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Consumer Goods: Safety

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).

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
17 Dec 2024
Answer
17 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    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).

  2. 17 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    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...

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