1. New Obligations (Regulation)
The GPSR (General Product Safety Regulation) introduces a requirement
to provide consumers in the EU with clear identification and contact details
of the manufacturer and — if the manufacturer is not established in the EU —
the appointed Responsible Person within the Union.
This obligation applies in particular to online sales
and must be fulfilled at the level of each product offer.
2. Operational Problem (Lack of Infrastructure)
The regulation creates a clear legal requirement but does not provide
any common technical mechanism for its implementation.
There is no central, public registry of Responsible Persons
within the meaning of GPSR.
Operational Gap Analysis
In practice, thousands of sellers and e-commerce system integrators
are forced to repeatedly manually search for the same data
for the same brands and manufacturers. This leads to duplication of work,
inconsistent data, and compliance errors.
Legal Requirement (GPSR)
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Lack of Common Data Infrastructure
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Distributed, Manual Information Gathering
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Operational Gap (OpenGPSR's Focus Area)
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Lack of Common Data Infrastructure
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Distributed, Manual Information Gathering
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Operational Gap (OpenGPSR's Focus Area)
3. Role of OpenGPSR
OpenGPSR was created as a grassroots technical initiative
aimed at filling this infrastructural gap.
The project acts as a middleware layer
between distributed data sources and sales systems.
Data is aggregated, versioned, and marked with a source of origin,
allowing for its automated use in compliance processes
without the need to manually determine the Responsible Person every time.
4. What OpenGPSR Does NOT Do
OpenGPSR performs no certification or advisory functions.
The project provides only standardized technical data
in a format enabling system integration.
- It is not a supervisory authority or legal institution.
- It does not confirm product compliance with regulations.
- It does not replace the seller's obligations under GPSR.