GPSR in Slovakia: What PrestaShop Sellers Must Do

Selling to customers in Slovakia brings your PrestaShop store within the reach of the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR). The GPSR is Regulation (EU) 2023/988 and has applied throughout the European Union since 13 December 2024. As a Regulation, it applies directly and uniformly in Slovakia, with no separate national law needed to bring it into force. What is national is the enforcement: Slovak authorities supervise the local market and apply the rules in Slovak. This guide sets out what the GPSR expects of an online seller and how a Slovakia-facing shop can prepare.

The GPSR is the EU’s general safety backstop for consumer goods that fall outside more specific product legislation. Its guiding rule is that only safe products may be placed on the market. Our complete GPSR guide covers the framework in more depth.

You need an EU responsible person

A core requirement for online sellers is that each product has an economic operator established in the EU who takes responsibility for its safety. If your business is inside the EU, you may already meet this yourself. If you are established outside the EU, a product cannot be placed on the market unless an EU-based responsible person — a manufacturer, importer, authorised representative or fulfilment service provider — is in place and identifiable.

For a Slovakia-facing shop, the practical step is to verify that every listing is covered by a responsible person somewhere in the EU. That person can be established in any Member State, not necessarily Slovakia.

Information you must show on listings

Article 19 of the GPSR lists the information that must appear on an online listing before a customer commits to buy. On your PrestaShop product pages, that means including:

• the manufacturer’s name, registered trade name or trade mark, with a postal and electronic contact address;
• where the manufacturer is outside the EU, the name and contact details of the EU responsible person;
• details identifying the product, such as a type, batch or serial number or a photograph;
• any warnings or safety information the product requires, in Slovak for Slovak customers.

Language matters

Warnings, safety information and instructions must be given in a language the consumer can easily understand. For customers in Slovakia, that means Slovak. Even when the rest of a listing is in another language, the safety-critical content should be available in Slovak so a buyer can use the product safely.

Enforcement in Slovakia

Market surveillance is handled nationally. In Slovakia, consumer product safety is a matter for the Slovak Trade Inspection (SOI), which can inspect products, demand information and order corrective action where a product is unsafe. Products found to be dangerous anywhere in the EU may be reported through the EU-wide Safety Gate rapid alert system, which SOI both contributes to and monitors. Our Slovakia country hub has more on this market.

What Slovakia-facing sellers can do now

• Make sure each product has an EU-established responsible person and keep their details on file.
• Add the Article 19 information to your PrestaShop listings so it appears before purchase.
• Provide warnings and safety instructions in Slovak for Slovak customers.
• Retain traceability and technical records so you can respond to SOI if asked.

Treat product safety as a continuing responsibility, since suppliers and product ranges keep evolving.

This guide is educational, not legal advice.