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REGULATION (EU) 2023/988 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 10 May 2023 on general product safety, amending Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of the European Parliament and the Council, and repealing Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 87/357/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

1. For the purpose of Article 6 and where the presumption of safety under Article 7 does not apply, when assessing whether a product is safe, the following elements in particular shall be taken into account, when available: European standards other than those the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union in accordance with Article 10(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012; international standards; international agreements; voluntary certification schemes or similar third-party conformity assessment frameworks, in particular those conceived to support Union law; Commission recommendations or guidelines on product safety assessment; national standards drawn up in the Member State in which the product is made available; the state of the art and technology, including the opinion of recognised scientific bodies and expert committees; product safety codes of good practice in force in the sector concerned; reasonable consumer expectations concerning safety; safety requirements adopted in accordance with Article 7(2).

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-08-26 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.