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306 guides across 20 topics. Each one opens with a safety file: the subject, the safety goal, the evidence level and the first check. Page 8 of 8, guides 288 to 306.
02 When General Rules Are Not Enough: Sector Authorisation ExplainedApplicable rules and markets - A product needs a sector authorisation when its sector legislation requires permission, assessment, or notification before sale, in addition to general safety duties. 18 When Safety Gate names your product: the first days of responseSafety Gate and market surveillance authorities - A Safety Gate notification about your own product is a public, fast moving event, so this guide covers the first checks, the first messages, and the evidence that shapes what happens next. 04 When Software Changes the Product: Connected Product HazardsIdentifying product hazards - Hazards in connected and software products shift after sale, because updates, connectivity loss, and app changes can alter how a device behaves long after it leaves the shop. 10 When There Is No Responsible Person: What FollowsResponsible persons and EU representatives - Stopping the gap from growing while an appointment is arranged for a set of resistance bands in a fitness goods seller that grew faster than its paperwork: this guide explains missing responsible person cover in plain terms, shows how listings that keep selling while cover is still missing is handled, and sets out the checks and records that keep a set of resistance bands findable after sale. 04 When Users Cannot Protect Themselves: Hazards for Vulnerable UsersIdentifying product hazards - Hazards for vulnerable users matter most where the user cannot read a warning, judge a risk, or react quickly, including young children, older people, and people with limited strength or mobility. 07 Which supplier documents belong in a technical file, and how to check themTechnical documentation - Supplier papers for a leather wallet belong in the file only when they describe this wallet's leather, stitching, and hardware, and when their scope, date, and supplier match the wallet being sold. 02 Who Watches the Market: Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 ExplainedApplicable rules and markets - Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 organises market surveillance, border controls, and cooperation between authorities, so sellers meet it through inspections, information requests, and checks at the border. 01 Whose Job Is It? Tracing Responsibility Along the ChainProduct safety foundations - Responsibility for product safety follows the role each business plays, so the maker, the importer, and the seller each carry duties that match what they actually control. 09 Whose Name Should Be on the Product: Maker and Importer IdentificationTraceability and identification - Putting a reachable business name and contact route on the product for an electric hand mixer in a homeware import business: this guide explains manufacturer and importer identification in plain terms, shows how a label that names a brand but no reachable business is handled, and sets out the checks and records that keep an electric hand mixer findable after sale. 08 Why a listing label and a pack label do different jobsLabelling, warnings and instructions - An online listing for a herb planter must help a buyer choose before buying, while a pack label must help the same buyer use the planter safely after delivery, and copying one into the other serves neither job well. 05 Why a test pass and a risk assessment answer different questionsProduct risk assessment - A plastic container that passes a drop check can still warp in a dishwasher, stain, or lose its seal, because testing answers a narrow question about a sample under set conditions, while assessment asks how the container is used over time. 06 Why testing a children's product asks different questions from adult testingTesting and standards - Testing a stacking ring toy means chewing, dropping, stacking out of order, and pulling rings apart, because children test toys far more thoroughly, and far less gently, than any adult in a laboratory. 18 Working with customs on product safety: a practical relationship for importersSafety Gate and market surveillance authorities - Customs is not just a gate to pass but a partner in keeping unsafe goods out, so this guide covers the working relationship: trusted information, prompt replies, and the record that makes future shipments smoother. 16 Working with suppliers after a safety signal: evidence, deadlines and joint fixes without blame or delayPost-market monitoring and complaints - Working with suppliers after a signal means sharing grouped evidence promptly, agreeing a joint investigation and a deadline, and verifying the fix together, while keeping sales decisions in the seller hands until the fix is proven. 04 Write It Down or Lose It: Recording Hazards ProperlyIdentifying product hazards - Recording hazards so they are not lost means writing each hazard, its product, its user, and its evidence in a place the team can find later, rather than trusting memory or a passing conversation. 10 Writing a Responsible Person Contract That Answers the Hard QuestionsResponsible persons and EU representatives - Putting products, duties, information flow and ending in writing for a beeswax food wrap set in a sustainable kitchen brand signing its first agreement: this guide explains responsible person contracts in plain terms, shows how a template agreement copied without editing for a different product is handled, and sets out the checks and records that keep a beeswax food wrap set findable after sale. 05 Writing a risk assessment that fits a refurbished product, not a new oneProduct risk assessment - A refurbished cordless drill carries a history: a worn switch, a replaced battery, a repaired housing, and a user who will trust it as if it were new, so its assessment must start from that history. 13 Writing instructions for electrical products that users can actually follow before they plug inElectrical and connected products - Good electrical instructions put the dangerous steps first, use pictures for placement and charger choice, and tell users what to stop doing, not only what to do. 03 Your Name on It, Your Duties With It: Private Label ResponsibilityEconomic operators and their duties - Private label and own brand responsibilities mean the business whose name appears on the product carries manufacturer level duties, even when another factory physically makes it.