GPSR (General Product Safety Regulations)
The regulation on General Product Safety (GPSR) is a new key instrument within the EU legal framework for product safety, which will replace the existing Directive on General Product Safety from December 13, 2024. It modernizes the general EU framework for product safety and addresses the new challenges that digitalization brings to product safety.
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To comply with the new guidelines, all books and non-books must be labeled with an additional EU representative address. The manufacturer is, depending on the product:
The Hachette UK Publishing Group
The Hachette UK Publishing Group, including:
- Hachette Children's Group, part of Hodder & Stoughton Limited, https://www.hodder.co.uk/
- The Orion Publishing Group Limited, https://www.orionbooks.co.uk/
Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment London, EC4Y 0DZ, England
For all products published by the Hachette UK Publishing Group, the EU representative is Hachette Ireland, 8 Castlecourt Centre, Dublin 15, D15 XTP3, Ireland (Email: [email protected]).
BIS Publishers
BIS Publishers, Timorplein 46, 1094CC Amsterdam, Netherlands, bispublishers.com for Dutch-language editions of Laurence King products.
For all products published by the Hachette UK Publishing Group under the Laurence King label, which are subject to the specific requirements of the European Union's harmonization legislation, including the Toy Directive 2009/48, the EU economic operator for these products is BIS Publishers, Timorplein 46, 1094CC Amsterdam, Netherlands, bispublishers.com