GPSR help
Hello
I have multiple SKUs uploaded to GPSR that have been under review for more than 7 days but are still in review status. It's coming up to the 13 December deadline, so will these SKUs under review be removed as well?
There are also some SKUs that have been reviewed but are still showing in the ‘Open’ panel with a message that they need to be submitted, will these be removed as well?
GPSR help
Hello
I have multiple SKUs uploaded to GPSR that have been under review for more than 7 days but are still in review status. It's coming up to the 13 December deadline, so will these SKUs under review be removed as well?
There are also some SKUs that have been reviewed but are still showing in the ‘Open’ panel with a message that they need to be submitted, will these be removed as well?
18 replies
Seller_i38MVIJDH23AY
I have tried to get an answer on this. I don't think Seller Support know. They are just waiting to see what the bots do too.
I still have hundreds and hundreds that have not been actioned. Due to the webpage not working properly it is impossible to see what needs to be done and what has been done.
The legislation doesn't even apply to existing items.
It is an absolute shambles.
Seller_ZJhFeE3tNKzfh
@Seller_i38MVIJDH23AY It depends on this. The legislation applies at INDIVIDUAL product level - but GPSR shouldn't apply if the item was in any way 'placed on the market' prior to 13th December 2024. Thing is, its what placed on the market means. That is outlined in the EU 'Blue Guide'
For the purposes of Union harmonisation legislation, a product is placed on the market when it is made available for the first time on the Union market. This operation should be done by the manufacturer or by an importer (46). When a manufacturer or an importer supplies a product to a distributor (47) or an end-user for the first time, the operation is always labelled in legal terms as ‘placing on the market’. Any subsequent operation, for instance, from a distributor to distributor or from a distributor to an end-user is defined as making available.
As for ‘making available’, the concept of placing on the market refers to each individual product, not to a type of product, and whether it was manufactured as an individual unit or in series. Consequently, placing on the Union market can only happen once for each individual product across the EU and does not take place in each Member State. Even though a product model or type has been supplied before new Union harmonisation legislation laying down new mandatory requirements entered into force, individual units of the same model or type, which are placed on the market after the new requirements have become applicable, must comply with these new requirements.
So if you are outside the EU (ie in GB) each individual unit only becomes placed on the market at the point it is sold. How amazon approach this (and on amazon UK it honestly doesn't matter at the moment) is the detail. I've been told by our integration partner the below...
"we received additional information that Amazon will not enforce GPSR requirements on December 13th for existing listings. This will not be enforced until sometime late January, and Amazon will provide a feedback loop to flag these listings in Seller Central prior to enforcing the requirements. For new listings, the GPSR requirements will be enforced."
Seller_ZJhFeE3tNKzfh
Sorry but GPSR applies to second hand goods as well.
Seller_i38MVIJDH23AY
Just to be clear, Are you saying the item needs to have been sold or that I need to have sold that item?
If it is the former then any item with an existing listing and a ranking means that the product has been sold by someone.
The policing is a bit of a moot point because Amazon have decided to remove all non compliant listings irrespective of article 51.
Seller_ZJhFeE3tNKzfh
You are confusing the term item.
Article 51 refers to items being placed on the market. But that refers to EVERY INDIVDUAL ITEM.
So if you refer to say a Nintendo Switch. While the switch as a product was first placed on the market in 2017 - the one specific Nintendo Switch you are selling today hasn't been placed on the market. And in the case of you being outside the EU - it doesn't get placed on the EU market until the point you sell it to someone in the EU.
Then rinse and repeat with the next unit.
What the Article 51 would refer to would be if say a manufacturer had sold a product to a wholesaler in the EU in October 2024. That would have been deemed Placed on the market. So the wholesaler can sell to a retailer in the EU and they can sell it on.
Seller_IZMia0ASJ6cAm
Yes, but Article 51 must mean something.
This is information from the other big online marketplace.
"What if I sell second-hand items and don’t have information about the product manufacturer?"
"In general, used items are in scope of the GPSR. However, Article 51 of the GPSR states that EU nations shouldn’t ‘impede’ the sale of any product that was first supplied for distribution, consumption, or use on the EU market before 13 December 2024, provided that product is covered by and complies with the General Product Safety Directive (2001/95/EG). As with many new laws, there are differing interpretations of the GPSR. To our understanding, Article 51 can mean that you don’t need, for example, to add the additional information required by the GPSR to listings for consumer products that were placed on the EU or Northern Ireland market before 13 December 2024, and that are covered by and fully comply with the General Product Safety Directive.
For example, if you’re selling a used item that complies with the directive and was placed on the EU or Northern Ireland market before 13 December 2024, you won’t need to provide GPSR-related information in the listing (for example, manufacturer information)."
Seller_IZMia0ASJ6cAm
I think I see where you are coming from.
