Product and material authorisations

Notification of activities involving medicinal products

If you work in connection with medicinal products, you must first report this to the State Office for Occupational Safety, Consumer Protection and Health (LAVG), and in some cases also to the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM).

Certify explosion-proof devices

Conformity assessment procedures must always be carried out for products in potentially explosive atmospheres.

Applying plant protection products to control forest insects from the air

In principle, the application of plant protection products with aircraft is prohibited in the state of Brandenburg. For an application, a permit procedure must be carried out.

Operation of an X-ray facility or significant change in operation Authorization

If you wish to operate technical X-ray equipment or make significant changes to it, you must first apply for a permit from the responsible radiation protection authority.

Operation of an X-ray facility or significant change to the operation of an X-ray facility

Would you like to operate a teleradiology X-ray facility or make significant changes to it? Then you must first apply for a permit from the competent authority.

Modification of an installation requiring approval in accordance with BImSchG Approval for significant modification

If you intend to make significant changes to an installation that requires a permit, you must apply for a permit from the responsible authority.

Modification of an installation requiring approval under the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG) Approval as part of the repowering of an installation for the generation of electricity from renewable energies

If you intend to make changes to a system that requires approval and generates electricity from renewable energies, you must apply for approval from the responsible authority.

Modification of a plant subject to approval in accordance with BImSchG Approval for accident-relevant modification

Do you intend to make changes to an installation requiring a permit that are relevant to an incident? Then you must first apply for a permit from the responsible authority.

Incident-relevant construction and operation or incident-relevant modification of an installation not requiring a permit Permit

If you are planning an accident-relevant construction and operation or an accident-relevant change to an installation that does not require a permit and is an operating area or part of an operating area, you require a permit.

Incident-relevant construction and operation or incident-relevant modification of an installation not subject to licensing Acceptance

If you are planning an incident-relevant construction and operation or an incident-relevant change to an installation that does not require a permit and is an operating area or part of an operating area, you must register this.

Notification of an installation requiring approval for the first time due to a change in the law Acceptance

If you are erecting or have erected an installation that requires a permit and this installation has not yet been approved or registered, you must report this to the competent authority by the deadline.

Sending notifications of high-activity sealed radioactive sources to the HRQ register

You must send a notification of the transfer, receipt, other presence or leakage tests of high-activity sealed radioactive sources to the HRQ register.

Obtain authorisation for export of unauthorised plant protection products for use on infested plants

You can use unauthorised plant protection products under certain conditions on plants, seeds or other infested objects if they are intended exclusively for export from Germany. You need a permit for this.

Obtain approval for the use of plant protection products on public land

Plant protection products can be applied in public areas, such as parks or cemeteries, by competent persons if they have been approved for this purpose by the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety.

Obtaining approval for additives in plant protection products

As a manufacturer, you must have new additives in plant protection products tested and approved by the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety.

Request risk assessment for new substances in food contact materials that are not subject to EU-wide harmonized material-specific regulation.

If no EU-wide harmonized material-specific regulations exist for a food contact material, you can submit a request for risk assessment to the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL).

Obtaining CE marking

CE marking indicates that a product has been assessed by the manufacturer and deemed to meet EU safety, health and environmental protection requirements.

Product rules and requirements

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Identifying applicable standards, technical specifications and getting products certified

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Mutual recognition of products not subject to Union specifications

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Classification, labelling and packaging for hazardous chemicals

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Certification, labels (EMAS, energy labels, Eco-design, EU eco-label)

Before you can begin selling a product in an EU country, it must comply with the rules that apply in that country and throughout the EU.