Product safety
Articles and chemical products sold to consumers must not pose a risk to human health and safety. This is the overall principle stated in the General Product Safety Directive. These rules apply when there is no other specific legislation for regulating the risk.
According to the Swedish General Product Safety Act, companies that have sold dangerous products and services have to notify this to the Swedish Consumer Agency. Consumers may also notify the Swedish Consumer Agency of any harmful articles or services they have encountered.
Find out more about product safety on the Swedish Consumer Agency website.
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The General Product Safety Directive has been revised and will be replaced by a General Product Safety Regulation. The new General Product Safety Regulation (EU) 2023/988 will apply from 13 December 2024.
You will find the latest consolidated version of the General Product Safety Directive from 2010-01-01 below. Consolidation means that the original legal act and all subsequent amendments and corrections have been brought together in a single document.
Amendments and corrections
There are no amendments or corrections that are not included in the latest consolidated text of the Directive above.
Find legal acts in EUR-lex
All legal acts are published in the Official Journal of the European Union in EUR-Lex, the online portal to EU law.
Basic directive and all amendments to Directive 2001/95/EC are accessible in EUR-Lex External link.
Implemented through Swedish legislation
An EU Directive must be implemented into Swedish legislation, by law, ordinance or regulations, in order for the rules to apply in Sweden. The provisions of the General Product Safety Directive have been implemented into Swedish law by: