Article 44 — Penalties

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

What does GPSR Article 44 say?

Short answer, straight from the official text

1. Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation that impose obligations on economic operators and providers of online marketplaces and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented in accordance with national law. 2.

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

Official text

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1. Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation that impose obligations on economic operators and providers of online marketplaces and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented in accordance with national law.

2. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.

3. The Member States shall, by 13 December 2024, notify the Commission of those rules and of those measures, where they have not previously been notified, and shall notify it, without delay, of any subsequent amendment affecting them.

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The same rule in other acts

These articles carry the same official heading. The wording is not identical; read each text at its own source.

• GDPR Article 84 — Penalties
• AI Act Article 99 — Penalties
• NIS2 Article 36 — Penalties
• DSA Article 52 — Penalties

Who does this apply to

The register names five roles. Open a role to see the duties this act places on it, each row with its article and its source.

• Online marketplace
• Seller in distance selling
• Manufacturer
• Importer

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