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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-417/annex/division-1/part-II/division-3/division-3.1/division-3.1.1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2019/417",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/417 of 8 November 2018 laying down guidelines for the management of the European Union Rapid Information System ‘RAPEX’ established under Article 12 of Directive 2001/95/EC on general product safety and its notification system (notified under document C(2018) 7334)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-417",
  "path": "annex/division/1/part/II/division/3/division/3.1/division/3.1.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.1.1",
  "heading": "Notifications",
  "text": "The Authorities of the Member States are required to submit a notification to the RAPEX system in the following cases:\n(a) where all the RAPEX notification criteria laid down in Article 12 of the GPSD are met, a Member State prepares and submits to the Commission a RAPEX notification classified in the RAPEX application as an ‘Article 12 notification’.\n(b) where all the RAPEX notification criteria are met and, in addition, a product poses a life-threatening risk and/or there have been fatal accidents, and in other cases where a RAPEX notification requires emergency action by all Member States, the notifying Member State prepares and submits to the Commission a RAPEX notification classified in the RAPEX application as a ‘Notification requiring emergency action’.\n(c) where all RAPEX notification criteria laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 are met, a Member State prepares and submits to the Commission a RAPEX notification classified in the RAPEX application as an ‘Article 22 notification’.\nWhere all notification criteria laid own in Article 11 of the GPSD are met, a Member State prepares and submits to the Commission a notification, which, when notified in RAPEX is classified as an ‘Article 11 notification’.\nMoreover, Member States are encouraged to submit a notification where the criteria laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 are met.\nFollowing the abovementioned reasoning in Part II Chapter 2, Member States are encouraged to prepare and submit, either directly or indirectly, to the Commission a notification classified in RAPEX as an ‘Article 23 notification’ when the criteria laid down in the same article are met.\nBefore sending a notification to the Commission, the RAPEX Contact Point (see Part II, Chapter 5.1) of the notifying Member State checks that all notification criteria are met.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See Part II, Chapter 2.2.1 of these Guidelines."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Part II, Chapter 2.2.1 of these Guidelines."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See Part II, Chapter 2.2.2 of these Guidelines."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See Part II, Chapter 2.2.2 of these Guidelines."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/417/annex/division/1/part/II/division/3/division/3.1/division/3.1.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:47.956200+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."
}