The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) is the appointed body for the receipt of product notifications, i. a., according to Art. 45 and Annex VIII of the Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (CLP). The product data received is subject to advanced expert validations by the BfR. Eventually this information is provided to the seven German poison centres.

Since 1 January 2021 most of the notifications have been submitted using the Poison Centres Notification Format (PCN Format). This format has been in force for privately or professionally used products, classi- fied as hazardous on the basis of their health or phys- ical effects, for almost already two years.