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Product information of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM)
Below you will find a list of the product regulations of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) for the non-harmonized and the harmonized sector.
Product regulations for the non-harmonized sector
Product typeSolid fuel boiler
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Regulation (EU) 2015/1189 regarding the establishment of ecodesign requirements for solid fuel boilers dated April 28, 2015
Implementation in Germany: First Ordinance for the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (Ordinance on Small and Medium-Sized Firing Installations - 1st BImSchV) dated January 26, 2010
Key requirements for enterprise usersThe German dust emission limit for solid fuel boilers remains valid.
The Ecodesign Regulation for solid fuel boilers, which has been applicable throughout Europe since January 1, 2020, contains a dust emission limit for placing solid fuel boilers on the market that is less stringent than the dust emission limit for the operation of solid fuel boilers under the 1st BImSchV, the Ordinance on Small and Medium-Sized Firing Installations.
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Phone: +49 30 18 3050
E-Mail: poststelle@bmu.bund.de
Product typeCoffins
Name of the legal act / Standards:
DIN EN 15017 "Funeral services - Requirements"
VDI 3891 "Emission reduction - Human cremation facilities"
Municipalities and local authorities generally establish their own requirements in the cemetery regulations.
Key requirements for enterprise usersCoffins must not prevent the decomposition process and must not release environmentally harmful substances during their own decomposition or cremation. Certain types of finishes, handles, and interior fittings are particularly problematic in this regard.
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Not specified
Product typeBicycles
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: There are no specific regulations for bicycles, so they fall under general product safety.
Implementation in Germany: Road Traffic Licensing Regulations
Key requirements for enterprise users: Thus, a bicycle must have two independent brakes, a high-pitched bell, as well as lighting equipment and several reflectors. Approved for road traffic is lighting only with the test mark of the Federal Motor Transport Authority (a wavy line, capital letter K and five-digit number).
A pedelec can have an electric assist motor with a maximum output of 250W and is allowed to provide assistance up to a speed of 25 km/h.
Faster pedelecs or electric mopeds require type approval from the
Federal Motor Transport Authority.
More Information
Federal Motor Transport Authority
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
Phone: +49 30 18 3000
E-Mail: buergerinfo@bmvi.bund.de
Federal Motor Transport Authority
Phone: +49 461 3160
Product typePlug-and-play solar panels
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: CE marking, compliance with all relevant regulations.
Implementation in Germany: There are no special statutory regulations. However, the grid operators, who are responsible for the safe and reliable operation of the grid, impose requirements, usually compliance with the DIN VDE V 0100-551 and DIN VDE V 0100-551-1 standards. In addition, connection via a Schuko plug is not permitted; a special power plug device in accordance with VDE V 0628-1 must be used:
DIN VDE V 0100-551 "Erection of low-voltage installations - Part 5-55: Selection and erection of electrical equipment - Other equipment - Clause 551: Low-voltage generating sets"
DIN VDE V 0100-551-1 "Erection of low-voltage installations Part 5-55: Selection and erection of electrical equipment – Other equipment – Clause 551: Low-voltage generating sets – Connection of generating sets for parallel operation with other sources including the public distribution network"
VDE V 0628-1 "Plugs and socket-outlets for energy supply Part 1: Supply to separate circuits"
Key requirements for enterprise usersThe user has obligations to register with the network operator and the Federal Network Agency. Furthermore, there are requirements regarding the nature and execution of the electrical installation. See:
VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies. - Plug-and-play PV systems
Core Energy Market Data Register at the Federal Network Agency - registration of PV systems
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Not specified
Product regulations for the harmonized sector
Product typeMedical devices, IVDs, implantable medical devices
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation:
Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices
Directive 98/79/EC on in vitro diagnostic medical devices
Directive on active implantable medical devices (90/385/EEC)
Key requirements for enterprise usersSee Medical Devices Act
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Health
Phone: +49 30 184410
Email: poststelle@bmg.bund.de
Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
Email: poststelle@bfarm.de
Competent State Authorities:
Product type: General Product Safety
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Directive 2001/95/EC on general product safety
Implementation in Germany: Act on the Making Available of Products on the Market (Product Safety Act—ProdSG)
Key requirements for enterprise users: If certain rules must be followed when using, modifying, or maintaining a product to ensure safety and health protection, instructions for use in German must be provided when the product is made available on the market.
