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On July 24, 2026, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), acting as the Great Britain (GB) Designated National Authority (DNA), issued a notice requiring companies to submit export notifications for Prior Informed Consent (PIC) chemicals expected to be exported during 2027. The notice details the compliance obligations for companies transferring listed chemicals from Great Britain to any other country, which specifically includes shipments to Northern Ireland.
Under the GB PIC Regulation, exporters must notify the HSE of the first export of a listed chemical in any calendar year at least 35 days before the intended date of export. This timeline is designed to ensure the HSE has adequate time to process notifications, seek explicit consent from the importing country when required, or evaluate evidence to grant a waiver if the importing country fails to respond to repeated requests. A significant update to note is the removal of the Special Reference Identification Number (Special RIN) procedure from the GB PIC Regulation. Consequently, companies no longer need to notify the HSE for small quantities of listed chemicals intended for research or analysis, provided the quantity does not exceed 10 kg per exporter to each importing country (or Northern Ireland) in any calendar year and is unlikely to impact human health or the environment.
To fulfill these reporting obligations, companies must submit a completed GB PIC export notification form and an accompanying Safety Data Sheet (SDS) to the HSE via email. Exporters are required to attach only one form and SDS per email, providing the SDS in English and, if available, in an official or principal language of the importing country. Companies may use a single notification to cover several mixtures exported to the same country if the mixtures differ only in aspects like color, with no changes to classification, labeling, or intended use. However, a new notification must be submitted whenever changes in the concentration of PIC chemicals trigger new labeling requirements.
