Poison Centre Notification or PCN notifications are expensive, time-consuming, require considerable knowledge, and a large team. But what if we handle all of this for you? We perform PCN notifications for EU and Non-EU countries within the agreed deadlines, arrange everything for seamless sales – without you losing your precious time and valuable resources.
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In the last 30 days, we have successfully completed 273 PCN notifications.
This process ensures you get the maximum result with minimal waste of your time. We have successfully finished PCN notifications for more than 100 companies from all branches of the chemical industry. We know from experience what works and how to quickly and successfully execute PCN notifications in one or all EEA (European Economic Area) countries.
PCN or PCN notification is a notification process by which a company reports information about a dangerous mixture to a single European poison center database.
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January 1, 2025, is the final legal deadline by which you must perform PCN notifications. More here
UFI or Unique Formula Identifier is a 16-digit code already indicated on the labels of products classified as dangerous mixtures. It is also usually listed in safety data sheets.
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Voluntary submission
This is for you if you don’t have a sister company or importer based in EU/EEA area and don’t want to disclose your formulation.
Voluntary submission allows you to hide your composition from the importer. You just give these EU partners “voluntary UFI”. They then need to submit their own PCN notifications using this UFI to connect your “secret” composition with their products.
This is possible because we act as your legal entity in the EU and submit PCN notifications on your behalf. And for this service we charge a fee which depends on the number of your formulations. It’s a yearly fee ranging from €480 for one formulation up to €2.400 for 200 (or more) formulations.
Using EU/EEA importer or sister company
This is for you if you’re OK with disclosing full compositional information to your EU importer.
The EU importer will then be able to submit a poison center notification on their own. That means you don’t use us for creating Voluntary PCN notification, but you are OK with disclosing your products’ formulation to other entity.
You can learn more about Voluntary submissions in two quick blog posts - here and here – we wrote for you.
We need to do PCN notifications (for one or more EEA countries) but don't have the time to take additional workload. And besides, everyone else in the company is already extremely busy, while the business environment is becoming increasingly demanding.
Probability of success? We lack the knowledge, time, and personnel to learn how to execute PCN notifications. Who will take responsibility in case of failure? Who will take responsibility if we miss deadlines or lose customers because of it? What does failure mean for our reputation?
Effort invested? Which work obligations can we drop to tackle PCN notifications ourselves? Do we have enough patience, time, and knowledge to take this on? What if we invest so much time and effort, and then never need this knowledge again?
Time. Do we have enough time in the company to execute this effectively and successfully? Do we have time for learning, corrections, and resubmission of PCN notifications? Is this something that is part of our company's activities? Do we really want to do this ourselves?
We take over the PCN notifications. We only need a few basic information from you (we send you a standard questionnaire) – companies usually provide these data to us quickly and without difficulties. Then, we carry out everything necessary and deliver the results to you. We also discuss your needs and desires and any specificities we need to consider.
100% success guaranteed. If we have the necessary information, we guarantee the successful execution of PCN notifications without interrupting your work. To date, we have successfully completed all PCN notifications we have undertaken.
Save your time. On your side, only one small and simple step is needed, which does not take much of your time. In most cases, we get information we need without difficulty because you know it well.
We jointly agree on deadlines and adjust to your needs. Finally, deliver PCN notifications on time and according to our agreement.
"Because we have our own software (Chemius) for creating Safety Data Sheets and executing PCN notifications, we are faster, there is less chance for errors, we can listen to your needs, and... we are also cost-effective.
Bojan Buinac, Director and owner of BENS Consulting
You have your own Safety Data Sheets
PCN notification for one country is €180
PCN notification in an additional country is €30 per country
PCN notification for the entire EU or EEA region is €300
You order Safety Data Sheets from us or already have the Chemius Expert service
Flat rate (for one country or the entire EEA) is €88.56 or €3.69 per PCN notification per month.
Don’t know what All-inclusive VIP SDS management service called Chemius Expert is? You can read more about it here. Over 98% of our clients use this service for simple and effective SDS management.
In the last 30 days, we have successfully completed 273 PCN notifications. We believe we can help you as well.
Absolutely everything you need for smooth sales and to be an excellent partner to your customers.
12-step work process - you take the first step, we take care of the rest
1. You send us the required data
(a list of data we need)
2. We jump to work – what we do for you
12. You receive confirmation of the successfully completed PCN registration
In short, we free up your time and resources so you can make the most of your time focusing on your core business activities.
They bring calmness, reliability, predictability, and speed with proven, quality advice and solutions to your business.
More than 400 companies from all continents and from every sector of the chemical industry use our services to effectively manage chemical challenges, including PCN notifications.
Before we can jump to work, we still need a bit of help from you. We only need basic information about the chemical. Companies usually send us this information without any difficulties, because they know this information almost by heart. Here’s the list required information from your side
The latest valid safety data sheet (SDS), prepared in accordance with REACH and CLP regulations.
Type of use: general, professional, industrial.
Purpose of use: paints and coatings, detergents, adhesives, varnishes, sealants, etc.
Information about packaging units in which the product is marketed: volume, weight, units, type of packaging (examples: bottle, 150 ml; bag, 20 kg; box, 25 kg; drum, 200 L).
Detailed composition information – at least 90% chemical composition of the mixture (in some cases, 90% chemical composition is sufficient).
Physicochemical properties (color, pH).
List of target countries: EU or EEA member states where the product will be marketed.
UFI code, if you have already assigned one to the product – if not, we will generate it for you.
No problem. We have several options prepared for you. You can start by reading the BENS Insider blog. It’s free and gives you tons of useful and verified information you can use immediately.
Here you’ll also find over 100 blog posts specifically on the topics of UFI and PCN. To get acquainted with the subject, we recommend you start with these three posts:
If you want more, you can check out free materials from our BENS meetings, which we have been organizing for our clients for years. Here you’ll also find presentations covering UFI codes and PCN notifications. For now, these are only in Slovene language.
If you prefer visual content or need something useful to listen to while driving, we recommend watching our lectures on our YouTube channel or listening to our Spotify channel (for now, only in Slovene).
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