Contact details of the competent authorities
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Phone: +49 3018 5270
E-Mail: info@bmas.bund.de
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Tel.: +49 231 90712971
E-Mail: reach-clp-biozid@baua.bund.de
Product type: REACH - Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Substances
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
Implementation in Germany: Act on Protection Against Hazardous Substances (Chemicals Act - ChemG))
Key requirements for enterprise users: Information for enterprise users is provided by the REACH-CLP-Biocides Help Desk.
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Tel.: +49 231 90712971
E-Mail: reach-clp-biozid@baua.bund.de
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Phone: +49 228 99-3050
E-Mail: poststelle@bmu.bund.de
Federal Office for Chemicals
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
Phone: +49 231 90710
Email: poststelle@baua.bund.de
Product type: Textile Labeling
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 on textile fiber names and related labeling and marking of the fiber composition of textile products
Implementation in Germany: Textile Labeling Act (TextilKennzG)
Key requirements for enterprise usersTextile products may only be made available on the market if they are labeled or marked with details of their fiber composition in German in accordance with [...] Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011.
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
E-Mail: poststelle@bmwi.bund.de
Phone: +49 30 18 615 0
Product type: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Directive 2012/19/EU on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Implementation in Germany: Act on the Placing on the Market, Take-Back, and Environmentally Sound Disposal of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act—ElektroG)
Key requirements for enterprise users:
Registration requirement: You [waste electrical and electronic equipment] are subject to registration if you are a manufacturer within the meaning of the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG) and the products offered fall within the scope of the ElektroG as electrical appliances. Registration requirement means that, before placing electrical appliances on the market, you must possess the required „approval“ in the form of the registration notice. This obligation applies to each individual manufacturer and, in the case of authorization pursuant to Section 8 ElektroG, to each individual authorized representative."
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Foundation for the Register of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Tel: +49 911 766650
E-Mail: info@stiftung-ear.de
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Phone: +49 228 993050
E-Mail: poststelle@bmu.bund.de
Federal Environment Agency
Phone: +49 340 21032416
E-Mail: buergerservice@uba.de
Product typeBatteries
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators
Implementation in Germany:
Ordinance on the Implementation of the Battery Act
Key requirements for enterprise usersIn the BattG registration database, battery manufacturers (producers, importers, etc.) electronically register their market participation. Among other things, portable battery manufacturers register the take-back system in which they participate. Automotive and industrial battery manufacturers indicate which reasonable and free-of-charge return option has been established for distributors and treatment facilities.
Contact details of the competent authorities:
BatG registry of residents
Tel.: +49 340 21032468
Email: Batteriegesetz@uba.de
Product typePackaging and packaging waste
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste
Implementation in Germany: Act on the Placing on the Market, Return and High-Quality Recycling of Packaging (Packaging Act – VerpackG)
Key requirements for enterprise usersRegistration requirement for manufacturers/initial placers on the market.
Anyone who puts packaging subject to system participation on the market in Germany (manufacturer/initial distributor) must be registered with the Central Agency Packaging Register (ZSVR) in the LUCID packaging register. Manufacturer status is tied to the initial commercial placing on the market or import into Germany and is independent of the distribution method or trade level (Section 3 of the Packaging Act (VerpackG))."
