Article 26 — Notification of dangerous products through the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System

General Product Safety Regulation — Regulation (EU) 2023/988

What does GPSR Article 26 say?

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1. Member States shall notify through the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System corrective measures taken by their authorities or by economic operators on the basis of: (a) provisions of this Regulation, in relation to dangerous products presenting a serious risk to the health and safety of consumers;

Source: General Product Safety Regulation — Regulation (EU) 2023/988, read 2026-09-26.

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1. Member States shall notify through the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System corrective measures taken by their authorities or by economic operators on the basis of:

(a) provisions of this Regulation, in relation to dangerous products presenting a serious risk to the health and safety of consumers; and

(b) Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020.

2. Member States may also notify envisaged corrective measures in relation to products presenting a serious risk through the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System if they consider it necessary with regard to the urgency of the risk to the health or safety of consumers.

3. Without prejudice to paragraph 1 of this Article, Member States shall inform the Commission about corrective measures taken by their authorities or by economic operators on the basis of this Regulation and the Commission shall forward that information to the other Member States. For that purpose, Member States may notify through the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System corrective measures taken by their authorities or by economic operators on the basis of this Regulation, of Union harmonisation legislation and of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 in relation to products presenting a less than serious risk.

4. The national authorities shall submit notifications as referred to in paragraph 1 through the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System without delay and in any event within four working days after the corrective measure is taken.

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