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 "title": "Who Must Be Your EU Responsible Person Under the GPSR?",
 "description": "A product can be placed on the EU market only if an operator established in the Union carries Article 16. Who can be one, what they do, what goes on the pack.",
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 "direct_answer": "**It is not a role you appoint. It is a condition the product has to satisfy before it can be placed on the Union market, and four kinds of business can satisfy it.**",
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   "name": "Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, Article 4, tasks of economic operators regarding products subject to certain EU harmonisation legislation: The Commission Notice is official guidance. The Regulation is the primary legal source. Product-specific EU legislation and destination-market rules must be checked for the product concerned.",
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