioned, that if you are selling safe products there won’t be a concern.  However, it is clear that there must be someone based in the EU who is prepared to vouch for the safety of your products and the correctness of your statements about it.  This will be an additional expense and will cause issues for the hobby as many miniature manufacturers are UK based.

The solution would be for one of the EU manufacturers to get paid a small fee to sign-off on the safety descriptions and be the name and address required for labelling compliance.  If they don’t want to then perhaps someone like Karwansaray Publishing might be able to do it?  They won’t need to stock or sell things and they get sent loads of samples of products to review anyway.  If they charge a sensible admin fee then even small manufacturers might be able to afford it.

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