# 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), Division 4: Deadlines for member states

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Member States are required to act within the deadlines indicated unless duly justified
Notification procedure
Action
Deadline
Notifications
Send ‘Article 12 notification requiring emergency action’
Within 3 days after:
adoption or decision to adopt ‘Compulsory measures’, or
receipt of information on ‘Voluntary measures’.
Send ‘Article 12 notification’ or Article 22 Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 notification
Within 10 days after:
adoption or decision to adopt ‘Compulsory measures’, or
receipt of information on ‘Voluntary measures’.
Confirm measures if the notification was sent before deciding to adopt measures
Within 45 days after submission of the notification
Update to a notification
Within 5 days after receipt of the information on developments requiring changes to a notification
Follow-up notifications
Ensure follow-up activities to:
‘Article 12 notification requiring emergency action’
Within 20 days after receipt of a notification
‘Article 12 notification’ and to ‘Notification sent by the European Commission’ as well as Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 notification
Within 45 days after receipt of a notification
Send follow-up notification to:
‘Article 12 notification requiring emergency action’
Within 3 days after:
the notified product was found on the market, or
the completion of a risk assessment with different results, or
receipt of additional information
‘Article 12 notification’ and to ‘Notification sent by the European Commission’ as well as Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 notification
Within 5 days after:
the notified product was found on the market, or
the completion of a risk assessment with different results, or
receipt of additional information
Update to a follow-up notification
Within 5 days after receipt of information or developments requiring changes to a follow-up notification
Notification procedure established under Article 11 of the GPSD
Notifications
Send ‘Article 11 notification’
Within 10 days after adoption of ‘Compulsory measures’
Update to the notification
Within 5 days after receipt of information on developments requiring changes to the notification

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/417/annex/division/1/part/III/division/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-417/annex/division-1/part-III/division-4
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