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Product Compliance Checklist

Process

1.1 Identify Relevant Regulations/Directives

The first step is to determine which regulations/directives/rules apply to your products. This is
normally done by assessing the product scope. Here are some places you can start:

Commission.europa.eu

echa.europa.eu

https://www.gov.uk/business-and-industry/manufacturing#guidance_and_regulation

www.cpsc.gov

www.ftc.gov

1.2 List Requirements

Once you have identified a list of regulations/directives/rules that cover your product you must
assess the practical requirements. This informs you about what you must do practically.

● Mandatory standards
● Voluntary standards
● Substance/chemical restrictions
● Documentation requirements
● Product labelling requirements
● Packaging labelling requirements
● Registration requirements (if any)
● Lab testing requirements

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2.1 Standards

Some regulations/directives reference product standards. These standards serve as technical

roadmaps that can help you implement product safety into the design. For example, EN 71 covers
toy safety in the EU, while ASTM F963-17 covers toy safety in the United States.

It is your responsibility to ensure that your product is, technically speaking, designed for compliance.
Otherwise it cannot pass lab testing.

You can buy standards here:

www.cencenelec.eu

knowledge.bsigroup.com

www.astm.org

ulstandards.ul.com

2.2 Create Documents

Many products sold in the EU, UK and US must also come with certain documentation. These are
often self issued by the company importing or manufacturing the items. Here are two examples:

www.compliancegate.com/declaration-of-conformity

www.compliancegate.com/cpsia-childrens-product-certificate-cpc

2.3 Create Label Files

Labelling is mandatory for essetentially all products. This can concern CE marking, UKCA marking,
traceability labels, age warnings, or country of origin.

3.1 Lab testing

Third-party lab testing is often necessary for the sake of verifying if a product is compliant with all
applicable safety standards and substance restrictions.

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Amazon
Amazon can either request compliance documents when you list a new product or at any time after
you have done so. We have seen cases when Amazon have taken down products years after they
were initially listed.

Documents

Amazon tends to request the following documents:

1. Test reports

2. Product and packaging label photocopy

3. Any mandatory documents/certificates

How do I know which labels or documents I need?

The requirements depend on the regulatory requirements for the product in question. Hence, you
need to understand the product compliance requirements for the product - in the country in which
it is sold.

How much time do I have to provide this?

Usually not more than 30 days. Either way, it’s normally too late or even impossible to “make a
product compliant” at this stage. If your product is not already correctly labelled by the time it
arrives you cannot always have it relabelled as this would require making new packaging and
printing new labels on the product.

Further, if you have not taken safety standards into consideration it may not be able to pass lab
testing either, even if you manage to arrange this within the 30 day window.

You must ensure compliance BEFORE you ship anything to Amazon.

Contact us
If you have questions, feel free to email us on info@compliancegate.com.

We can schedule a call to discuss your situation further.

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