Transition period for notifying hazardous chemical mixtures ends this year
Transition period for notifying hazardous chemical mixtures ends this year
For those who are unaware, an important deadline is upcoming and you may be effected. If your company has notified hazardous chemical mixtures directly to the National Poisons Information Centre of Ireland (NPIC) and you intend to keep placing the same mixtures on the market after the 1st of January 2025, you must submit a new poison centre notification (PCN) in accordance with Annex VIII (CLP Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008), via the ECHA PCN portal, and include the unique formula identifier (UFI) on the label by that date.
If your product remains on the market prior to the 1st of January 2025 and is unchanged, you must make a new submission in the harmonised format via the PCN portal, as no migration of data from the NPIC database is planned. However, if there is a change in the mixture composition, product identifier or toxicological properties (as indicated in Part B, Section 4.1 of Annex VIII) during the transitional period before the 1st of January 2025, the duty holder is required to submit information concerning the changed mixture in accordance with Annex VIII before it is placed on the market. If your product is discontinued before the end of 2024, you do not need to make a new submission.
As of the 1st of January 2025, ‘old’ submissions sent directly to the NPIC will be considered ‘archived’ and not compliant with regard to Annex VIII. Thus, you must ensure that a new, Annex VIII compliant submission is made, and product labels are updated, in time to allow you to continue placing the mixture on the market after this date.
Please note also that the NPIC charges an annual retainer for use of its telephone number on the SDS of chemical products placed on the market in Ireland. The annual retainer is €650 per company (or €200 if notifying less than 10 products).
Further information on the procedure to follow can be found at https://poisons.ie/industry-manufacturers/safety-data-sheets/
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