Safety Gate

Explained

Safety Gate is the EU rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products, previously known as RAPEX. National authorities use it to report products that present a serious risk, and the Commission publishes the alerts on the public Safety Gate Portal. Anyone can search it, including distributors who want to check their range. According to the European Commission, 2025 saw 4,671 alerts, a record. An alert usually means that an authority ordered measures or the economic operator took them voluntarily, such as a sales ban or a recall. Companies report accidents caused by their products through a separate portal, the Safety Business Gateway (Art. 20 GPSR).