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The 20 topics
Product safety work follows the backbone of the file: product, market, rule, operator, hazard, assessment, testing, documentation, labelling, traceability, incident, corrective action, authority, evidence. Each topic below is one cluster of guides, completed whole.
01Product safety foundations What safe and compliant means before a product is sold: the preventive job, the actors, and the file that proves the work was done. 02Applicable rules and markets Which rule applies in which market, how the EU framework fits together, and how to keep different countries rules apart. 03Economic operators and their duties Manufacturer, importer, distributor, fulfilment provider and marketplace: who owes what, and where duties change hands. 04Identifying product hazards The hazards that turn up in consumer products, how to spot them, and how to record them before they become incidents. 05Product risk assessment A workable risk assessment method: severity, probability, vulnerable users, change, and the decision that follows. 06Testing and standards What testing proves, what it does not prove, how to choose a lab and a plan, and how to read a report honestly. 07Technical documentation The technical file as the product safety record: what goes in it, how it is kept current, and what an authority asks for first. 08Labelling, warnings and instructions Labels, warnings and instructions that users can find, read and act on, in the languages and places the rule requires. 09Traceability and identification How a product is identified through its life, from batch code to complaint, so a problem can be found and fixed. 10Responsible persons and EU representatives The EU responsible person and the authorised representative: what each role is, how it is appointed, and what it must do. 11Marketplaces and distance selling Selling at a distance: marketplace duties, listings that support safety, takedowns, complaints and cross-border sales. 12Children's products Products for children, where the user cannot read the warning or judge the risk: age grading, small parts, and extra care. 13Electrical and connected products Electrical safety, batteries, chargers and connected products whose software keeps changing after sale. 14Toy safety Toys under their own directive alongside the general framework: age warnings, testing, chemicals and recalls. 15Household and everyday products The products in kitchens, living rooms and gardens: furniture, heat, chemicals, candles and leisure goods. 16Post-market monitoring and complaints After launch: complaints, signals, registers and the judgement about when a signal becomes an action. 17Corrective actions and recalls Correcting a problem in the market: deciding, planning, notifying, tracking, and changing what caused it. 18Safety Gate and market surveillance authorities Safety Gate, market surveillance checks, authority requests and bans: how enforcement works and how to respond. 19Second-hand, repaired and refurbished products Used, repaired and refurbished products: checks before resale, repairs that change duties, and traceability that survives. 20Audits, checklists and mistakes The desk's own paperwork: audits, pre-launch checks, supplier reviews, and the mistakes that recur across files.