--- title: "General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR): What Authors and Publishers Need to Know" description: The General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) is a new EU regulation that applies from December 13, 2024, ensuring that only safe products—including digital content like books, e-books, and audiobooks—are available to consumers in the European Union. --- [Skip to content](https://help.publishdrive.com/general-product-safety-regulation-gpsr-what-authors-and-publishers-need-to-know#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [More support](https://help.publishdrive.com/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) ![pd-white.png\]](https://help.publishdrive.com/hs-fs/hubfs/pd-white.png?height=38&name=pd-white.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [More support](https://help.publishdrive.com/kb-tickets/new) - Go to publishdrive.com Go to publishdrive.com Hello. 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[Terms Of Distribution](https://help.publishdrive.com/stores-and-distribution?hsLang=en#terms-of-distribution) # General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR): What Authors and Publishers Need to Know ## The General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) is a new EU regulation that applies from December 13, 2024, ensuring that only safe products—including digital content like books, e-books, and audiobooks—are available to consumers in the European Union.   ---   **👥 Who Does It Affect?** The GPSR assigns responsibilities to all parties in the supply chain: •**Authors and Publishers** → considered **manufacturers** •**Retail stores/platforms** (e.g., Amazon, Apple) → may be **importers** or **distributors**   ---   **✍️ Your Responsibilities as an Author or Publisher** If you distribute your books, e-books, or audiobooks to EU readers, you are required to: •✅ Conduct a **basic internal risk assessment** (e.g., content safety, metadata accuracy) •✅ Maintain **technical documentation** (e.g., product format, ISBN, author info) •✅ Include a **product identifier** (such as an ISBN) •✅ Clearly display your **name, postal address, and email** in the product metadata or file •✅ If outside the EU, provide the name and contact info of an **EU-based responsible person** •✅ Retain product documentation for **10 years**   ---   **🧾 What You Don’t Need to Do** You do **not** need to: •Handle consumer-level safety incidents (that’s the importer’s job) •File reports unless requested by EU authorities •Submit documentation unless requested   ---   **🛒 What About PublishDrive?** **PublishDrive does not sell content directly to EU consumers**, so we are not considered an importer or distributor under GPSR. 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