Article 1
The roles and tasks of the single national contact points under Article 25(2) of Regulation (EU) 2023/988 (‘Safety Gate contact points’) shall be to: (a) verify and validate the completeness of the notification received from other national authorities in their Member State before its transmission to the Commission through the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System pursuant to Article 25(2), first subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2023/988; (b) check, before submitting a notification through the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System, whether a product subject to that notification has already been notified in that System, and if this is the case, and where appropriate, in cooperation with the relevant national authority, submit a follow-up notification in accordance with Article 26(7) of Regulation (EU) 2023/988 instead; (c) ensure that the notifications of other Member States, that were validated by the Commission, in the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System reach the relevant national authorities, including the authorities in charge of external border controls, in their Member State for appropriate follow-up at national level; (d) promote the use of the Product Safety eSurveillance Webcrawler, and if relevant other similar tools, within its Member State, and in particular the follow up of its relevant results by the national authorities; (e) train and assist all national authorities in the use of Safety Gate Rapid Alert System; (f) facilitate that within their Member State the tasks related to the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System stemming from Regulation (EU) 2023/988 and Commission Delegated Regulation of 27 August 2024 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/988 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to rules on access to and operation of the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System, information to be entered in that System, notification requirements and the criteria for assessment of the level of risk ( 6 ) are performed and, in particular, that all required information is provided to the Commission in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2023/988; (g) cooperate and exchange information relevant for product safety with other Safety Gate contact points, and participate in discussions between the Safety Gate contact points coordinated by the Commission; (h) exchange information relevant for product safety at national level with the authority which is a member of the Consumer Safety Network referred to in Article 30 of Regulation (EU) 2023/988, where it is a different authority than the Safety Gate contact point; (i) exchange information relevant for product safety at national level with the single liaison office appointed under Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 7 ) and Article 23(1) of Regulation (EU) 2023/988, where it is a different authority than the Safety Gate contact point; (j) inform the Commission without delay of any technical problem with the functioning of the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System; (k) manage requests for access to applications linked to the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System from users in their Safety Gate National Network, and inform the Commission about any change in staff affecting access rights; (l) answer requests related to operation of the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System within their Member State from stakeholders, including economic operators and providers of online marketplaces; (m) where appropriate, liaise with the authority in their Member State that submitted the relevant Safety Gate Rapid Alert System notification, regarding any supplementary information that could be considered to be added to that notification, on requests of economic operators or providers of online marketplaces, in particular when those businesses may be adversely affected by the incomplete nature of a notification in the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System.