What Are Economic Operators? A Rundown of Each Type For the GPSR - What is the meaning?

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In this video, I go over the different types of economic operations, as described by the European Union's General Product Safety Regulation. I describe whate the mea

If anything is confusing, please make use of the pause button and rewind when necessary. I tried to not have any filler in this video, so the information does fly by very quickly.

The types of economic operators:
Manufacturer
Importer
Distributor
Marketplace
Authorized Representative
Responsible Person

One person/company can take the place of multiple operators and roles can be ascribed to other parties, so each person along the sales chain needs to know what they're liable for and decide what roles they want to perform. If the obligations are too much for you to deal with as a small business, then you should probably hire a third-party to be your authorized representative or responsible person. (People in and outside of the EU can all hire ARs and RPs, so nothing prevents you from having someone else do the work.)

As always, the GPSR is subject to interpretation by the courts, so nothing on this channel can be taken as legal advice. Every situation is different, laws and regulations change, and the courts can strike down or have alternate readings of specific lines of laws and regulations. Even the European Commission itself refuses to accept legal responsibility for its own statements.

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