Further information: Packaging register
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Phone: +49 228 993050
E-Mail: poststelle@bmu.bund.de
Federal Environment Agency
Phone: +49 340 21032416
E-Mail: buergerservice@uba.de
Product typeRadio systems
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Directive 2014/53/EU on the harmonisation of the laws of the member states relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment
Implementation in Germany: Radio Equipment Act (Radio Equipment Act - FuAG)
Key requirements for enterprise usersNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
E-Mail: poststelle@bmwi.bund.de
Phone: +49 30 186150
Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway
Phone: +49 228 140
E-Mail: info@bnetza.de
Product typeRestriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS)
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Directive 2011/65/EU on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
Implementation in Germany: Ordinance on the Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Electrical and Electronic Equipment Substances Ordinance - ElektroStoffV)
Key requirements for enterprise usersNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Phone: +49 228 993050
E-Mail: poststelle@bmu.bund.de
Product typeEcodesign
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Directive 2009/125/EC establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products (Ecodesign Directive)
Implementation in Germany: Act on the Eco-design of Energy-Related Products (Energy-Related Products Act - EVPG)
Key requirements for enterprise usersNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
E-Mail: poststelle@bmwi.bund.de
Phone: +49 30 186150
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM)
Phone: +49 30 81040
E-Mail: evpg@bam.de
Product typeElevators
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Directive 2014/33/EU on lifts and safety components for lifts
Implementation in Germany: Twelfth Ordinance on the Product Safety Act (Elevator Ordinance - 12. ProdSV)
Key requirements for enterprise usersThe information and documents necessary to demonstrate the conformity of the lift must be drawn up in German or in a language easily understood by the market surveillance authority.
The assembly plant must ensure that the instructions for use in accordance with Annex I, Section 6.2 of Directive 2014/33/EU in German are included with the lift.
The manufacturer shall ensure that the safety component for lifts is accompanied by the operating instructions in German in accordance with Annex I, point 6.1 of Directive 2014/33/EU.
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Phone: +49 3018 5270
E-Mail: info@bmas.bund.de
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
Phone: +49 231 90710
Email: poststelle@baua.bund.de
Product typeAppliances for burning gaseous fuels
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Regulation (EU) 2016/426 on appliances burning gaseous fuels
Implementation in Germany: Act on the Implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC (Gas Appliance Implementation Act - GasgeräteDG)
Key requirements for enterprise usersThe instructions for use, the safety information, and a copy of the EU declaration of conformity must be drawn up in German (§ 7 Gas Appliances Act)
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Phone: +49 3018 5270
E-Mail: info@bmas.bund.de
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
Phone: +49 231 90710
Email: poststelle@baua.bund.de
Product typeToys
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Directive 2009/48/EC on the safety of toys
Implementation in Germany: Second Ordinance to the Product Safety Act (Ordinance on the Safety of Toys) (2nd ProdSV)
Key requirements for enterprise usersNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Phone: +49 30 18 5270
E-Mail: info@bmas.bund.de
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
Phone: +49 231 90710
Email: poststelle@baua.bund.de
Product typeMachines
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Directive 2006/42/EC on Machinery
Implementation in Germany: Ninth Ordinance on the Product Safety Act (Machinery Ordinance) (9th ProdSV)
Key requirements for enterprise usersNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Phone: +49 30 18 5270
E-Mail: info@bmas.bund.de
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
Phone: +49 231 90710
Email: poststelle@baua.bund.de
Product typeNoise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Directive 2000/14/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors
Implementation in Germany: 32nd Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (Ordinance on the Protection against Equipment and Machinery Noise - 32nd BImSchV)
Key requirements for enterprise users: "If the attached EC declaration of conformity is not issued in German, a copy of a German translation must also be attached." (§3)
Manufacturer's obligation to provide information:
The manufacturer or his authorized representative must submit a copy of the EC Declaration of Conformity for each device/machine type to both the competent state authority (manufacturers based in Germany only) and the European Commission. The entry of the machine data by the manufacturer in the KarLA database satisfies this national obligation. After registration as a manufacturer, the data can be entered independently.
The European obligation can be met by also entering it yourself in the Noise Database carried out independently. The database can be found under „EC Declaration of conformity“.
