# EU Authorised Representative under GPSR Article 16

> An EU authorised representative is a natural or legal person established in the EU who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on that manufacturer's behalf for specified tasks under Regulation (EU) 2023/988 (GPSR). For a non-EU manufacturer with no EU importer, appointing an authorised representative by written mandate is the standard way to have an EU-established economic operator, which GPSR Article 16 requires before a covered product can be placed on the EU market.

## Canonical page

[Read the complete eu authorised representative page](https://eugpsr.de/en/eu-authorised-representative)

## Primary sources

- [Regulation (EU) 2023/988 — EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/988/oj)
- [European Commission business guidance C/2025/6233](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6233/oj)