GPSR, Artikkel 22, EU

1. Without prejudice to the general obligations provided for in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, providers of online marketplaces shall designate a single point of contact allowing for direct communication, by electronic means, with Member States’ market surveillance authorities in relation to product safety issues, in particular for the purpose of notifying orders issued pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Article.

Providers of online marketplaces shall register with the Safety Gate Portal and shall indicate on the Safety Gate Portal the information concerning their single contact point.

2. Without prejudice to the general obligations provided for in Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, providers of online marketplaces shall designate a single point of contact to enable consumers to communicate directly and rapidly with them in relation to product safety issues.

3. Providers of online marketplaces shall ensure that they have internal processes for product safety in place in order to comply without undue delay with the relevant requirements of this Regulation.

4. As regards powers conferred by Member States in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, Member States shall confer on their market surveillance authorities the necessary power, as regards specific content referring to an offer of a dangerous product, to issue an order requiring the providers of online marketplaces to remove such content from their online interface, to disable access to it or to display an explicit warning. Such orders shall be issued in accordance with the minimum conditions set out in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065.

Providers of online marketplaces shall take the necessary measures to receive and process orders issued pursuant to this paragraph and they shall act without undue delay, and in any event within two working days from receipt of the order. They shall inform the issuing market surveillance authority of the effect given to the order by electronic means using the contact details of the market surveillance authority published in the Safety Gate Portal.

5. Orders issued pursuant to paragraph 4 may require the provider of an online marketplace, for the prescribed period, to remove from its online interface all identical content referring to an offer of the dangerous product in question, to disable access to it or to display an explicit warning, provided that the search for the content concerned is limited to the information identified in the order and does not require the provider of an online marketplace to carry out an independent assessment of that content, and that the search and the removal can be carried out in a proportionate manner by reliable automated tools.

6. Providers of online marketplaces shall take into account regular information on dangerous products notified by the market surveillance authorities in line with Article 26, received through the Safety Gate Portal, for the purpose of applying their voluntary measures aimed at detecting, identifying, removing or disabling access to the content referring to offers of dangerous products on their online marketplace, where applicable, including by making use of the interoperable interface to the Safety Gate Portal in accordance with Article 34. They shall inform the authority that made the notification to the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System of any action taken by using the contact details of the market surveillance authority published in the Safety Gate Portal.

7. For the purpose of compliance with Article 31(3) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, as regards product safety, providers of online marketplaces shall use at least the Safety Gate Portal.

8. Providers of online marketplaces shall, without undue delay and in any event within three working days from the receipt of the notice, process the notices related to product safety issues with regard to the product offered for sale online through their services, received in accordance with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065.

9. For the purpose of compliance with the requirements of Article 31(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 as regards product safety information, providers of online marketplaces shall design and organise their online interface in a way that enables traders offering the product to provide at least the following information for each product offered and that ensures that the information is displayed or otherwise made easily accessible by consumers on the product listing:

(a)

name, registered trade name or registered trade mark of the manufacturer, as well as the postal and electronic address at which the manufacturer can be contacted;

(b)

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