Further information: ZLS Guideline Representative Outdoor
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
E-Mail: poststelle@bmu.bund.de
Phone: +49 30 18 3050
Federal Environment Agency
Tel.: +49 340 2103 2416
E-Mail: buergerservice@uba.de
Product typePyrotechnics
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Directive 2013/29/EU on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pyrotechnic articles
Implementation in Germany: Explosives Act
Key requirements for enterprise usersNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM)
Phone: +49 30 81040
E-Mail: evpg@bam.de
Product typePressure equipment
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Directive 2014/68/EU on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pressure equipment
Implementation in Germany: Fourteenth Ordinance on the Product Safety Act (Pressure Equipment Ordinance - 14th ProdSV)
Key requirements for enterprise usersNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Phone: +49 30 18 5270
E-Mail: info@bmas.bund.de
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
Phone: +49 231 90710
Email: poststelle@baua.bund.de
Product typeElectromagnetic Compatibility
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Directive 2014/30/EU relating to electromagnetic compatibility
Implementation in Germany: Act on the Electromagnetic Compatibility of Equipment (Electromagnetic Compatibility Act - EMVG)
Key requirements for enterprise usersNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Network Agency
Report 411 – EMC
P.O. Box: 8001, 55003 Mainz
Phone: +49 6131 / 181240 or +49 6131 / 181242
E-Mail 411.postfach@bnetza.de
Product typeExplosives for civil use
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Directive 2014/28/EU on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market and supervision of explosives for civil uses
Implementation in Germany: Explosives Act
Key requirements for enterprise usersNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM)
Phone: +49 30 81040
E-Mail: evpg@bam.de
Product typePersonal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Regulation (EU) 2016/425 on personal protective equipment
Key requirements for enterprise usersNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Phone: +49 3018 5270
E-Mail: info@bmas.bund.de
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
Phone: +49 231 90710
Email: poststelle@baua.bund.de
Product typeEquipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (ATEX)
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Directive 2014/34/EU for equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres
Implementation in Germany: Eleventh Ordinance on the Product Safety Act (Protection Systems and Equipment Intended for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Regulations - 11th ProdSV)
Key requirements for enterprise usersNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Phone: +49 3018 5270
E-Mail: info@bmas.bund.de
Product typeElectrical equipment for use within certain voltage limits
Name of the legal act / Standards:
Implementation in Germany: First Ordinance to the Product Safety Act (Ordinance on Electrical Equipment - 1st ProdSV)
Key requirements for enterprise usersNo information
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Phone: +49 3018 5270
E-Mail: info@bmas.bund.de
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
Phone: +49 231 90710
Email: poststelle@baua.bund.de
Product typeSimple pressure vessels
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Directive 2014/29/EU on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of simple pressure vessels
Implementation in Germany: Sixth Ordinance to the Product Safety Act (Simple Pressure Vessels Ordinance - 6th ProdSV)
Key requirements for enterprise usersNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Phone: +49 3018 5270
E-Mail: info@bmas.bund.de
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
Phone: +49 231 90710
Email: poststelle@baua.bund.de
Product typerecreational craft and personal watercraft
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Directive 2013/53/EU on recreational craft and personal watercraft
Implementation in Germany: Tenth Ordinance on the Product Safety Act (Ordinance on Recreational Craft and Personal Watercraft - 10th ProdSV)
Key requirements for enterprise usersThe EU Declaration of Conformity shall be drawn up in German. Every manufacturer must include the instructions for use and the safety information pursuant to sentence 2 in the owner's manual in German when placing the product on the market.
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Phone: +49 3018 5270
E-Mail: info@bmas.bund.de
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
Phone: +49 231 90710
Email: poststelle@baua.bund.de
Product typeCable cars
Name of the legal act / Standards:
European regulation: Regulation (EU) 2016/424 on cableway installations
Implementation in Germany:
Key requirements for enterprise usersNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
No information
Product information of the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE)
Below you will find a list of the product regulations of the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) for the non-harmonized and the harmonized sector.
