GPSR Product Declarations for SMEs
A GPSR tool for an SME must do one thing well: turn your product records into a complete GPSR file, a traceability trail, and a public declaration page, without hiring a compliance consultant for every SKU.
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MoCRA and CPSR for Small Cosmetics Brands
A small cosmetics brand selling in the US and the EU needs two parallel obligations: FDA MoCRA facility registration and product listing for the US, and a Cosmetic Product Safety Report plus a Responsible Person for the EU. Both start with the same product information.
Best DPP Software for Small Brands
The best DPP software for a small brand is the one that lets you publish a compliant passport without an IT project: structured ESPR data fields, supplier evidence linked to each claim, a public page with a QR code, and pricing that does not punish a single-SKU catalog.
The Cookie Policy That Doesn't Match Your Site
Most cookie policies are wrong the day they're published, and the reason is mundane: the marketing team installed a new analytics script last month and nobody told whoever wrote the policy. The banner asks for consent; the policy lists trackers that no longer exist and omits three that do. Regulators notice exactly this mismatch, because it's the easiest finding to prove.
The Accessibility Statement Nobody Reads Until Late
The European Accessibility Act has been in force since June 2025, and the first thing an enforcement body or a claimant's lawyer looks for is your accessibility statement — the page that documents how accessible your website, app or service actually is. Most businesses don't have one. Some have one from 2023 that no longer matches the site.
This is the deep-dive on the last of the five legal pages from the overview post.
The DPA: The Document That Unblocks Deals
The first time most small suppliers hear the term DPA, it's from a customer's procurement team explaining that the contract can't proceed without one. The Data Processing Agreement is the most commonly missing legal document in B2B, and it costs more stalled deals than any certificate you could name.
Terms & Conditions: The Contract You Forgot to Write
A terms page looks like boilerplate until the day you need it, and on that day its absence decides the outcome. A customer disputes a charge, a competitor copies your material, a client wants a refund a year later — with terms, you point at the clause. Without them, default law fills the gaps, and default law was not written with your business in mind.
This is the first of the deep-dives on the legal pages every business needs, following the overview post.
The Legal Pages Almost Every Site Is Missing
Scroll to the footer of any ten small-business websites and count the legal pages. You'll usually find a privacy policy. Sometimes terms. Rarely a cookie policy that matches the cookies actually loaded. Almost never a data processing agreement or an accessibility statement — the two pages that lose deals and invite complaints.
The footer is the least loved part of a website, and it's where liability quietly lives. This post covers the full set; the next four go deep on each page.
Carbon Offsets in 2026: What Still Works
Five years ago, the standard small-business climate move was simple: buy offsets, print "carbon neutral" on the website, done. In 2026, that playbook is not just outdated — the EU has effectively banned the consumer-facing version of it, and the voluntary carbon market has rebuilt itself around integrity rules. If your company buys offsets, or thinks it should, here's where things stand.
The Microplastics Ban: What Small Brands Must Know
The glitter that made your lip scrub sparkle, the polymer beads in your face wash, the rubber crumb under the school football pitch — all of it is being phased out of the EU market under a single rule. If you make or sell cosmetics, detergents, fragrances or any consumer product with intentional synthetic microparticles, this one is already affecting you.
The restriction is Regulation (EU) 2023/2055, amending the REACH list of restrictions. Here's the practical version for a small brand.