PCN
Poison Centre Notification
Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/542
Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/542 of 22 March 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures by adding an Annex on harmonised information relating to emergency health response
CELEX 32017R0542 eur-lex.europa.eu verified 23.08.2026
Not yet verified at source. Indicative only. This record was compiled from the instrument identifier and has not yet been opened at source. The market rows below carry their own verification dates and are not affected by this.
Scope
What it bears on.
The product categories this site tracks under this instrument, and the parameters of the shared vocabulary it touches. Nothing here is a statement about any one market — that is below, and it comes from that market's own record.
Product categories
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Nicotine pouches
Oral, tobacco-free products containing synthetic or natural nicotine, presented as portioned sachets, powder, particles or paste.
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Nicotine strips
Oral, tobacco-free nicotine products in strip or film form. Their classification is unsettled in several markets, which is why they are tracked separately from pouches rather than assumed to follow them.
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E-liquids
Refill liquids for electronic cigarettes, with or without nicotine, including bases, flavour concentrates and DIY boosters where the market treats them the same way.
Parameters
- Other packaging requirements
- Chemicals legislation
In the markets we cover
The national provisions, not ours.
Every row below is a market's own requirement, with the act that imposes it in that market and a link to that act. A directive binds the member state, not the product; what binds a product is the national provision that transposes it.
Belgium
- Other packaging requirements E-liquids
- Information leaflet in the pack; child-resistant closure; tamper evidence; ingredient list; nicotine content and delivery per dose; batch number; flavour named neutrally
Elements creating a false impression of benefit or reduced harm are prohibited.
AR 28.10.2016 ejustice.just.fgov.be verified 10.07.2026
- Chemicals legislation E-liquids
- REACH and CLP apply in parallel; safety data sheet required; UFI code and poison-centre notification for mixtures classified as hazardous
Nicotine is classified as acutely toxic. REACH and CLP compliance does not legalise a product the national regime prohibits — the national prohibition takes precedence.
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008; Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 health.belgium.be verified 10.07.2026
Czechia
- Other packaging requirements Nicotine pouches
- Must not resemble food, cosmetics or a toy; child-resistant; no economic inducements
Vyhláška č. 141/2023 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
- Chemicals legislation Nicotine pouches
- REACH and CLP apply; safety data sheet required; national act 350/2011 Sb.
Regulation (EC) 1907/2006; Regulation (EC) 1272/2008; Zákon č. 350/2011 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
- Other packaging requirements E-liquids
- Must not resemble food, cosmetics or a toy; no economic inducements; the flavour stated in words using the term příchuť
Vyhláška č. 37/2017 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
- Chemicals legislation E-liquids
- REACH and CLP apply; safety data sheet required; national act 350/2011 Sb.
Regulation (EC) 1907/2006; Regulation (EC) 1272/2008; Zákon č. 350/2011 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
Germany
- Chemicals legislation Nicotine pouches
- REACH and CLP apply to nicotine as a substance
For the finished consumer product food law is decisive, and it is food law that blocks the market. Chemicals compliance does not unblock it.
Regulation (EC) 1907/2006; Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 mobil.bfr.bund.de verified 10.07.2026
- Other packaging requirements E-liquids
- Ingredients in descending order by weight; nicotine content and delivery per dose; batch number; a keep-away-from-children statement; a German-language leaflet headed Gebrauchsinformationen; child, tamper and leak protection
Attributing health or stimulant effects, or suggesting reduced harm, is prohibited.
§§ 26–27 TabakerzV gesetze-im-internet.de verified 10.07.2026
- Chemicals legislation E-liquids
- CLP, REACH and the General Product Safety Regulation apply in parallel with tobacco law
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008; Regulation (EC) 1907/2006; Regulation (EU) 2023/988 bvl.bund.de verified 10.07.2026
Spain
- Chemicals legislation Nicotine pouches
- REACH and CLP apply to nicotine as a substance
Regulation (EC) 1907/2006; Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 sanidad.gob.es verified 10.07.2026
- Other packaging requirements E-liquids
- Child and tamper protection; a leaflet (folleto); text in Spanish; the pack is filed with the Dirección General de Salud Pública
RD 579/2017 boe.es verified 10.07.2026
- Chemicals legislation E-liquids
- REACH and CLP apply; safety data sheet required; national RD 1468/1988
Regulation (EC) 1907/2006; Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 boe.es verified 10.07.2026
Sweden
- Other packaging requirements Nicotine pouches
- Content declaration and health warning; the pack must not resemble food or cosmetics; no economic inducements
Förordning (2022:1263) riksdagen.se verified 10.07.2026
- Chemicals legislation Nicotine pouches
- REACH and CLP apply, as referred to in Förordning (2022:1263)
Regulation (EC) 1907/2006; Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 riksdagen.se verified 10.07.2026
- Other packaging requirements E-liquids
- Information leaflet and content declaration; the pack must not resemble food or cosmetics; no economic inducements
Förordning (2019:223) riksdagen.se verified 10.07.2026
- Chemicals legislation E-liquids
- REACH and CLP apply; safety data sheet required; supervised by KemI
Regulation (EC) 1907/2006; Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 riksdagen.se verified 10.07.2026