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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-905/annex/division-2/division-2.1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2004/905",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 14 December 2004 laying down guidelines for the notification of dangerous consumer products to the competent authorities of the Member States by producers and distributors, in accordance with Article 5(3) of Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2004) 4772) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/905/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-905",
  "path": "annex/division/2/division/2.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.1",
  "heading": "Obligation to inform competent authorities in the Member States",
  "text": "Under the GPSD, producers and distributors must inform the competent authorities if they know or ought to know, on the basis of the information in their possession and as professionals, that a product they have placed on the market is dangerous (according to the definitions and criteria of the Directive).\n‘Isolated’ circumstances or products are excluded from the obligation to notify.\nProducers and distributors could give the authorities preliminary information about a potential product risk as soon as they are aware of it. With this information the authorities may be able to help producers and distributors to carry out their notification duty correctly. In addition, they are encouraged to contact their national authorities if they have a doubt as to whether a product risk exists.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/905/annex/division/2/division/2.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:03.290347+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}