ECHA pilot project highlights ongoing PCN compliance gaps
ECHA has published the results of a pilot enforcement project on poison centre notification compliance. Across 18 EU/EEA countries, inspectors checked 1,597 hazardous mixtures and found that 19% had not been notified to poison centres as required.
The report is a useful reminder that PCN remains an active enforcement topic. It also shows that compliance issues are not always limited to whether a notification was submitted. ECHA identified wider inconsistencies between PCN data, labels and safety data sheets, including issues linked to UFI and product information.
In practice, this is often where businesses get caught out. A notification may have been submitted at one stage, but later formulation changes, label updates, supplier changes or SDS revisions can leave information out of step.
For companies placing hazardous mixtures on the EU market, now is a sensible time to sense-check whether:
All relevant mixtures have been assessed for PCN obligations
Notifications are in place where required
UFI, label and SDS information still match
Product changes have been picked up and reflected consistently
Yordas can support with PCN scope checks, data reviews, notification support and broader hazard communication alignment.
If you would like to discuss your current position, please get in touch.
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