Does ESPR apply to my products?

This Regulation applies to any physical goods that are placed on the market or put into service, including components and intermediate products. However, it does not apply to:

 

food as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;

 

feed as defined in Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;

 

medicinal products as defined in Article 1(2) of Directive 2001/83/EC;

 

veterinary medicinal products as defined in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/6;

 

living plants, animals and micro-organisms;

 

products of human origin;

 

products of plants and animals relating directly to their future reproduction;

 

vehicles as referred to in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 and in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, in respect of those product aspects for which requirements are set under sector-specific Union legislative acts applicable to those vehicles.