So if a manufacturer supplied a wholesaler with an item before the 13th, then the wholesaler supplied a shop after the 13th, the items would not come under GPSR because the manufacturer to wholesaler transaction was the item being 'placed on the market', and this transaction happened before the 13th.
Is this correct?
GPSR help
Hello
I have multiple SKUs uploaded to GPSR that have been under review for more than 7 days but are still in review status. It's coming up to the 13 December deadline, so will these SKUs under review be removed as well?
There are also some SKUs that have been reviewed but are still showing in the ‘Open’ panel with a message that they need to be submitted, will these be removed as well?
GPSR help
Hello
I have multiple SKUs uploaded to GPSR that have been under review for more than 7 days but are still in review status. It's coming up to the 13 December deadline, so will these SKUs under review be removed as well?
There are also some SKUs that have been reviewed but are still showing in the ‘Open’ panel with a message that they need to be submitted, will these be removed as well?
GPSR help
Hello
I have multiple SKUs uploaded to GPSR that have been under review for more than 7 days but are still in review status. It's coming up to the 13 December deadline, so will these SKUs under review be removed as well?
There are also some SKUs that have been reviewed but are still showing in the ‘Open’ panel with a message that they need to be submitted, will these be removed as well?
18 replies
18 replies
Seller_i38MVIJDH23AY
I have tried to get an answer on this. I don't think Seller Support know. They are just waiting to see what the bots do too.
I still have hundreds and hundreds that have not been actioned. Due to the webpage not working properly it is impossible to see what needs to be done and what has been done.
The legislation doesn't even apply to existing items.
It is an absolute shambles.
Seller_ZJhFeE3tNKzfh
@Seller_i38MVIJDH23AY It depends on this. The legislation applies at INDIVIDUAL product level - but GPSR shouldn't apply if the item was in any way 'placed on the market' prior to 13th December 2024. Thing is, its what placed on the market means. That is outlined in the EU 'Blue Guide'
For the purposes of Union harmonisation legislation, a product is placed on the market when it is made available for the first time on the Union market. This operation should be done by the manufacturer or by an importer (46). When a manufacturer or an importer supplies a product to a distributor (47) or an end-user for the first time, the operation is always labelled in legal terms as ‘placing on the market’. Any subsequent operation, for instance, from a distributor to distributor or from a distributor to an end-user is defined as making available.
As for ‘making available’, the concept of placing on the market refers to each individual product, not to a type of product, and whether it was manufactured as an individual unit or in series. Consequently, placing on the Union market can only happen once for each individual product across the EU and does not take place in each Member State. Even though a product model or type has been supplied before new Union harmonisation legislation laying down new mandatory requirements entered into force, individual units of the same model or type, which are placed on the market after the new requirements have become applicable, must comply with these new requirements.
So if you are outside the EU (ie in GB) each individual unit only becomes placed on the market at the point it is sold. How amazon approach this (and on amazon UK it honestly doesn't matter at the moment) is the detail. I've been told by our integration partner the below...
"we received additional information that Amazon will not enforce GPSR requirements on December 13th for existing listings. This will not be enforced until sometime late January, and Amazon will provide a feedback loop to flag these listings in Seller Central prior to enforcing the requirements. For new listings, the GPSR requirements will be enforced."
Seller_ZJhFeE3tNKzfh
Sorry but GPSR applies to second hand goods as well.
Seller_i38MVIJDH23AY
Just to be clear, Are you saying the item needs to have been sold or that I need to have sold that item?
If it is the former then any item with an existing listing and a ranking means that the product has been sold by someone.
The policing is a bit of a moot point because Amazon have decided to remove all non compliant listings irrespective of article 51.
Seller_ZJhFeE3tNKzfh
You are confusing the term item.
Article 51 refers to items being placed on the market. But that refers to EVERY INDIVDUAL ITEM.
So if you refer to say a Nintendo Switch. While the switch as a product was first placed on the market in 2017 - the one specific Nintendo Switch you are selling today hasn't been placed on the market. And in the case of you being outside the EU - it doesn't get placed on the EU market until the point you sell it to someone in the EU.
Then rinse and repeat with the next unit.
What the Article 51 would refer to would be if say a manufacturer had sold a product to a wholesaler in the EU in October 2024. That would have been deemed Placed on the market. So the wholesaler can sell to a retailer in the EU and they can sell it on.
Seller_IZMia0ASJ6cAm
Yes, but Article 51 must mean something.
This is information from the other big online marketplace.
"What if I sell second-hand items and don’t have information about the product manufacturer?"
