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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.