Product typesoil improvers, plant aids, growing media
Name of the legal act / Standards:
Fertiliser Act, January 9, 2009
Ordinance on Fertilizers, December 5, 2012
Key requirements for enterprise usersSee. Section 5 Fertilizer Act:
Requires approval under national lawNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Fertilizer monitoring of the federal states
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Phone: +49 30 1 85 290
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Product typePlant protection products
Name of the legal act / Standards: Plant Protection Act, February 6, 2012
Purpose and field of applicationSee Section 1 Plant Protection Act
Key requirements for enterprise usersSee Section 28 of the Plant Protection Act
Requires approval under national lawYes; Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Phone: +49 30 1 85 290
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Product typeVinegar, vinegar essence
Name of the legal act / Standards: Regulation on the Trade in Vinegar and Vinegar Essence, 25.04.1972
Purpose and field of applicationDefinitions for vinegar, vinegar essence and wine vinegar; regulations for the marketing of vinegar and vinegar essence
Key requirements for enterprise users§§ 1, 2, and 4 of this Ordinance
Requires approval under national lawNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Food safety inspection by the federal states
Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
Phone: +49 30 185550
Email: poststelle@bmfsfj.bund.de
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Tel.: +49 30 185290
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Product typefruit juice, fruit nectar, caffeinated soft drinks, herbal and fruit tea for infants and young children
Name of the legal act / Standards: Regulation on fruit juice, fruit nectar, caffeinated soft drinks, and herbal and fruit tea for infants and young children, 24.05.2004
Purpose and field of applicationfruit juice, fruit nectar, caffeinated soft drinks, herbal and fruit tea for infants and young children
Key requirements for enterprise usersNo information
Requires approval under national lawNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Food safety inspection by the federal states
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Tel.: +49 30 185290
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Product type: Brandy; wine-like, pearl-wine-like and sparkling-wine-like beverages and alcoholic beverages further processed therefrom
Name of the legal act / Standards: Regulation on Certain Alcoholic Beverages, 29.01.1998
Purpose and field of application: Brandy; wine-like, pearl-wine-like and sparkling-wine-like beverages and alcoholic beverages further processed therefrom
Key requirements for enterprise usersNo information
Requires approval under national lawNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Food safety inspection by the federal states
Product typeDairy products
Name of the legal act / Standards: Milk Products Ordinance, 15.07.1970
Purpose and field of applicationDairy products
Key requirements for enterprise usersNo information
Requires approval under national lawNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Food safety inspection by the federal states
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Phone: +49 30 185 290
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Internet: www.bmel.de
Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
Phone: +49 30 185550
Email: poststelle@bmfsfj.bund.de
Product typeButter and other dairy spreads
Name of the legal act / Standards: Regulation on Butter and Other Dairy Spreads, 03.02.1997
Purpose and field of applicationButter, other dairy spreads
Key requirements for enterprise usersNo information
Requires approval under national lawNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Food safety inspection by the federal states
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Phone: +49 30 185 290
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
Phone: +49 3018 5550
Email: poststelle@bmfsfj.bund.de
Product typeMargarine, blended fat spreads
Name of the legal act / Standards: Regulation on Margarine and Blended Fat Products, 31.08.1990
Purpose and field of applicationMargarine, blended fat spreads
Key requirements for enterprise users: See here
Requires approval under national lawNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Food safety inspection by the federal states
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Phone: +49 30 185 290
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Product typeCheese
Name of the legal act / Standards: Cheese Ordinance, 24.06.1965
Purpose and field of applicationCheese
Key requirements for enterprise users: See here
Requires approval under national lawNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Food safety inspection by the federal states
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Tel.: +49 030 185 290
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Product typeWine
Name of the legal act / Standards: Wine law, 18.01.2011
Purpose and field of applicationSee § 1 Wine law
Key requirements for enterprise usersNo information
Requires approval under national lawNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Food safety inspection by the federal states
