Poison Centres

Review of the Commission services according to Article 45(4) of CLP Regulation

Article 45(4) of the CLP Regulation* requires the Commission to carry out a review by January 2012, to assess the possibility of harmonising the information provided to poison centres for formulating preventive and curative measures in the event of emergency health responses. This work was carried out following the consultation with relevant stakeholders and with the support of the European Association of Poison Centres and Clinical Toxicology (EAPCCT).
The review can be downloaded here [303 KB] .

Harmonising information provided to poison information centres

In order to fulfil its obligations under Article 45 (4) of the CLP Regulation, the Commission organised two smaller expert meetings in 2010 involving representatives from poison centres in the Member States during which a number of specific proposals as well as questions were formulated with the recommendation to discuss them in a larger forum. This larger forum was convened in form of a workshop on 24 November 2010.
At the workshop, nearly 80 representatives from the European Association of Poison Centres and Clinical Toxicologists (EAPCCT), national poison centres, various Commission Services, competent authorities in the Member States, industry, industry associations, and other stakeholders were present.

The summaries of the presentations made at the workshop as well as the conclusions drawn and solutions proposed are contained in a brochure which can be downloaded via the following link: Stakeholder workshop report [661 KB]

 

Workshop on the Harmonisation of Information to be submitted to Poison Centres – CLP Article 45(4)* on 24 November 2010

Presentations from the Workshop on 24 November 2010

Introduction to Article 45(4) of the CLP Regulation: Karola Grodzki, European Commission [435 KB]

Information to Poison Information Centres - situation today and expectations for the future: Pieter Brekelmans, NVIC/RIVM [4 MB]

Draft EAPCCT guidelines - review of information requirements: Ronald de Groot, NVIC/RIVM [5 MB]

Additional PC Data Quality Needs:

• Product identification - Axel Hahn, BfR [5 MB]
• Versioning of product information - Herbert Desel, GIZ-Nord PIC [252 KB]
• Product categorisation - Andreas Stuerer, PIC [2 MB]

Data exchange formats - PDF and HTML: Christophe Dupriez, PIC [343 KB]

View of member States Competent Authorities:

• Italy - Maristella Rubbiani, ISS [608 KB]
• France - Caroline Paul, MSS [700 KB]

Views of infustry:

• CEPE - Niek Wetser [675 KB]
• AISE - Danielle van Corven-Kloosterman [643 KB]

Webstreaming from the Workshop on 24 November 2010

Morning session 10h00 - 11h15
http://scic.ec.europa.eu/str/index.php?sessionno=77369e37b2aa1404f416275183ab055f

Morning session 11h45 - 13:00
http://scic.ec.europa.eu/str/index.php?sessionno=65699726a3c601b9f31bf04019c8593c

Afternoon session 14:15 - 15:35
http://scic.ec.europa.eu/str/index.php?sessionno=ab7314887865c4265e896c6e209d1cd6

Afternoon session 16:00 - 17:50
http://scic.ec.europa.eu/str/index.php?sessionno=ff7d0f525b3be596a51fb919492c099c

 

Webstreaming from the Expert meeting on 7 November 2011

In order to conclude the stakeholder consultation, the Commission organised 2 further expert meetings in 2011 (15 June and 7 November) with representatives from Member States, Poison Centres, the European Association of Poison Centres and Clinical Toxicologists (EAPCCT) and Industry. The meeting on 7 November was again webstreamed (the meeting starts about 50 minutes into the broadcast) in order to allow those who could not participate to follow the discussion. At this meeting it was also possible to send questions related to the meeting to the Commission.