General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)
Effective Dec 13 if you sell anything to the European Union (basically all of Europe) you will have to comply with the below things. This will be impossible for small sellers. Good luck translating everything into a dozen different languages (Italian, German, French, Swiss, etc) and finding someone overseas to be responsible for your stuff.
The GPSR requires all business sellers to add the following information for eligible items available for sale in the EU and NI:
1) The product manufacturer's name and contact information
2) If the manufacturer isn’t located in the EU or NI, you’ll have to indicate an EU or NI-based Responsible Person or entity, along with their name and contact details
3) Any relevant product information like model number, pictures, type, and CE marking
4) Product safety and compliance information like safety warnings, labels, and product manuals in the local language
I am an old school small seller (started in 2006). Several years ago when they started requiring collecting of import fees and taxes overseas I quit offering my Amazon items for sale overseas so this won't hurt me here. But like many sellers I also sell on Ebay and use their international shipping option where they handle all of that for me. This will now make it impossible for me to sell to Europe on Ebay as well now.
