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Communicate formulations of tattooing products

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Schleswig-Holstein (Linie6Plus)

Service Description

As a manufacturer or importer of tattooing products, including certain comparable substances and preparations, you must notify the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) of the formulations.

Tattooing products are not cosmetic products, but substances or mixtures that are introduced into or under the human skin, remain there and are intended to influence the appearance. These are for example

  • Tattoo colors
  • permanent make-up
  • Agents with which tattoo inks are mixed before use, such as thinners
  • Agents for removing tattooing products.

Do you want to market such products in Germany? Then you must submit the formulation to the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety before placing these products on the market in Germany. The notification obligation does not apply to devices such as needles or lasers.

The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety forwards the formulation and your data to the poison information centers. Your data and formulations will be treated confidentially and transmitted in encrypted form. The poison information centers use your information to advise tattooed people or the medical staff treating them or other specialists in the event of health problems.

Notifying the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety is no substitute for checking whether your tattoo product is legally compliant or safe. This is the responsibility of manufacturers or importers. The monitoring authorities of the federal states randomly check the tattoo products on the market.


Process flow

Notification of the formulation of tattooing products takes place electronically. You can also transmit data for several formulations from one company at the same time:

  • For data storage and correspondence, the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety assigns a BVL company code for each communicating company.
    • If you do not yet have a company code, you can apply for one before submitting your formulation.
    • You can apply for the company code using the online procedure or informally by e-mail, stating your contact details such as company name, address and telephone number.
  • Download the table document from the website of the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, open it in a spreadsheet or word processing program and fill it out.
  • If available, use the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients (INCI) for your notification.
  • If no INCI name is available for an ingredient, please use the usual chemical name or, in the case of colorants, the CI number (Colour Index).
  • You can submit your information to the BVL electronically in various ways.
    • Online procedure:
      • Call up the online form, enter your company code and all other required information and upload the table document with the data of your tattooing agent.
      • After logging into your organization account, you can send the notification for tattooing products.
    • E-mail:
      • Send the table document as an e-mail attachment.
      • You can encrypt emails if required.
    • Post:
      • If you want to send the table document by post, save it on an electronic data carrier such as a CD-ROM or DVD and then send it.
  • The BVL will formally check that your information is complete and will contact you with a correction request if necessary.
  • Check the correction request and inform the BVL of any changes required. If you do not have any corrections, you do not need to do anything else.
  • You will automatically receive confirmation that your data has been transferred after about 4 weeks.
  • If all the information is correct, the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety will transfer your data to the poison information centers.
  • You will receive a confirmation of the notification for your records.
Requirements

They manufacture tattooing products including comparable substances and additives, import them into Germany or place them on the German market.

Which documents are required?

- completed table document with data on tattooing products

What are the fees?

There are no costs for you.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
  • You must notify the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety of the formulations of tattooing products before they are first placed on the market in Germany.
  • You must check the request to correct your data within 4 weeks.
Processing duration

The procedure usually takes 1 to 2 months.

Legal basis
Appeal

You cannot lodge an appeal.

Applications / forms

Forms: yes

Online procedure possible: yes

Written form required: no

Personal appearance required: no

Confidence level: high

Online procedure for the notification of formulations of tattooing products to the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (available soon)

Author
Forwarding service: Deep link to the original portal

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Teaser

As a manufacturer or importer of tattooing products, including certain comparable substances and preparations, you must notify the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) of the formulations.

Process flow

Notification of the formulation of tattooing products takes place electronically. You can also transmit data for several formulations from one company at the same time:

  • For data storage and correspondence, the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety assigns a BVL company code for each communicating company.
    • If you do not yet have a company code, you can apply for one before submitting your formulation.
    • You can apply for the company code using the online procedure or informally by e-mail, stating your contact details such as company name, address and telephone number.
  • Download the table document from the website of the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, open it in a spreadsheet or word processing program and fill it out.
  • If available, use the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients (INCI) for your notification.
  • If no INCI name is available for an ingredient, please use the usual chemical name or, in the case of colorants, the CI number (Colour Index).
  • You can submit your information to the BVL electronically in various ways.
    • Online procedure:
      • Call up the online form, enter your company code and all other required information and upload the table document with the data of your tattooing agent.
      • After logging into your organization account, you can send the notification for tattooing products.
    • E-mail:
      • Send the table document as an e-mail attachment.
      • You can encrypt emails if required.
    • Post:
      • If you want to send the table document by post, save it on an electronic data carrier such as a CD-ROM or DVD and then send it.
  • The BVL will formally check that your information is complete and will contact you with a correction request if necessary.
  • Check the correction request and inform the BVL of any changes required. If you do not have any corrections, you do not need to do anything else.
  • You will automatically receive confirmation that your data has been transferred after about 4 weeks.
  • If all the information is correct, the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety will transfer your data to the poison information centers.
  • You will receive a confirmation of the notification for your records.

Requirements

They manufacture tattooing products including comparable substances and additives, import them into Germany or place them on the German market.

Which documents are required?

- completed table document with data on tattooing products

What are the fees?

There are no costs for you.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

  • You must notify the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety of the formulations of tattooing products before they are first placed on the market in Germany.
  • You must check the request to correct your data within 4 weeks.

Processing duration

The procedure usually takes 1 to 2 months.

Legal basis

Appeal

You cannot lodge an appeal.

Applications / forms

Forms: yes

Online procedure possible: yes

Written form required: no

Personal appearance required: no

Confidence level: high

Online procedure for the notification of formulations of tattooing products to the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (available soon)

Author

Forwarding service: Deep link to the original portal

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

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