Guide
The GARAN label, explained
Everything sellers need to know about the EU commercial guarantee of durability label. Short, factual answers to the questions that decide whether and how you must use it.
What is the GARAN label?
The EU-wide label for a commercial guarantee of durability of more than two years, and what is fixed on it.
Read the guideWhen is it mandatory?
The regulation applies from 27 September 2026. What that date means and how to prepare.
Read the guideWho needs a GARAN label?
You need it when you advertise a guarantee of more than two years on the whole product at no extra cost.
Read the guideRegulation (EU) 2025/1960
The legal basis for the GARAN label, in plain language, and what it standardises.
Read the guideLabel requirements & size
Minimum print size, the fixed design, the mandated font and the editable fields.
Read the guideThe three variants
Colour, black-and-white and nested: which to use online and in store.
Read the guideThe QR code
Standardised and identical for every product; it is not individual or trackable.
Read the guideCommercial vs legal guarantee
How the voluntary commercial guarantee differs from the statutory legal guarantee.
Read the guideThe mandatory online link
Online, a clickable link to the same EU page as the QR code is required next to the label.
Read the guideIs there an official generator?
The Commission publishes template files; this independent tool turns them into ready-to-use labels.
Read the guideSelling many products online?
See how to export a compatible CSV from your shop system and generate every label at once.
At scale
Generate hundreds of labels automatically
A free account lets you generate GARAN labels in a batch or over the API, instead of one at a time. You only pay once you scale.
- Batch generation from a CSV, up to 500 rows per file, returned as a ZIP.
- REST API for your PIM, online shop, or build pipeline.
- All five formats and three variants from a single request.
- Saved library, billed once per unique label (prepaid or pay as you go).