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Business Application

From Monday, 4 May 2009 the Commission will go live with it's new "Business Application".

"Business Application" has been established to simplify practical aspects of the obligation of producers and distributors under Article 5(3) of the General Product Safety Directive to notify the competent authorities of Member States and EFTA/EEA countries ("Member States") about a dangerous product they have placed on the market.

There is no legal obligation for businesses to use the new application, but we encourage the larger businesses to use it.

"Business Application" consists of two parts: the notification form and the online database.

  • The notification form is intended for producers and distributors. They should complete and submit this form to inform the competent authorities of Member States via the "Business Application" that a product they have placed on the market is dangerous. All notifications will be sent to and stored in the online database.

  • The online database is intended exclusively for the authorities of Member States responsible for receiving notifications on dangerous consumer products submitted by producers and distributors. In the database, the national authorities can view and process notifications sent by businesses.

It is highly recommended that a producer or a distributor reads the Guidelines and the manual before completing and sending the notification to the competent authorities of Member States through "Business Application".

The Business Application can be accessed at https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/gpsd-ba

(Please note BIS's update to the Commission's guidelines - Chapter 2.8 Section 8, Translation of the notification - says where a notification has been completed and is sent to a member state that does not work in one of the five working languages of the EU (English, French, German, Italian and Spanish), the notification should be translated into that and each language. We will leave to each business and surveillance authority to decide whether or not they have the resources to do this.)

The contact at BIS is Michael Porter

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