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notice vs. GARAN label: the difference — and who has to do what","benedikt-rillox",{"type":233,"value":234,"toc":653},"minimark",[235,260,266,271,281,285,400,415,419,422,427,434,438,458,462,469,473,483,487,494,498,501,535,539,559,562,566,572,576,580,606,612,616],[236,237,238,239,243,244,251,252,255,256,259],"p",{},"From ",[240,241,242],"strong",{},"27 September 2026",", the EmpCo directive\n",[245,246,250],"a",{"href":247,"rel":248},"https:\u002F\u002Feur-lex.europa.eu\u002Feli\u002Fdir\u002F2024\u002F825\u002Foj\u002Feng",[249],"nofollow","(EU) 2024\u002F825"," requires\nB2C shops to display two new markings — and this is exactly where the\nconfusion starts. The ",[240,253,254],{},"harmonised warranty notice"," and the ",[240,257,258],{},"GARAN label","\nshare a deadline, a legal basis and a visual style, but they mean two\ncompletely different things: the notice is a site-wide reminder of a right\nconsumers always have. The label marks, per product, a voluntary commitment\nthat only exists for some products. Confusing the two means implementing\neither too much — or too little, and risking a legal warning. This post puts\nthe two instruments side by side and shows, by merchant type, what\nconcretely needs to be done.",[261,262,263],"blockquote",{},[236,264,265],{},"This post provides practical orientation, not legal advice. For special\ncases – imports, private labels, marketplaces or mixed B2B\u002FB2C models –\nthe concrete implementation should be reviewed legally.",[267,268,270],"h2",{"id":269},"the-core-difference-in-one-sentence","The core difference in one sentence",[236,272,273,276,277,280],{},[240,274,275],{},"The warranty notice informs about a law that always applies — the GARAN\nlabel marks a promise a manufacturer makes voluntarily."," The statutory\nwarranty of at least two years exists in every consumer purchase of goods,\nwhether the shop points it out or not; the notice merely makes it visible.\nA durability guarantee of more than two years, by contrast, only exists if\na manufacturer offers it free of charge for the entire product — and only\nthen may and must the GARAN label appear. It is explicitly ",[240,278,279],{},"not"," a\nquality seal you can earn or attach voluntarily.",[267,282,284],{"id":283},"the-two-instruments-side-by-side","The two instruments side by side",[286,287,288,302],"table",{},[289,290,291],"thead",{},[292,293,294,297,300],"tr",{},[295,296],"th",{},[295,298,299],{},"Warranty notice",[295,301,258],{},[303,304,305,319,332,349,362,375,388],"tbody",{},[292,306,307,313,316],{},[308,309,310],"td",{},[240,311,312],{},"What it marks",[308,314,315],{},"statutory warranty (min. 2 years)",[308,317,318],{},"manufacturer's voluntary durability guarantee",[292,320,321,326,329],{},[308,322,323],{},[240,324,325],{},"Scope",[308,327,328],{},"site-wide, product-independent",[308,330,331],{},"individual product",[292,333,334,339,342],{},[308,335,336],{},[240,337,338],{},"Trigger",[308,340,341],{},"selling goods to consumers",[308,343,344,345,348],{},"free manufacturer guarantee ",[240,346,347],{},"over 2 years"," for the whole product",[292,350,351,356,359],{},[308,352,353],{},[240,354,355],{},"Mandatory for",[308,357,358],{},"practically every B2C goods shop",[308,360,361],{},"only products where such a guarantee exists",[292,363,364,369,372],{},[308,365,366],{},[240,367,368],{},"Content",[308,370,371],{},"fixed wording with checkmark symbol",[308,373,374],{},"calendar symbol with guarantee duration in years, manufacturer, model",[292,376,377,382,385],{},[308,378,379],{},[240,380,381],{},"Data basis",[308,383,384],{},"none — static notice",[308,386,387],{},"guarantee duration, manufacturer, manufacturer product number per product",[292,389,390,395,398],{},[308,391,392],{},[240,393,394],{},"Design",[308,396,397],{},"EU template, in colour, QR code to \"Your Europe\"",[308,399,397],{},[236,401,402,403,408,409,414],{},"Appearance, wording and colours of both markings are prescribed by\n",[245,404,407],{"href":405,"rel":406},"https:\u002F\u002Feur-lex.europa.eu\u002Flegal-content\u002FEN\u002FTXT\u002F?uri=CELEX%3A32025R1960",[249],"Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025\u002F1960","\n— custom icons or reworded texts do not fulfil the obligation. The detailed\nconsumer information behind the QR code lives on the EU portal\n",[245,410,413],{"href":411,"rel":412},"https:\u002F\u002Feuropa.eu\u002Fyoureurope\u002Fcitizens\u002Fconsumers\u002Fshopping\u002Fguarantees\u002Findex_en.htm",[249],"Your Europe",".",[267,416,418],{"id":417},"who-has-to-consider-what","Who has to consider what?",[236,420,421],{},"The impact differs considerably by business model — and so does the\nworkload.",[423,424,426],"h3",{"id":425},"the-classic-b2c-merchant","The classic B2C merchant",[236,428,429,430,433],{},"For every shop selling goods to consumers, the ",[240,431,432],{},"warranty notice is\nmandatory"," — with no revenue, size or small-business exemption. The effort\nis small: embed the EU template, clearly visible, in colour, in every shop\nlanguage. Whether the GARAN label is needed on top depends solely on the\nassortment: if you carry no product with a free manufacturer guarantee of\nmore than two years, the notice is all you need. You do not have to\nactively research such guarantees — but you must display them when you know\nabout them or advertise with them.",[423,435,437],{"id":436},"merchants-with-guarantee-heavy-assortments","Merchants with guarantee-heavy assortments",[236,439,440,441,444,445,448,449,452,453,457],{},"Electronics, household appliances, tools, furniture: wherever