Division 5.2 Notification form

The information required has been classified under the following sections:

1. 1..

   Details of authority(ies)/company(ies) receiving the notification form: the person completing the form is requested to identify the authority(ies) and company(ies) that will receive the notification and the role that these companies have in the marketing of the product.

2. 2..

   Details of the producer (as defined in the GPSD, Article 2(e))/distributor completing the notification form: the person filling in the form must enter complete details of their identity, that of the company and its role in the marketing of the product.

3. 3..

   Details of the product involved: a precise identification of the product is required including its brand, model, etc., supported by photographs in order to avoid confusion.

4. 4..

   Details of the hazard (type and nature) including accidents and health/safety effects and conclusions of the risk estimation and evaluation that has been carried out in accordance with Chapter 3 (Notification criteria) and in light of Annex II (Methodological framework).

5. 5..

   Details of corrective actions that have been taken or are planned to reduce or eliminate the risk to consumers, e.g. recall or withdrawal, modification, informing consumers, etc. and of the company responsible for them.

6. 6..

   Details of all company(ies) in the supply chain who hold affected products and reference to the approximate number of products in the hands of businesses as well as of consumers (this section applies in cases of serious risk or when the producer/distributor opts to submit the notification only to the authority of the Member State in which they are established)^f1.

In the event of serious risk, producers and distributors are required to include all the available information relevant for tracing the product. The information required for Section 6 of the notification form (see Annex I) may take longer to collect than the other sections, because it may be necessary to collect it from several organisations. Companies should complete and send Sections 1 to 5 as soon as possible and send Section 6 as soon as the information is available and in a situation of serious risk or when the producer/distributor opts to submit the notification only to the authority of the Member State in which they are established.