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Poison centre notification in Netherlands

Verified against ECHA’s member state overview ·

The Netherlands routes PCN dossiers from the ECHA Submission portal to the National Poisons Information Centre (NVIC) at UMC Utrecht — since 1 January 2021 companies no longer notify NVIC directly. Dutch or English is accepted, there is no fee, and validation alone opens the market.

NVIC's product-notification information lives on the productnotificatie.nl portal (the Dutch spelling — older references to productnotification.nl point to the same NVIC/UMC Utrecht service). Compliance is enforced by the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) and the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT).

What to watch for in Netherlands

  • Dutch or English accepted.
  • NVIC contact for product notification: productnotificatie@umcutrecht.nl.
  • Enforcement split between NVWA and ILT.

The submission itself is the same in every member state that accepts the ECHA route: a PCN dossier in ECHA’s current format, carrying the mixture’s UFI, full composition, and product category. See how to submit a PCN for the process end to end, or compare all 30 countries in the country overview table.

Sources

  1. Overview of Member States decisions (MSD) — ECHA, v14, May 2026.
  2. Appointed bodies list — ECHA, accessed July 2026.