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Consumer Goods: Safety

Commons · Question 19821 · Tabled 12 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 17 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Clive Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to support small businesses with meeting the requirements of the EU Regulation on General Product Safety (2023/988).

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 17 Dec 2024

The updated GPSR largely formalises how many businesses are already operating in the UK and the measures are therefore likely to have limited impact. However, we understand that for some businesses, the regulation will require changes, and we take any con...