GPSR AND THE EU

18/11/2024

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TLDR: EU ORDERS TO END BY THE END OF THIS MONTH

 

Well, if you are linked to the production side of the hobby you may have heard of the imminent (From December) introduction of the EU's GPSR product safety regulations. These have been due to come in for quite some time, but as many of us in the hobby small business world are not international trade law experts many of us have been taken by surprise by just what the consequences of these changes will mean.

 

I will not attempt to lay out my fractured understanding here, but suffice to say these are currently extremely significant, and the practical upshot is that many of us are ceasing to ship orders to the EU and indeed Northern Ireland before the end of November.

 

I will be doing the same, and so this means I will be sending out all EU orders (and pledges for the CHARRED TIMES Kickstarter) right away in order to make sure they get to you before the start of the GPSR regulations. 

 

I will continue to take EU order for the time being, and they will have priority, but If I feel I will not be able to fulfill the order before the end of the month I will have to refund you and cancel the order. Most likely I will stop accepting new orders from the EU a short time before the end of the month or when I have too many orders backed up, so don't delay...

 

I have every intention of getting Fogou stuff to the EU again as soon as possible, but will simply be stepping away from the whole market until a practical solution is found.

 

Thanks everyone!