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EU Responsible Person Compliance

Intelligence and updates for EU responsible person compliance.

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Your Responsible Person price, by email

Choose your markets and what you sell. The price updates as you choose, and we email it to you as a PDF quotation.

Where do you sell?

Each EU country and the UK is one market. 5% off the market fees from 4 markets, 10% from 7, 15% from 10.

What do you sell?

Choose at least one market to see your price: £195 per market, one-off, then from £19.95 a month.

We email the PDF quotation to this address and may follow up about your quote. No card needed. Privacy notice
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How to Switch Responsible Person Without a Gap

To switch Responsible Person without a gap, appoint Eldris before your current appointment ends. The certificate follows within 60 minutes of completing onboarding. Eldris's position is that stock already on the market is covered by evidence of the new appointment.

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Does One EU Responsible Person Cover All 27 EU Countries?

Yes. One EU Responsible Person can act for you across the EU: Article 16(1) of the GPSR asks for one operator established in the Union, not one per country. Eldris charges a one-off fee for each market you choose and names those markets on your certificate.

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Can I Be My Own Responsible Person in the EU?

Only if your business is established in the EU. An EU manufacturer holds the role itself under Article 4(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020. Otherwise an EU importer or an authorised representative holds it, or, failing both, a fulfilment service provider.

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UK and EU Responsible Person: Do You Need Both?

For cosmetics, yes: a cosmetic sold in Great Britain needs a responsible person established in the UK. For other consumer products, the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 make a UK representative optional. Eldris adds the UK at the same market fee, on the same plan.

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Label Printing: When to Print Responsible Person Details

Label printing can start before the appointment. It takes effect when you complete onboarding, and the certificate follows within 60 minutes. The name, postal address and email go on the product, packaging, parcel or an accompanying document, and on your listings.

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Responsible Person and EPR: Two Different EU Duties

No. A Responsible Person is the EU product-safety operator under Article 16 of the GPSR. EPR is the duty to register with each country's producer register for packaging, WEEE and batteries and pay for recycling. Eldris offers EPR as a separate service.

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Products Covered by a Responsible Person: What Eldris Represents

Eldris represents consumer products and cosmetics. The onboarding form lists eight product types, and one registration per market covers every type you sell. Goods under their own EU law, cosmetics and medical devices each follow their own operator rule.

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Cancel Responsible Person Service: What Happens to Your Labels

You can cancel at any time. The plan runs month to month and ends at the end of the billing period you have paid for. The appointment then ceases, you remove Eldris's details from your packaging and listings within 30 days, and the market fee is not refunded.

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How to Appoint Eldris as Your Responsible Person

You appoint Eldris online, in one form: company details, then markets, product types and a plan by SKU count, then your quote. You accept the Letter of Authorisation and pay the market fees with the first month. The certificate follows within 60 minutes.

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Responsible Person Liability: Why Your Obligations Stay With You

Appointing a Responsible Person adds an EU operator for your product; it does not take over your obligations as manufacturer under the GPSR. Eldris's terms also require you to hold product liability insurance and to indemnify Eldris against claims arising from your products.

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Information Needed to Appoint a Responsible Person

The information needed to appoint Eldris is details only: company name, contact, email, phone, business address and country, product types, markets and SKU plan, then the Letter of Authorisation. No documents are needed before payment.

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What a Responsible Person Does: The Four Tasks in Practice

A Responsible Person answers to the EU authorities for your product. Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 gives it four tasks, the GPSR adds regular checks, and Eldris handles the authorities' correspondence, the label address and your portal.

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How Eldris Handles Authority Requests About Your Product

Eldris logs authority requests and tells you. Authority post to its EU address is notified to you within 24 hours, a formal information request gets an initial response within 10 working days, and you are consulted before any substantive reply.

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Add Markets Later: How a New Country Joins Your Appointment

Yes. Each market added later is its own one-off registration at the market fee, and the multi-market discount counts only the markets ordered together at onboarding. Your monthly plan does not change, you add markets in the portal, and the certificate names every market.

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