Global Compliance

Notre Dame is dedicated to ensuring our products meet all safety and product regulations, both foreign and domestic.

EU GPSR FOR POD PRODUCTS

EU Declaration of Conformity

Product Model / Type Identification:
Ordinary book types: Perfect bound, Case bound, Jacketed case bound.

Manufacturer:
Lightning Source LLC, 1246 Heil Quaker Blvd, La Vergne, TN 37086, USA
Ingram Content Group (UK) Ltd. Chapter House, Pitfield, Milton Keynes, MK11 3LW, UK

EU Authorised Representative:
Lightning Source France,
1 Av. Johannes Gutenberg,
78310 Maurepas, France.
compliance@lightningsource.fr
Phone: +33 1 30 49 23 42

Declaration that the product: Ordinary Books
Books intended for general use printed and manufactured as perfect bound (paper
back) books, case bound (hard back) books and jacketed case bound (hard back book
with jacket covers) and identified by a unique ISBN barcode.

Declaration that the product conforms with the following directives and standards:
Regulation (EU) 2023/988 of the european parliament and of the council on general
product safety. (GPSR)
The Consumer Product Safety improvement Act (CPSIA), Section 101.
The Californian Safe drinking water and toxic enforcement act. (Proposition 65)
EN71-Part 1: Mechanical and Physical Properties
EN71-Part 2: Flammability
EN71-Part 3 Migration of certain elements

Manufacturers Declaration:
This declaration of conformity is issued under the exclusive responsibility of the manufacturer.

Date of Issue: December 2024

General Product Safety-Risk Assessment

POD Product GPSR testing

Traceability

Tracking label information includes the company, city, state and date of manufacture of your particular copy as required by safety regulations and for the purposes of a product recall.
It is easy to ascertain the city, state or country, and date of manufacture of your copy if information similar to the below is printed on the last page of your book:

An image showing what you can find on the last page of a POD book
If your book contains a code beginning with AU, BV, FR, JS, UK, it was printed in the following locations:
AU: Victoria Australia
BV: Chambersburg, PA
FR: Maurepas, France
JS: Jackson, TN
LV: LaVergne, TN
UK: Milton Keynes, England

The date can be determined by locating the last 6 digits of that code and are in this format DD/MM/YY. Thus, UK  HW041122  24  01  24 means this book was printed in Milton Keynes, England on January 24, 2024.

If you have any other questions, please email icgtesting@ingramcontent.com

EU GPSR FOR OFFSET PRODUCTS

General Product Safety-Risk Assessment

Offset Product GPSR testing

WCO HS

World Customs Organization Harmonized System

4901990050, 100%

CALIFORNIA PROP 65

US Hazard Warning

No California Proposition 65 hazard warning necessary