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Consumer Goods: Regulation

Asked by Clive JonesLiberal DemocratDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 29 January 2025UIN 25510

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an impact assessment for the EU Regulation on General Product Safety.

Answered by Justin Madders

Our assessment of the impact of the updated GPSR remains that it largely formalises how businesses are operating in the UK and that where businesses need to make changes, in most cases, they are already adapting to continue trading with the EU. The measures are therefore likely to have limited impact in practice. We have provided guidance, which we will keep under review, and are engaging businesses directly to ensure they are supported to trade freely across the UK and with the EU.

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