"In general, used items are in scope of the GPSR. However, Article 51 of the GPSR states that EU nations shouldn’t ‘impede’ the sale of any product that was first supplied for distribution, consumption, or use on the EU market before 13 December 2024, provided that product is covered by and complies with the General Product Safety Directive (2001/95/EG). As with many new laws, there are differing interpretations of the GPSR. To our understanding, Article 51 can mean that you don’t need, for example, to add the additional information required by the GPSR to listings for consumer products that were placed on the EU or Northern Ireland market before 13 December 2024, and that are covered by and fully comply with the General Product Safety Directive.
For example, if you’re selling a used item that complies with the directive and was placed on the EU or Northern Ireland market before 13 December 2024, you won’t need to provide GPSR-related information in the listing (for example, manufacturer information)."
Seller_IZMia0ASJ6cAm
I think I see where you are coming from.
So if a manufacturer supplied a wholesaler with an item before the 13th, then the wholesaler supplied a shop after the 13th, the items would not come under GPSR because the manufacturer to wholesaler transaction was the item being 'placed on the market', and this transaction happened before the 13th.
Is this correct?
Seller_i38MVIJDH23AY
I have tried to get an answer on this. I don't think Seller Support know. They are just waiting to see what the bots do too.
I still have hundreds and hundreds that have not been actioned. Due to the webpage not working properly it is impossible to see what needs to be done and what has been done.
The legislation doesn't even apply to existing items.
It is an absolute shambles.
Seller_i38MVIJDH23AY
I have tried to get an answer on this. I don't think Seller Support know. They are just waiting to see what the bots do too.
I still have hundreds and hundreds that have not been actioned. Due to the webpage not working properly it is impossible to see what needs to be done and what has been done.
The legislation doesn't even apply to existing items.
It is an absolute shambles.
Seller_ZJhFeE3tNKzfh
@Seller_i38MVIJDH23AY It depends on this. The legislation applies at INDIVIDUAL product level - but GPSR shouldn't apply if the item was in any way 'placed on the market' prior to 13th December 2024. Thing is, its what placed on the market means. That is outlined in the EU 'Blue Guide'
For the purposes of Union harmonisation legislation, a product is placed on the market when it is made available for the first time on the Union market. This operation should be done by the manufacturer or by an importer (46). When a manufacturer or an importer supplies a product to a distributor (47) or an end-user for the first time, the operation is always labelled in legal terms as ‘placing on the market’. Any subsequent operation, for instance, from a distributor to distributor or from a distributor to an end-user is defined as making available.
As for ‘making available’, the concept of placing on the market refers to each individual product, not to a type of product, and whether it was manufactured as an individual unit or in series. Consequently, placing on the Union market can only happen once for each individual product across the EU and does not take place in each Member State. Even though a product model or type has been supplied before new Union harmonisation legislation laying down new mandatory requirements entered into force, individual units of the same model or type, which are placed on the market after the new requirements have become applicable, must comply with these new requirements.
So if you are outside the EU (ie in GB) each individual unit only becomes placed on the market at the point it is sold. How amazon approach this (and on amazon UK it honestly doesn't matter at the moment) is the detail. I've been told by our integration partner the below...
"we received additional information that Amazon will not enforce GPSR requirements on December 13th for existing listings. This will not be enforced until sometime late January, and Amazon will provide a feedback loop to flag these listings in Seller Central prior to enforcing the requirements. For new listings, the GPSR requirements will be enforced."
Seller_ZJhFeE3tNKzfh
@Seller_i38MVIJDH23AY It depends on this. The legislation applies at INDIVIDUAL product level - but GPSR shouldn't apply if the item was in any way 'placed on the market' prior to 13th December 2024. Thing is, its what placed on the market means. That is outlined in the EU 'Blue Guide'
For the purposes of Union harmonisation legislation, a product is placed on the market when it is made available for the first time on the Union market. This operation should be done by the manufacturer or by an importer (46). When a manufacturer or an importer supplies a product to a distributor (47) or an end-user for the first time, the operation is always labelled in legal terms as ‘placing on the market’. Any subsequent operation, for instance, from a distributor to distributor or from a distributor to an end-user is defined as making available.
As for ‘making available’, the concept of placing on the market refers to each individual product, not to a type of product, and whether it was manufactured as an individual unit or in series. Consequently, placing on the Union market can only happen once for each individual product across the EU and does not take place in each Member State. Even though a product model or type has been supplied before new Union harmonisation legislation laying down new mandatory requirements entered into force, individual units of the same model or type, which are placed on the market after the new requirements have become applicable, must comply with these new requirements.
So if you are outside the EU (ie in GB) each individual unit only becomes placed on the market at the point it is sold. How amazon approach this (and on amazon UK it honestly doesn't matter at the moment) is the detail. I've been told by our integration partner the below...
"we received additional information that Amazon will not enforce GPSR requirements on December 13th for existing listings. This will not be enforced until sometime late January, and Amazon will provide a feedback loop to flag these listings in Seller Central prior to enforcing the requirements. For new listings, the GPSR requirements will be enforced."
