Commission Presents Safety Gate Report for 2025

Our Products team provides an overview of the EU Commission’s recently published Safety Gate annual report for unsafe products on the EU market.

What you need to know

• Safety Gate, previously known as RAPEX, is the EU’s rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products on the EU market.

• The Safety Gate annual report for 2025 recorded a record number of 4,671 safety alerts over the course of the year.

• According to the report, the most frequently reported dangerous products were cosmetics, toys and electrical appliances and equipment.

The European Commission has recently presented its annual report on Safety Gate, the European Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products. The report provides an overview of the unsafe products notified to Safety Gate over the course of the year. It sets out the measures taken by national authorities in response to these safety risks.

Safety Gate alerts in 2025

The report revealed that 4,671 Safety Gate alerts were issued in 2025. This figure represents the highest number of reports made in a single year since the system was established in 2003. It also doubles the figure of safety alerts reported in 2022. In Ireland, 94 notifications were submitted, increasing from 71 in 2024. Cosmetics were the most frequently reported dangerous product, representing just over one third of all notifications in 2025. This was followed by toys, at 16% and electrical appliances and equipment at 11%.

Over half of all notifications made to Safety Gate in 2025 reported risks to health stemming from products containing dangerous chemicals. A number of reports falling within this category related to nail polish products containing TPO, a chemical that has been banned in the EU since September 2025, as discussed in our previous article. Risks of personal injuries and choking were also among the most frequent types of risk reported.

Follow-up measures

A record number of follow-up measures were taken by national authorities last year. 5,794 actions were recorded in total, representing an increase of 35% on the previous year. Measures such as product withdrawals and recalls were implemented in order to ensure that dangerous products were removed from the EU and EEA markets.

Comment

The increase in national authority intervention in recent years can be attributed to the EU’s modernisation of product safety laws. In particular, the General Product Safety Regulation has afforded these authorities greater enforcement powers for product recalls. Commenting on the report, the European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, Rule of Law and Consumer Protection, Michael McGrath stated:

‘[t]he record number of reports recorded in 2025 through the Safety Gate system shows that the European product safety framework is becoming more robust, more effective and, above all, essential. National authorities are identifying dangerous products more quickly and withdrawing them faster’.

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