The notification for the prescription of tattooing products is done electronically. You can also transmit data for several formulations of a 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 notifying company.
  • If you do not yet have a company code, you can apply for one before notifying the recipe.
  • You can apply for the company code in the online procedure or informally by e-mail with your contact details such as company name, address and telephone number.
• Download the spreadsheet document from the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety website, open it in a spreadsheet or word processing program, and fill it out.
• Use the International Nomenclature for Cosmetic Ingredients (INCI) for your notification - if available.
• If no INCI designation is available for an ingredient, please use the usual chemical designation or, in the case of colorants, the CI number (color index).
• You can submit your information electronically to the BVL in various ways.
  • Online procedure:
    • Access the online form, enter your company code and all other required information and upload the table document with your tattooing product data.
    • After logging into your organization account, you can submit the notification on tattoo means.
  • E-mail:
    • Send the table document as an email attachment.
    • If required, you can encrypt e-mails.
  • Mail:
    • If you want to send the spreadsheet document by post, save it on an electronic medium such as a CD-ROM or DVD and then send it.
• The BVL will formally check the completeness of your information and contact you with a request for correction if necessary.
• Check the request for correction and inform the BVL of the need for change. If you have no corrections, you do not need to do anything further.
• You will automatically receive a transfer confirmation of your data after about 4 weeks.
• Provided that all 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.