Solution
opesus EPN is a comprehensive solution that supports the end-to-end process of submitting notifications to German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR).
Companies are legally obliged to provide the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) with comprehensive information regarding chemical products that are placed on the German market. The purpose of this is to protect consumer from health risks. The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) forwards this information to the poison centres in Germany.
Over 50 companies are using opesus EHS Product Notification to create notifications. With our software you can:
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The legal basis for the obligation to register or notify preparations that are placed on the German market are:
CLP Art. 45, Annex VIII also known as the poison centre notification (PCN) applies only to mixtures classified for health and physical hazards.
However, the national regulation for detergents and cleaning agents still apply. This means that even if non-hazardous, detergents and cleaning products placed on the German market needs to be notified. The “XProduktmeldung” format shall continue to be used to notify non-hazardous detergents even beyond the consumer use deadline for the PCN format.
A notification is done electronically by uploading it to the dedicated BfR portal.
Firstly, you will need to apply for a company code. You can do so using the form here.
Using opesus EHS Product Notification, all data required for a product notification is gathered and generated into an XML format “XProductNotification”. You can then download this file and manually upload it to the BfR portal or attach in an e-mail that you can send out of your SAP system. We recommend to send the XML file by e-mail as this avoid additional manual steps.
About opesus EPN
EPN SCIP Format
EPN PCN Format
EPN BAG Format
