FAQ about declarations

12.11.2025

Do you have to pay a fee to the Poison Centre for your notifications?

In accordance with Article 9 of the Royal Decree of 13 November 2011, a fee is due for notifications of hazardous mixtures submitted to the Poison Centre in accordance with Article 45 of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (CLP).

The amount of the annual fee is determined on the basis of the number of mixtures notified by the operator during the relevant year, according to the categories established by the regulations.

What is the role of the Poison Centre?

In accordance with Article 2 of the Royal Decree of 21 April 2016, the Poison Centre provides the Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment each year with a statement of the products for which the required information has been provided, together with the contact details of their submitters.

This statement contains the information required to determine and invoice the fees provided for in Article 9 of the Royal Decree of 13 November 2011. It is submitted to the FPS no later than 31 January of the year following the relevant year.

The Poison Centre therefore does not invoice the fee and does not handle questions concerning its amount, invoicing or payment.

Who invoices and collects the fee?

The fee is claimed and invoiced directly by the Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, on the basis of the information provided in accordance with the regulations.

For any questions concerning the amount of the fee, its invoicing or payment, please contact directly:

Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment
Galileelaan 5/2
1210 Brussels

E-mail: retributies_chemische_stoffen@health.fgov.be

Official information concerning the fees and payment arrangements is available on the FPS Public Health website.

Legislation

What is considered as a hazardous mixture to be declared?

Answer: According to CLP art 45.1 and the Royal Decree from 21 April 2016, all mixtures classified for health or physical effects according to regulation (EC) 1272/2008 and hence have a hazard symbol or H-statement on the label or data sheet (H2xx-H3xx).

It is not required to notify mixtures only classified for the environmental hazards (with H4xx statement).

However, we invite the companies to notify all products, hazardous or not as accidents with all products can happen. It is important for the medical team to have access to the composition of a product involved in an incident and especially for incidental intake.

No fee is due for voluntary notifications. 

For any question about the payments please contact the Ministry:

For dangerous products:

SPF Santé Publique, Sécurité de la Chaîne Alimentaire et Environnement.
Eurostation II
Place Victor Horta, 40 bte 10
1060 Bruxelles
https://www.health.belgium.be/en/notification-poison-centre

Contact center: +32 (0)2 524.97.97 (8-13h)
E-mail: retributies_chemische_stoffen@environment.belgium.be

For biocides:

SPF Santé Publique, Sécurité de la Chaîne alimentaire et Environnement,
DG Environnement, Service Maîtrise des Risques
Place Victor Horta, 40, boîte 15 1060 Bruxelles
E-mail: info.biocides@health.fgov.be
www.biocide.be

Must the Poison Centre emergency number be included on the label?

The Poison Centre emergency number must be included on the label of biocidal products and pesticides, in accordance with the applicable legal provisions.

Poison Centre emergency number: 070 245 245

For other products, there is no general obligation to include the Poison Centre emergency number on the label.

However, if you choose to include the number 070 245 245 on the label of a mixture that is not subject to a notification obligation, it is strongly recommended that you voluntarily notify the mixture to the Poison Centre.

This voluntary notification enables the Poison Centre to have the necessary information about the product in the event of exposure, thereby ensuring optimal medical management of the patient.

Is it possible to get a signed confidentiality certificate from the Poison Centre?

Answer: The Centre does not give confidentiality certificates. The confidentiality of compositions of products is a legal obligation.

Who is entitled to access the compositions submitted to the Poison Centre?

Notifications submitted via the ECHA submission portal (PCN) are accessible to the designated bodies of the Member States concerned, in accordance with the CLP Regulation and its Annex VIII.

Information relating to the composition of products provided to the Poison Centre as part of the notifications is treated confidentially, in accordance with the applicable legal provisions.

The Poison Centre does not provide copies of the submitted compositions.

What information must be included on the label and in the safety data sheet?

Regulations concerning labelling and safety data sheets do not fall within the remit of the Poison Centre.

For any questions concerning regulatory requirements relating to labelling and/or safety data sheets, please contact the competent authorities:

Must the Poison Centre emergency number be included in the safety data sheet?

In accordance with Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH), Section 1.4, the safety data sheet must provide information on emergency information services. Where an official advisory body exists in the Member State where the product is placed on the market, its telephone number must be indicated.

In Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Belgian Poison Centre is the body responsible for receiving health information referred to in Article 45 of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008.

The following emergency numbers must be indicated in Section 1.4 of the safety data sheet:

  • Belgium: 070 245 245
  • Grand Duchy of Luxembourg: 8002 5500

Both numbers are free of charge and available 24 hours a day.