Requirements check
Sports and fitness equipment
Protective gear (helmets, goggles, pads, buoyancy aids) is PPE — use the ppe-safety-gear category; US bicycle helmets have the mandatory CPSC standard 16 CFR 1203. Bicycles in the US have a mandatory CPSC requirements rule (16 CFR 1512) enforced under the CPSA; e-bikes belong in e-mobility. Motorised gym equipment (treadmills) likely also falls under EU/UK machinery legislation rather than LVD alone — verify for your product before relying on the mains bundle listed here. Stationary fitness equipment has EN ISO 20957 as the reference standard family under general product safety — verify the applicable part. Children's sports items with play value (mini trampolines marketed for play, toy sports sets) are toys — use the toy category. Connected equipment with screens/apps picks up CRA (EU, from Dec 2027) and PSTI (UK).
United Kingdom (GB)1 instruments
The general safety net for consumer products in Great Britain: no producer may place a product on the market unless it is safe, and producers and distributors must monitor products and notify authorities about unsafe ones. In Northern Ireland these Regulations were superseded on 13 December 2024 by the EU General Product Safety Regulation (EU) 2023/988.
Key obligations
- 01No producer shall place a product on the market unless the product is a safe product (regulation 5) - one which under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of use presents no risk, or only the minimum risk compatible with the product's use.source
- 02Producers must provide consumers with the relevant information to enable them to assess the risks and take precautions, and enable traceability by indicating the producer's name and address on the product or its packaging.source
- 03Producers must monitor marketed products: sample-test them, investigate and where necessary keep a register of complaints, and keep distributors informed of the results.source
- 04Distributors must act with due care to help ensure only safe products are supplied and must not supply products that, as a professional, they know or ought to know to be dangerous (regulation 8).source
Documents you will need
Deduplicated across everything above
- Traceability and monitoring recordsNo declaration of conformity or technical file is required. Producers should be able to evidence traceability (name and address on product or packaging), sample testing, complaint investigation and, where necessary, a complaints register.source
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