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The accidents – that economic operators are obliged to notify under Article 20 of the GPSR – relate to occurrences associated with the use of a product that resulted in an individual’s death or in serious adverse effects on that individual’s health and safety. Those effects can be permanent or temporary, and can include injuries, other damage to the body, illnesses and chronic health effects. (2) Under Article 20(1) of the GPSR, the use of the Safety Business Gateway to report accidents is an obligation for all products, including those which are also subject to Union harmonisation legislation as defined by Article 3, point (27) of the GPSR.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.