New notification requirements for Poison Centre Notifications from 1 January 2024

From 1 January 2024, all new poison centre notifications (PCNs) in the EU for mixtures intended solely for industrial use (in addition to consumer and professional use) must comply with the harmonised information requirements set out in Annex VIII of the EU Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation. The Regulation also requires inclusion of a unique formula identifier (UFI) code on product labels.

Notifications for industrial use only mixtures that are on the market and notified before 1 January 2024 will remain valid until 1 January 2025. This means that after this date, all notifications, regardless of the use type, must be submitted in the harmonised format.

If changes are made to the product during the transition period (e.g. changes to the mixture composition, toxicological properties, or product identifiers), a notification in the harmonised format must be submitted before the modified mixture can be placed on the market.

It is important for companies benefitting from the transition period to start planning how and when they will update their notifications and manage their re-labelling plans.

More details on the new requirements can be found here.