GPSR checklist for Shopify stores (2026)

In short

Collect per product: manufacturer, EU responsible person if needed, type, identifiers, photos and warnings.

Show the Article 19 information on every product page in every market language.

Keep the risk analysis, technical documentation and supplier agreements available for ten years.

Set up a contact point and a process for accidents, complaints and recalls.

1. Map your catalogue

List all products sold to EU consumers. Exclude food, medicines and other categories outside the GPSR.
Note which products are covered by specific EU rules (toys, cosmetics, electrical equipment, personal protective equipment). Those rules apply in addition.
For each product, note your role: manufacturer (your own brand), importer (you bring it into the EU) or distributor (you buy from an EU business).

Field	Required when	Source
Manufacturer name and trade mark	Always	Product label, supplier
Manufacturer postal and electronic address	Always	Supplier
EU responsible person: name, postal and electronic address	Manufacturer outside the EU	Importer or authorised representative
Type or model	Always	Product label
Batch or serial number system	Always on the product (Art. 9(5))	Manufacturer
GTIN, SKU or other identifier	Recommended	Barcode, your system
Product photos per variant	Always (Art. 19(c))	Your own photography
Warnings and safety information	When the product carries any	Label, packaging, leaflet
Translations of warnings	For each market language	Reviewed translations

Add a visible GPSR block on every product page (manufacturer, responsible person, identifiers, warnings).
Check it on mobile, on every variant and in every storefront language.
Do not rely on a PDF download or on the information printed on the parcel.
Keep the block outside the editable marketing description so that copy changes do not remove it.

Manufacturers: an internal risk analysis and technical documentation, kept for ten years after the product is placed on the market (Article 9).
Importers: a copy of the technical documentation available to authorities, also for ten years (Article 11).
Everyone: supplier details and invoices. On request you must be able to name the economic operator that supplied you and any business you supplied, for six years (Article 15).
The written mandate with your authorised representative, if you have one.

Give customers a way to contact you about safety, such as a phone number, email address or contact form (Article 9(11) requires manufacturers to offer publicly available channels for consumers to submit complaints).
Decide who in your business handles safety complaints and accidents.
Know how to notify authorities: dangerous products and accidents are reported through the Safety Business Gateway.
Have a recall template ready. The GPSR (Articles 35 to 37) sets rules for recall notices and remedies for consumers.
Check the Safety Gate alerts for products similar to yours.

Good practice: make the GPSR fields mandatory in your product creation process, so that new listings cannot go live without them.