On September 23, 2011, the Bundestag has issued a "equipment and product safety act" (GPSG) of revision, the current product safety act (ProdSG). On December 1, 2011, a new "product safety act (ProdSG) formally, and replace the original" equipment and product safety ".
The main changes from the new rules are as follows
1, the new rules for producers, importers and retailers
(1) consumer goods manufacturers, agents and importers must provide consumer goods, within the scope of its business to fulfil his obligations as follows:
The appropriate product sampling;
Handle related complaints and, when necessary, to save related complaints record;
To guide the retailer is the consumer to take further measures.
(2) the retailer must ensure that only safe products can be put on the market. In particular, retailers can't rely on already owns and runs counter to the requirements of basic information or experience to the introduction of the consumer goods market.
(3) the importer import products with GS logo, need to verify whether the product has a valid GS certificates and relevant documents for the record, and record the effective date, GS mark certified institution, and number of the certificate.
2, the new rules of GS license issuing agency
The new law has increased demand for GS license issuing agency. Require all GS certification bodies must have GS certificate issued by the list (white list) and has revoked the GS certificate (such as the abuse of the GS logo) list (list).
3, new requirements of market regulators
The new regulations to increase the demand of the market regulator. Product inspection need by authorized GS license issuing agency or similar qualified organization to complete; If a manufacturer is not issued to the customer in time for the product hazard, market regulators will product related directly to inform the public danger; Market regulator sampling guidance is 0.5 per object residents as a sample.
penalties
More strict new rules for illegal punishment, such as increasing the lack of specification on the lack of German manual, consumer goods fines or label and so on, its purpose to stop the abuse in order to achieve the final result. Break the rules can generally be a fine of 10000 euros, but if no certificate and use the GS logo, fines up to 100000 euros.
If in the absence of a corresponding GS certificate advertisement or abuse of the GS logo, as stipulated in the legislative punishment highest can be sentenced to a fine or prison for a year.