Seller_ZJhFeE3tNKzfh
Sorry but GPSR applies to second hand goods as well.
Seller_ZJhFeE3tNKzfh
Sorry but GPSR applies to second hand goods as well.
Seller_i38MVIJDH23AY
Just to be clear, Are you saying the item needs to have been sold or that I need to have sold that item?
If it is the former then any item with an existing listing and a ranking means that the product has been sold by someone.
The policing is a bit of a moot point because Amazon have decided to remove all non compliant listings irrespective of article 51.
Seller_i38MVIJDH23AY
Just to be clear, Are you saying the item needs to have been sold or that I need to have sold that item?
If it is the former then any item with an existing listing and a ranking means that the product has been sold by someone.
The policing is a bit of a moot point because Amazon have decided to remove all non compliant listings irrespective of article 51.
Seller_ZJhFeE3tNKzfh
You are confusing the term item.
Article 51 refers to items being placed on the market. But that refers to EVERY INDIVDUAL ITEM.
So if you refer to say a Nintendo Switch. While the switch as a product was first placed on the market in 2017 - the one specific Nintendo Switch you are selling today hasn't been placed on the market. And in the case of you being outside the EU - it doesn't get placed on the EU market until the point you sell it to someone in the EU.
Then rinse and repeat with the next unit.
What the Article 51 would refer to would be if say a manufacturer had sold a product to a wholesaler in the EU in October 2024. That would have been deemed Placed on the market. So the wholesaler can sell to a retailer in the EU and they can sell it on.
Seller_ZJhFeE3tNKzfh
You are confusing the term item.
Article 51 refers to items being placed on the market. But that refers to EVERY INDIVDUAL ITEM.
So if you refer to say a Nintendo Switch. While the switch as a product was first placed on the market in 2017 - the one specific Nintendo Switch you are selling today hasn't been placed on the market. And in the case of you being outside the EU - it doesn't get placed on the EU market until the point you sell it to someone in the EU.
Then rinse and repeat with the next unit.
What the Article 51 would refer to would be if say a manufacturer had sold a product to a wholesaler in the EU in October 2024. That would have been deemed Placed on the market. So the wholesaler can sell to a retailer in the EU and they can sell it on.
Seller_IZMia0ASJ6cAm
Yes, but Article 51 must mean something.
This is information from the other big online marketplace.
"What if I sell second-hand items and don’t have information about the product manufacturer?"
"In general, used items are in scope of the GPSR. However, Article 51 of the GPSR states that EU nations shouldn’t ‘impede’ the sale of any product that was first supplied for distribution, consumption, or use on the EU market before 13 December 2024, provided that product is covered by and complies with the General Product Safety Directive (2001/95/EG). As with many new laws, there are differing interpretations of the GPSR. To our understanding, Article 51 can mean that you don’t need, for example, to add the additional information required by the GPSR to listings for consumer products that were placed on the EU or Northern Ireland market before 13 December 2024, and that are covered by and fully comply with the General Product Safety Directive.
For example, if you’re selling a used item that complies with the directive and was placed on the EU or Northern Ireland market before 13 December 2024, you won’t need to provide GPSR-related information in the listing (for example, manufacturer information)."
Seller_IZMia0ASJ6cAm
Yes, but Article 51 must mean something.
This is information from the other big online marketplace.
"What if I sell second-hand items and don’t have information about the product manufacturer?"
"In general, used items are in scope of the GPSR. However, Article 51 of the GPSR states that EU nations shouldn’t ‘impede’ the sale of any product that was first supplied for distribution, consumption, or use on the EU market before 13 December 2024, provided that product is covered by and complies with the General Product Safety Directive (2001/95/EG). As with many new laws, there are differing interpretations of the GPSR. To our understanding, Article 51 can mean that you don’t need, for example, to add the additional information required by the GPSR to listings for consumer products that were placed on the EU or Northern Ireland market before 13 December 2024, and that are covered by and fully comply with the General Product Safety Directive.
For example, if you’re selling a used item that complies with the directive and was placed on the EU or Northern Ireland market before 13 December 2024, you won’t need to provide GPSR-related information in the listing (for example, manufacturer information)."
Seller_IZMia0ASJ6cAm
I think I see where you are coming from.
So if a manufacturer supplied a wholesaler with an item before the 13th, then the wholesaler supplied a shop after the 13th, the items would not come under GPSR because the manufacturer to wholesaler transaction was the item being 'placed on the market', and this transaction happened before the 13th.
Is this correct?
Seller_IZMia0ASJ6cAm
I think I see where you are coming from.
So if a manufacturer supplied a wholesaler with an item before the 13th, then the wholesaler supplied a shop after the 13th, the items would not come under GPSR because the manufacturer to wholesaler transaction was the item being 'placed on the market', and this transaction happened before the 13th.
Is this correct?