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Tel.: +49 030 185 290
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Product typeDietetic foods
Name of the legal act / Standards: Dietary Foods Regulation, 28.04.2005
Purpose and field of applicationdietetic foods
Key requirements for enterprise users: No later than upon first placing on the market, notification to the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (§ 4a)
Requires approval under national lawNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Food safety inspection by the federal states
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Tel.: +49 30 185 29 0
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Product typemixtures for tattooing purposes, including certain similar substances and preparations of substances
Name of the legal act / Standards: Ordinance on substances for tattooing, including certain comparable substances and preparations made from substances, 13.11.2008
Purpose and field of applicationmixtures for tattooing purposes, including certain similar substances and preparations of substances
Key requirements for enterprise users: No later than upon first placing on the market, notification to the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (§2)
Requires approval under national lawNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Food safety inspection by the federal states
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Tel.: +49 30 185 29 0
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Product typeImpregnating agents in aerosol containers for leather and textile products intended for household use and which are not products within the meaning of Section 2 (6) sentence 1 no. 8 of the LFGB
Name of the legal act / Standards: Consumer Goods Ordinance, 10.04.1992, § 1
Purpose and field of applicationImpregnating agents in aerosol containers for leather and textile products intended for household use and which are not products within the meaning of Section 2 (6) sentence 1 no. 8 of the LFGB
Key requirements for enterprise usersIs the product legally manufactured or placed on the market in another EU member state? If yes, it may also be marketed in Germany.
Requires approval under national lawNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Food safety inspection by the federal states
Federal Ministry of Health
Phone: +49 30 184410
Email: poststelle@bmg.bund.de
Product typeTobacco products and related products
Name of the legal act / Standards:
Tobacco Products and Related Products Act, 04.04.2016
Ordinance on Tobacco Products and Related Products, 27.04.2016
Purpose and field of applicationTobacco products and related products
Key requirements for enterprise users: §40 Tobacco Products Act: partly general decree by the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety required.
Requires approval under national law: $40 Tobacco Products Act: In some cases, a general ruling by the Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety is required
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Food safety inspection by the federal states
Federal Ministry of Health
Phone: +49 30 184410
Email: poststelle@bmg.bund.de
Product typeFood, commodities, feed, food additives, plant protection products, cosmetics
Name of the legal act / Standards: Food, Consumer Goods and Feed Code, 01.09.2005
Purpose and field of applicationSee LFGB Section 1:
Key requirements for enterprise usersSee Section 54 of the LFGB and Section 68 LFGB
Requires approval under national lawpartially general decree or exceptional permit at the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (www.bvl.bund.deapply for
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Food safety inspection by the federal states
Federal Ministry of Health
Phone: +49 30 184410
Email: poststelle@bmg.bund.de
Product typeGroceries
Name of the legal act / Standards:
Lot Numbering Regulation, 23.06.1993
Flavourings Regulation, 02.05.2006
Regulation on maximum levels for contaminants in food, 19.03.2010
Purpose and field of applicationGroceries
Requires approval under national lawNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Food safety inspection by the federal states
Federal Ministry of Health
Phone: +49 30 184410
Email: poststelle@bmg.bund.de
Product typeConsumer goods
Name of the legal act / Standards: Consumer Goods Ordinance, 23.12.1997
Purpose and field of applicationConsumer goods
Key requirements for enterprise usersIs the product legally manufactured or placed on the market in another EU member state? If yes, it may also be marketed in Germany.
Requires approval under national lawNo information
Contact details of the competent authorities:
Food safety inspection by the federal states
Federal Ministry of Health
Phone: +49 30 184410
Email: poststelle@bmg.bund.de
Product typeChemicals
Name of the legal act / Standards: Act on the Protection against Dangerous Substances, 28.08.2013
Purpose and field of applicationThe purpose of the Act is to protect humans and the environment against harmful effects of hazardous substances and mixtures, in particular to make them recognizable, to avert them, and to prevent their occurrence.
Key requirements for enterprise usersNo information
Requires approval under national lawNo information
Contact details of the competent authoritiesNo information
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