In the complex ecosystem of regulatory compliance, one element often slips through the cracks—product labelling. As your business navigates the increasingly intricate waters of commerce and regulation, it's easy to lose sight of this seemingly minor, yet crucial, aspect. Herein lies an untapped opportunity to bolster your compliance strategy effectively.
Why is Labeling So Important?
Regulatory bodies and market surveillance authorities are ever more vigilant in scrutinising products, and flaws in labelling represent low-hanging fruit for them. Incorrect or inadequate labelling not only risks regulatory penalties but can also trigger product recalls, consumer mistrust, and subsequent brand damage. The repercussions are not merely legal but also have a long-lasting impact on your brand’s reputation and market position.
The Solution: LabelCheck
Our LabelCheck service is designed to mitigate these risks by providing a comprehensive review and validation of your product labels, packaging artwork, and manuals, against current legal standards. With LabelCheck, you can rest assured that your product-related artwork will meet European as well as EU Member State-related regulations, avoiding the scrutiny of market surveillance authorities and keeping your business ahead in the compliance game.
Meet our Expert Label Check Team:
Masters in Artwork Verification:
Selling branded articles?
One of the responsibilities that you have when selling (or handing out) products to consumers is to ensure they are receiving warnings and instructions, not only in a proper way but in the official languages of the Member State you are offering the product. One EU market, One Opportunity, But Many Languages.
While We Don't Craft Artwork, We Are Experts in Scrutinising It:
This is becoming an increasingly complex matter, we provide guiding and assist you with checking the labels and make sure the instructions/manuals are supplied in the right language.
If you send us the packaging, artwork & manual per country, we will be able to check against applicable directives and regulations for the mandatory:
The prices in the first row are per country and for one language only.
For countries with multiple languages, e.g. Belgium or Switzerland, the additional costs per language for that country are listed in the second row.
Basic* | Complex** | |
EU or EFTA country | € 260 | € 520 |
Additional language, same country | € 170 | € 170 |
* BASIC PRODUCTS
These are mostly products without manual, instructions, warnings or product specific mandatory labelling elements plus apparel and footwear. Normally only covered under the General Product Safety Directive and without the obligation to carry the CE mark.
Examples are: Apparel, textile, bags, leather products, shoes, blankets, deco, cutlery, dish ware, kitchenware
Pay as You Go customers €260 Each additional language for the same country (e.g. Belgium, Switzerland) €170
** COMPLEX PRODUCTS
Products with a single function but with mandatory warnings and/or instructions.
Products with substances and as such with chemical risks. Complex products with one or more functions and with the obligation to carry the CE mark.
A Label Compliance Check is typically completed within 5 working days.
Take a look at an example of a Label Compliance Check report.
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