From 1 January 2025, all dangerous mixtures must be equipped with a UFI code and notified to the Poisons Center (PCN)!
The transitional period for reporting hazardous mixtures to the Poison Control Center ends on January 1, 2025.
In order to continue to use or trade hazardous mixtures, companies must therefore complete a PCN in accordance with Annex VIII of CLP Regulation 1272/2006 by December 31, 2024.
Who has to create the PCN?
- Manufacturers of hazardous mixtures
- The first importers of hazardous mixtures in the EU
- Distributors:
- if they import hazardous mixtures into another EU Member State where no notification has yet been made,
- if they change their trade name.
- Downstream users:
- if they import hazardous mixtures for their own use into an EU Member State where no notification has yet been made
Data required for PCN notification
- Safety data sheet for mixtures
- Update your safety data sheets to ensure correct classification and labeling as well as toxicological information.
- UFI code
- Prepare a UFI code with the UFI code generator
- Intended use of the product
- Products must be classified according to the intended use of the product according to the European Classification System
- Complete product composition
- Prepare composition information for at least 90% of the mixture. The composition given in the safety data sheet is not sufficient. Different rules apply to the listing of ingredients in the safety data sheet. As a rule, not all ingredients are listed in the safety data sheets, and at the same time the concentration ranges used are too broad.
- pH
- The pH value is a mandatory reporting element that is often missing in the safety data sheets. Even if the pH value cannot be measured, the reason for this must be stated (e.g. not soluble in water)
- Information on packaging units
- A list of packaging units (form and volume/weight) to be sold on the market must be provided.
- List of countries
- A list of the countries in which the product is to be sold/used must be drawn up. Based on this list, the reporting language is then determined separately by each of the EU member.
PCN notification
The final step is the preparation of the application in the IUCLID Cloud and the PCN notification. All details are described in the Practical guide to PCN prepared by the European Chemicals Agency
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