European Union and European Economic Area · Policy & regulation · Issue #1 · 07/09 – 19/09
ECHA tells hazardous-mixture distributors to prepare for clarified poison-centre duties
From 1 January 2027, revised EU CLP provisions make specified distributors directly responsible for poison-centre information when they move hazardous mixtures between Member States or rebrand or relabel them, unless the same information has already reached the appointed body.
What the evidence says
ECHA's poison-centres service highlighted the approaching application date on 7 September. The underlying legal change is in Regulation (EU) 2024/2865, which inserts Article 45(1c) into the CLP Regulation and applies the relevant amendments from 1 January 2027.
The duty concerns distributors placing mixtures classified as hazardous for health or physical effects on the market where they then distribute them in other Member States or rebrand or relabel them. A distributor does not need to duplicate the submission if it can demonstrate that the appointed body or bodies already received the same information from an importer or downstream user.
The notification supports an adequate emergency health response and follows Annex VIII. It is role- and supply-chain-specific: distributors need evidence about what was submitted upstream rather than assuming that another actor has completed the necessary notification.
Why it matters
The useful distinction
A missing or mismatched poison-centre record can delay useful information during an exposure incident. Businesses selling hazardous mixtures across borders or under changed branding should map products, markets, unique identifiers and upstream submissions before the 2027 application date.
This briefing is an independent summary of the evidence sources below. Context-only links are not used as factual authority. It does not establish that a product, organisation or listing is unsafe, unlawful or non-compliant beyond what the evidence reports.