If you need a GPSR responsible person or an EU authorised representative for CE-marked goods, this compares the providers that sell the role, on what they cover, whether they publish a price, and how each treats the ten-year document custody obligation that outlives any annual contract. Engage Compliance is one of the providers compared, and we acknowledge the bias that comes with that.
Key takeaways
- The role is real for most non-EU manufacturers: no product covered by the GPSR, and no product within Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, may be placed on the EU market unless an economic operator established in the Union is responsible for it.
- Pricing models differ. Euverify publishes annual plans by number of product families, from £490 to £1,890 a year as published. Obelis and Advena publish no price and quote on request. Engage scopes the mandate on request.
- One provider often seen named in this space, eurep.ie, sells a GDPR Article 27 privacy representative service, not a product-side one, so it is not a like-for-like comparator here.
- The obligation that should drive the choice is document custody for ten years after a product is placed on the market, set against a role that is usually sold on one-year contracts.
- One EU appointment can cover both the EU and Northern Ireland; Great Britain and the UKCA mark are separate and not covered here.
What these providers do
A GPSR responsible person, and an EU authorised representative for CE-marked goods, are both the same underlying thing: an economic operator established in the Union who is responsible for a product on the EU market and holds its conformity file. The providers on this page all offer that operator role for manufacturers outside the Union. What separates them is coverage, how they price, and how seriously they treat the length of the obligation.
Obelis is one of the longest-established names in EU product representation and acts as both authorised representative and responsible person across a wide range of product families. Advena offers EU and UK authorised representation and the GPSR responsible person role. Euverify offers EU and UK product-safety representation on a subscription model. Engage Compliance provides the GPSR responsible person and the EU authorised representative for CE-marked goods from its EU establishment, and refers what it does not cover to partners.
We describe each provider factually, and we do not link out to their sites; where we cite a published price, it is the figure published at the time this page was last reviewed, and provider prices move.
On pricing, and why we do not lead with it
Where a provider publishes a price, this page reports it. Euverify publishes annual plans, ranging from £490 to £1,890 a year by the number of product families covered, ex VAT, with per-product add-ons for higher-risk goods. Obelis and Advena publish no price and quote on request. eurep.ie publishes prices, but for its GDPR Article 27 service, which is a different product.
Engage scopes the mandate on request rather than publishing a figure, and that is deliberate. The role carries a document-custody duty that runs for ten years after a product is placed on the market, and it is commonly sold on one-year contracts. Leading on this year’s annual price frames the decision around the smallest and shortest part of it. The part that matters is whether the provider, and the file it holds, will still be there when a market surveillance authority writes in year seven. That is the basis we take the role on, and it is the question worth putting to any provider on this page.
How to choose
- If you want a published annual figure and a subscription model, a provider that publishes tiers, such as Euverify, gives you a number without a conversation.
- If you have a broad or unusual product range, a long-established generalist such as Obelis or Advena, both quote-on-request, may suit the breadth.
- If continuity of custody is your first concern, the question to ask every provider is the same: what happens to the technical file, and to the appointment, across the full ten years, and who holds it if a contract lapses. That is where we focus, with the GPSR responsible person and EU authorised representative roles held from our EU establishment and the file kept current for the full period.
If you are not sure which role you need, a general consumer product points to the GPSR responsible person, and a CE-marked product under a harmonised regime points to the EU authorised representative for CE-marked goods. We will tell you which applies before you appoint anyone.
We are one of the providers compared on this page and we acknowledge our bias.
| Criterion | Engage Compliance | Obelis, Advena, Euverify, eurep.ie |
|---|---|---|
| What the role covers | GPSR responsible person under Regulation (EU) 2023/988 Article 16, and EU authorised representative for CE-marked goods under Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 Article 4. Northern Ireland covered by the same EU appointment. No medical device (MDR/IVDR), no CBAM, no Great Britain service. | Obelis: EU authorised representative and responsible person across product families, long-established. / Advena: EU and UK authorised representative and GPSR responsible person. / Euverify: EU and UK product-safety representative across product families. / eurep.ie: a GDPR Article 27 privacy representative, not a product-side provider, so not a like-for-like comparison here. |
| Published pricing | Scoped on request. We lead on continuity and custody rather than a headline annual figure, and we do not publish a price for this role. | Euverify: publishes annual plans, from £490 to £1,890 a year by number of product families, with per-product add-ons for higher-risk goods (as published, ex VAT). / Obelis: publishes no price; quote on request. / Advena: publishes no price; quote on request. / eurep.ie: publishes prices, but for its GDPR Article 27 service, not a product-side one. |
| The ten-year obligation | We take the role as a continuity commitment: the declaration of conformity and technical documentation held and kept current for the full ten years the law requires, not for the length of a contract. | The role is commonly sold on one-year contracts across the field. Some providers state ten-year document storage in their plans; the point worth checking with any provider is whether the file, and the appointment, survive the full decade. |
What the role covers
Engage Compliance
GPSR responsible person under Regulation (EU) 2023/988 Article 16, and EU authorised representative for CE-marked goods under Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 Article 4. Northern Ireland covered by the same EU appointment. No medical device (MDR/IVDR), no CBAM, no Great Britain service.
Obelis, Advena, Euverify, eurep.ie
Obelis: EU authorised representative and responsible person across product families, long-established. / Advena: EU and UK authorised representative and GPSR responsible person. / Euverify: EU and UK product-safety representative across product families. / eurep.ie: a GDPR Article 27 privacy representative, not a product-side provider, so not a like-for-like comparison here.
Published pricing
Engage Compliance
Scoped on request. We lead on continuity and custody rather than a headline annual figure, and we do not publish a price for this role.
Obelis, Advena, Euverify, eurep.ie
Euverify: publishes annual plans, from £490 to £1,890 a year by number of product families, with per-product add-ons for higher-risk goods (as published, ex VAT). / Obelis: publishes no price; quote on request. / Advena: publishes no price; quote on request. / eurep.ie: publishes prices, but for its GDPR Article 27 service, not a product-side one.
The ten-year obligation
Engage Compliance
We take the role as a continuity commitment: the declaration of conformity and technical documentation held and kept current for the full ten years the law requires, not for the length of a contract.
Obelis, Advena, Euverify, eurep.ie
The role is commonly sold on one-year contracts across the field. Some providers state ten-year document storage in their plans; the point worth checking with any provider is whether the file, and the appointment, survive the full decade.