Before a chemical product may be sold in the EU, EU law requires certain steps: a safety data sheet, a UFI code with poison centre notification and a CLP hazard label. We complete these mandatory steps for manufacturers, importers and distributors inside and outside the EU, from a single product to an international product portfolio.
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Services at a glance
Most services listed here are steps that EU law requires before or while a chemical product is sold in the EU. Cards marked “EU requirement” are mandatory for the products concerned. Without them a product may not be placed on the EU market legally.
EU requirement
Generate the UFI and submit the poison centre notification via the ECHA portal.
EU requirement
Prepare, check and translate in line with REACH Annex II, for all EU languages.
EU requirement
Hazard labels with pictograms, hazard and precautionary statements and UFI, in the languages of your target markets.
EU requirement
Notification of your biocidal products to the BAuA in Germany, up to the registration number (BAuA-Reg.-Nr.) required on your product.
Which rules apply to your product? We clarify classification, obligations and next steps before market launch.
EU requirement
Emergency telephone number in Germany for section 1.4 of your safety data sheets.
Support for regulatory affairs teams
Expert support for regulatory projects, capacity bottlenecks and large product portfolios, as an extension of your own team or as a complete assignment.
Detergents & cleaning products
EU requirement
Labelling under the Detergents Regulation, ingredient list, label, SDS and poison centre notification.
EU requirement
Correct classification of fragrance oils, EUH208 statements for allergenic fragrances and safety warnings for candles.
EU requirement
Formula review, label under Art. 19 and notification in the CPNP.
What your online listing must show and what you should have ready, e.g. the safety data sheet for download.
Your whole product range checked, with a traffic light report and action plan.
Swiss SDS under the ChemO, entry in the Swiss product register (RPC) and notification to UK NPIS.
EU requirement
Notification of tobacco products and their alternatives: e-cigarettes, liquids (including nicotine-free), herbal products for smoking and nicotine pouches per target country.
All documents for manufacturers outside the EU from a single source.
EU requirement
Inquiry, SIEF, letter of access, IUCLID dossier and dossier maintenance.
For manufacturers outside the EU: we act as your only representative under Article 8 of the REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.
EU requirement
Check the Candidate List, inform customers under Article 33, SCIP notification.
REACH check & substance monitoring
Your obligations under REACH and new list entries always in view.
Focus Ireland
Ireland applies EU chemicals legislation, with its own authorities. We take care of the steps for the Irish market.
Health and Safety Authority (HSA)
The HSA is the competent authority in Ireland for REACH, CLP and detergents. Labels and safety data sheets for the Irish market are provided in English.
National Poisons Information Centre (NPIC)
Poison centre notifications for Ireland are submitted via the ECHA PCN portal and received by the NPIC. We prepare and submit them for you, including the UFI.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Biocidal products in Ireland are regulated by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. We check whether your product needs an authorisation or a national registration before sale.
Health Service Executive (HSE)
The HSE is the competent authority for e-cigarettes and refill containers. They must be notified via EU-CEG before they are placed on the Irish market.
Distributors in Ireland
From 1 January 2027 distributors who relabel hazardous mixtures, sell them under their own brand or supply them to further EU countries must also submit a poison centre notification, unless it already exists.
Windsor Framework
EU CLP continues to apply in Northern Ireland, including the UFI on the label. We check which rules apply to your products on both sides of the border.
Since 1 January 2021, Irish customers of suppliers in Great Britain are EU importers, with REACH registration, PCN and labelling duties. A label without the contact details of a supplier in the EU does not meet CLP.
8,729 poison centre notifications submitted102 clients served875 CLP labels created1,703 safety data sheets 1,291 prepared · 412 translatedAs of: October 2026
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FAQ
As of:
Yes, for most chemical products. EU law requires these steps before a hazardous product may be sold in any EU member state, no matter where the manufacturer is based. Products that do not meet them may not be placed on the EU market, and market surveillance authorities can stop their sale.
