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.
Do I need a GARAN label?
Answer five short questions about your guarantee. In under a minute you will see whether advertising it triggers the GARAN label under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1960. This is guidance, not legal advice.
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 moreWhen is it mandatory?
The regulation applies from 27 September 2026. What that date means and how to prepare.
Read moreWho 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 moreCompliance checklist
A step by step path to a compliant GARAN label: check whether it applies, create the label correctly and be ready in time for the deadline.
Read moreRegulation (EU) 2025/1960
The legal basis for the GARAN label, in plain language, and what it standardises.
Read moreLabel requirements & size
Minimum print size, the fixed design, the mandated font and the editable fields.
Read moreThe three variants
Colour, black-and-white and nested: which to use online and in store.
Read moreThe QR code
Standardised and identical for every product; it is not individual or trackable.
Read moreCommercial vs legal guarantee
How the voluntary commercial guarantee differs from the statutory legal guarantee.
Read moreThe mandatory online link
Online, a clickable link to the same EU page as the QR code is required next to the label.
Read moreIs there an official generator?
The Commission publishes template files; this independent tool turns them into ready-to-use labels.
Read moreSelling many products online?
See how to export a compatible CSV from your shop system and generate every label at once.
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