manufacturers\nadvertise long guarantees, the ",[240,442,443],{},"GARAN label becomes a data task",". Each\naffected product needs the guarantee duration, the manufacturer and the\nmanufacturer product number — cleanly modelled from PIM or ERP, not\nmaintained manually item by item. The edge cases matter: a ",[240,446,447],{},"paid","\nguarantee extension does not trigger a label, a guarantee ",[240,450,451],{},"on parts only","\n(say, the motor) does not either, and at exactly two years the rule is: no\nlabel — only ",[454,455,456],"em",{},"more than"," two years counts.",[423,459,461],{"id":460},"shops-selling-food-and-everyday-goods","Shops selling food and everyday goods",[236,463,464,465,468],{},"Food and goods of everyday consumption are ",[240,466,467],{},"exempt"," from the warranty\nnotice. A pure food shop generally has to implement neither instrument.\nMixed assortments — the delicatessen shop that also sells kitchen\nappliances — need a deliberate delineation of which areas fall under the\nobligation.",[423,470,472],{"id":471},"pure-b2b-shops","Pure B2B shops",[236,474,475,476,479,480,414],{},"Whoever sells exclusively to businesses is ",[240,477,478],{},"not affected"," — by either\ninstrument. But the bar is factual, not cosmetic: a freely accessible shop\ndoes not become a pure B2B shop through B2B prices or a VAT-ID query alone.\nIf consumers can factually order, the B2C exposure should be reviewed — the\nsame logic as with the\n",[245,481,482],{"href":153},"withdrawal button",[423,484,486],{"id":485},"mixed-b2bb2c-shops","Mixed B2B\u002FB2C shops",[236,488,489,490,493],{},"Here the obligation applies ",[240,491,492],{},"to the B2C part",". In practice that means\nconfiguring the visibility of notice and label per sales channel or\ncustomer group, not globally for the whole shop. That is a deliberate\narchitecture decision — and one of the points where implementation is more\nthan ticking a box.",[267,495,497],{"id":496},"the-most-common-mix-ups","The most common mix-ups",[236,499,500],{},"The separation of the two instruments produces the typical mistakes:",[502,503,504,511,517,523,529],"ol",{},[505,506,507,510],"li",{},[240,508,509],{},"Treating the GARAN label as a quality seal."," It does not \"decorate\" —\nit only appears when the guarantee conditions are objectively met. A\nlabel without an underlying manufacturer guarantee is misleading.",[505,512,513,516],{},[240,514,515],{},"Embedding the notice per product."," The warranty notice belongs\nsite-wide in the B2C storefront, not as a badge on individual articles.",[505,518,519,522],{},[240,520,521],{},"Using custom icons or texts."," Both markings are harmonised — layout,\nwording and colours are fixed. Creative in-house solutions are not a\nsafe route.",[505,524,525,528],{},[240,526,527],{},"Labelling paid or partial guarantees."," Only the free durability\nguarantee of more than two years for the entire product counts.",[505,530,531,534],{},[240,532,533],{},"Delivering the label in black and white."," In online retail, both\nmarkings must be displayed in colour.",[267,536,538],{"id":537},"implementation-both-are-native-in-shopware-6","Implementation: both are native in Shopware 6",[236,540,541,542,545,546,549,550,555,556,414],{},"For Shopware merchants the technical side is solved: from ",[240,543,544],{},"Shopware\n6.7.14"," and with the backport for the ",[240,547,548],{},"6.6 line",", the core ships both\nmarkings — the warranty notice as a checkout setting per sales channel, the\nGARAN label as a product feature fed by guarantee duration, manufacturer\nand manufacturer product number\n(",[245,551,554],{"href":552,"rel":553},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.shopware.com\u002Fde\u002Fnews\u002Fgaran-label-eu-gewaehrleistung\u002F",[249],"Shopware announcement",").\nThe step-by-step implementation, the options for older versions, headless\nsetups and Shopware 5, and the full checklist are covered in detail in our\npost\n",[245,557,558],{"href":123},"Warranty label 2026: EmpCo obligation and Shopware 6 implementation",[236,560,561],{},"The larger part of the work is not technical anyway, but data-related:\ncollecting manufacturer guarantees, clarifying edge cases, delineating\nsales channels. Whoever starts today has no bottleneck at the deadline.",[267,563,565],{"id":564},"the-full-picture-compliance-202627-in-the-whitepaper","The full picture: compliance 2026\u002F27 in the whitepaper",[236,567,568,569,414],{},"Warranty notice and GARAN label are two obligations among many in the same\nwindow — the withdrawal button, PPWR, CCD II and the Digital Product\nPassport follow. 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This whitepaper puts every deadline in order, draws clean lines around who is affected when — and delivers the action items to match.",[267,907,909],{"id":908},"whats-inside","What's inside",[581,911,912,918,924,930],{},[505,913,914,917],{},[240,915,916],{},"Deadline overview:"," Every effective date from GPSR (2024) to full CRA application (December 2027) in chronological order — including obligations already in force that many shops still leave open.",[505,919,920,923],{},[240,921,922],{},"Eight regulations in detail:"," Withdrawal button, EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR), warranty & guarantee labels (EmpCo), Consumer Credit Directive CCD II, Cyber Resilience Act, EU Deforestation Regulation, the new Product Liability Directive, and the Digital Product Passport — each with concrete action items.",[505,925,926,929],{},[240,927,928],{},"Applicability matrix:"," Which rules hit which merchant? 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