Inventory API Version 1.17.6

In preparation for new legal requirements by the European Union taking effect on December 13th, 2024, this release adds support for General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) information. GPSR information will be conditionally required for products shipped or sold in EU-based countries or Northern Ireland.

Schema changes

To support the upcoming regulatory requirements, schema changes have been made to support GPSR information. The following types have been added to the bulkCreateOffer, createOffer, getOffer, getOffers, and updateOffer methods to provide GPSR information:

regulatory.documents: Provides a collection of regulatory documents associated with the listing.

regulatory.manufacturer: Provides name and contact information for the manufacturer of the item.

regulatory.productSafety: Provides product safety and compliance related information for the listing.

regulatory.responsiblePersons: Provides name and contact information for the EU-based Responsible Persons or entities associated with the listing.

Economic Operator changes

Economic Operator is being decommissioned and being replaced by the manufacturer and responsiblePersons containers. Economic Operator related fields should no longer be used for the create or update methods. As it is currently still supported, Economic Operator-related fields will be returned if applicable for the getOffer method.