The most important steps:
Yes, if your existing data sheet does not meet EU requirements. Since 2023 the EU format under Regulation (EU) 2020/878 applies. The safety data sheet must be in the official language of each country of sale, and section 15 contains national provisions, for Germany for example the water hazard class (WGK) and, for detergents, the Detergents Regulation. Data sheets from outside the EU often follow other GHS systems and must be adapted.
We also prepare new data sheets based on your suppliers' documents so that they stay compliant. For example, when new hazards become known, such as a changed classification of an ingredient, or when your product is not classified in its country of origin but has to be classified in the EU after our review. New information on hazards requires an updated data sheet without delay under REACH Article 31(9).
Importers and downstream users who place a hazardous mixture on the EU market, i.e. manufacturers (formulators), re-fillers and importers. Toll manufacturers who produce a mixture for a client may also have to notify.
Distributors who resell a product unchanged do not notify themselves so far. From 1 January 2027 distributors also have to notify if they sell a mixture under their own name or with their own label, or supply it to another EU member state, unless the appointed body there already has the information (Article 45 CLP as amended by Regulation (EU) 2024/2865). Anyone who re-fills is a re-filler and must already notify today. We submit the notification on your behalf. The legal duty remains with your company.
You receive a fixed price based on the effort. A notification for a simple product, such as a car air freshener with four ingredients, is done much faster than one for a mixture with more than 30 components.
The quote is free and without obligation. In Germany there are no fees for the notification to the BfR. Some other member states charge fees, which we tell you in advance.
For the notification we need:
Yes, one notification can cover all countries, but only those you select in it. If you add new countries of sale later, the notification must be updated.
In Germany the notification is free of charge. Some other countries charge fees or require information in their national language. We tell you in advance what applies to your countries.
Yes, if the composition changes more than ECHA allows, for example by more than ±30 % for components up to 2.5 %. Then a new UFI code, an updated notification and a new label are required.
A new trade name, new packaging or a changed classification also require an update of the notification, but usually no new UFI code.
In three steps:
Yes, if your mixture is classified under the CLP Regulation for health or physical hazards, for example cleaning products, air fresheners, candles with fragrance oil, adhesives or biocidal products. Since 1 January 2025 only the harmonised EU notification format applies.
No notification is needed for:
The UFI (Unique Formula Identifier) is a 16-character code on the label that lets poison centres find the exact formula of a product immediately in an emergency.
For the code to work, the formula must be notified beforehand. This is the poison centre notification (PCN) via the portal of the European Chemicals Agency ECHA under Article 45 and Annex VIII of the CLP Regulation. Each member state's appointed body receives the data, in Germany the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), in Ireland the National Poisons Information Centre. Both together are often called “UFI registration”.
Your importer based in the EU. A manufacturer outside the EU cannot be the duty holder for the poison centre notification itself.
If you do not want to disclose your formula to your importer, there are solutions: the composition can be submitted confidentially, and your importer's notification then only refers to its UFI code. We handle this for you and your importers.
No. You can generate a UFI code yourself in seconds, with our UFI generator or on the ECHA website. Without a poison centre notification it is empty: in an emergency the poison centre finds no information on your product.
This is one of the most common mistakes: a code on the label, but no notification behind it.
Yes, if your mixture is classified as hazardous under CLP. The label must be in the official language of each country of sale and contains, among other things, hazard pictograms, signal word, hazard and precautionary statements, your contact details and the UFI code.
Even unclassified mixtures can need supplementary information, for example statement EUH208 if they contain substances that may cause allergies. From 1 January 2028 new format rules from the CLP revision apply as well, such as minimum font sizes. The date was postponed by Regulation (EU) 2025/2439.
We usually complete simple notifications within 1 to 3 working days once all documents are available.
Express handling is available on request.
On the label or in the safety data sheet, depending on the product. For products for consumers and professional users it appears on the label, with the prefix “UFI:” and close to the other label elements.
For mixtures for industrial use only, the UFI may appear in section 1.1 of the safety data sheet instead; for unpackaged mixtures it is given in the safety data sheet or with the labelling information supplied.
Yes. We use your formula only for your order and transmit it only via the ECHA portal to the appointed bodies. Poison centres may use the information only for medical emergency advice. On request we sign a non-disclosure agreement in advance.
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