Magazines and Brochures exempt from GPSR?

[old-car-magazines-and-brochures]

I sell old car magazines and brochures and have been frantically searching for an answer to see if they are exempt from GPSR or not. I phoned eBay CS and was told that if my items are collectable they may be exempt from GPSR and was directed to a link to the "Excluded Categories on eBay" document. Here I found the category "Books Comics and Magazines> Antiquarian and Collectable" which seems to confirm this since the brochures and magazines I sell can certainly be considered collectable.

One concern I have though is that I have to change the categories they are currently listed in. My magazines are in "Media> Books Comics & Magazines>Magazines" and my car brochures are in "Motors>Vehicle Parts & Accessories>Car Manuals & Literature>Sales Brochures" Do you think it will affect sales if they are all moved to "Books Comics and Magazines> Antiquarian and Collectable"?

Although I am in Northern Ireland it seems that NI is not exempt from the new EU directive, the purpose of which is to ensure that goods sold from UK to the EU and NI are safe. Baffling!

[soccerbooks]

Books and magazines aren't exempt. We're having to pay a third party to sort out the GPSR service for us.

[rclark8449]

But is that just for new books or vintage ones too ? How can you produce a safety document for a book anyway , dont drop it on your toes , beware paper cuts ! This is one of the least understood rules despite its long running EU discussions, People think its dec 13 but thats actually the end of the year they gave to  get all this in place ! Hands up who understands it , keep your hands up if you have it all in place , most will switch it off and forget about the EU , huge loss for ebay and EU buyers

[soccerbooks]

Sorry, couldn't say for certain about used items as we only sell new books/magazines.

My guess would be that GPSR applies to both new and used items. If you're importing some cheapo electronic equipment from China, being 'new' or 'used' isn't really relevant when deciding if it is going to burst into flames at the drop of a hat!

I agree that you'd have thought that books/paper products ought to be exempt from the legislation, but apparently not.

I understand why the EU are bringing in many of these regulations, but in some places it seems a case of using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.