Regulatory

documents

array of Document

This container provides a collection of regulatory documents associated with the listing.

For information on removing one or more files from a listing using the updateOffer method, see Remove documents from listings. .

Note: As a part of General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) requirements effective on December 13th, 2024, sellers operating in, or shipping to, EU-based countries or Northern Ireland are conditionally required to provide regulatory document information in their eBay listings. For more information on GPSR, see General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR).

energyEfficiencyLabel

This container provides information about the energy efficiency for certain durable goods.

Note: Sellers in the EU and UK can use this container to provide European energy efficiency (EEK) information for listings in the Tyres and Appliance categories. If no EEK information is specified through this container, it will be retrieved through a third party vendor. For more information, see Energy efficiency information.
Note: Energy efficiency information is not required for all categories. Use the getRegulatoryPolicies method of the Metadata API to return metadata on the eBay categories that recommend or require energy efficiency-related fields.

hazmat

This container is used by the seller to provide hazardous material information for the listing.

The statements element is required to complete the Hazmat section of a listing.

The following elements are optional:

• pictograms
• signalWord
• component

Note: Hazmat information is not required for all categories. Use the getRegulatoryPolicies method of the Metadata API to return metadata on the eBay categories that recommend or require Hazmat-related fields.

manufacturer

This container provides information about the manufacturer of the item.

Note: As a part of General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) requirements effective on December 13th, 2024, sellers operating in, or shipping to, EU-based countries or Northern Ireland are conditionally required to provide regulatory manufacturer information in their eBay listings. Manufacturer information is not required for all categories. Use the getRegulatoryPolicies method of the Metadata API to return metadata on the eBay categories that recommend or require manufacturer-related fields. For more information on GPSR, see General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR).

productSafety

This container is used to provide product safety information for the listing. One of the following elements is required to complete the Product Safety section for a listing: pictograms or statements. The component element is optional.

Note: As a part of General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) requirements effective on December 13th, 2024, sellers operating in, or shipping to, EU-based countries or Northern Ireland are conditionally required to provide regulatory product safety information in their eBay listings. Product safety information is not required for all categories. Use the getRegulatoryPolicies method of the Metadata API to return metadata on the eBay categories that recommend or require product safety-related fields. For more information on GPSR, see General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR).

repairScore

This field represents the repair index for the listing.

The repair index identifies the manufacturer's repair score for a product (i.e., how easy is it to repair the product.) This field is a floating point value between 0.0 (i.e., difficult to repair,) and 10.0 (i.e., easily repaired.)

Note: 0 should not be used as a default value, as it implies the product is not repairable.
The format for repairScore is limited to one decimal place. For example:

• 7.9 and 0.0 are both valid scores
• 5.645 and 2.10 are both invalid scores

Note: Repair score is not applicable to all categories. Use the getExtendedProducerResponsibilityPolicies method of the Metadata API to see where repair score is applicable.

responsiblePersons

array of ResponsiblePerson

This container provides information about the EU-based Responsible Persons or entities associated with the listing.

A maximum of 5 EU Responsible Persons are supported.

Note: As a part of General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) requirements effective on December 13th, 2024, sellers operating in, or shipping to, EU-based countries or Northern Ireland are conditionally required to provide regulatory Responsible Persons information in their eBay listings. For more information on GPSR, see General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR).