A list of the product rules issued by the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing for the non-harmonised and harmonised sectors can be found below.
Product rules for the non-harmonised sector
Product type: Solid fuel boiler
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Regulation (EU) 2015/1189 with regard to ecodesign requirements for solid fuel boilers of 28 April 2015
Transposition in Germany: First Regulation implementing the Federal Immission Control Act (Regulation on small and medium-sized combustion plants, 1. BImSchV) of 26 January 2010
Main requirements for business users: The particulate matter limit value for solid fuel boilers imposed by Germany continues to apply.
The particulate matter limit value for the placement on the market of solid fuel boilers set out in the Regulation with regard to ecodesign requirements for solid fuel boilers, which has applied throughout Europe since 1 January 2020, is less demanding than that specified in the First Regulation implementing the Federal Immission Control Act (Germanys Regulation on small-sized combustion plants).
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Tel.: +49 30 18 3050
Email: poststelle@bmu.bund.de
Product type: Coffins
Name of the legal act/standards:
DIN EN 15017 Funeral services - requirements
VDI 3891 Emission control - human cremation facilities
As a general rule, the municipalities set out their own requirements in cemetery regulations.
Main requirements for business users: Coffins must not impede the decay process and must not release any polluting substances during their own decomposition or combustion. Certain varnishes, handles and interior fittings can be particularly problematic in this respect.
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Not applicable
Product type: Bicycles
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: No specific regulations apply to bicycles, which means that they are covered by the general product safety rules.
Transposition in Germany: Road Traffic Licensing Regulation (StVZO)
Main requirements for business users: A bicycle must have two independent brakes, a clearly audible bell, one illuminating device and several reflectors. Illuminating devices are only approved for use on the roads if they display a test mark from the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) (a wavy line, a capital letter K and a five-digit number).
A pedelec is permitted to have an electric support motor with a maximum output of 250 W and to reach speeds of up to 25 km/h.
Faster pedelecs or electric mopeds require a type approval from the
Federal Motor Transport Authority.
For more information:
Federal Motor Transport Authority
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI)
Tel.: +49 30 18 3000
Email: buergerinfo@bmvi.bund.de
Federal Motor Transport Authority
Tel.: +49 461 3160
Product type: Plug-in solar panels
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: CE marking, compliance with all the relevant regulations.
Transposition in Germany: There are no special statutory regulations. However the network operators responsible for safe and reliable network operation impose requirements (typically compliance with the standards DIN VDE V 0100-551 and DIN VDE V 0100-551-1). In addition, connections via two-pin earthed plugs are not permitted; a special plug connection pursuant to VDE V 0628-1 must be used:
DIN VDE V 0100-551 Low-voltage electrical installations Part 5-55: Selection and erection of electrical equipment - Other equipment - Section 551: Low-voltage generating sets
DIN VDE V 0100-551-1 Low-voltage electrical installations Part 5-55: Selection and erection of electrical equipment - Other equipment - Section 551: Low-voltage generating sets - Installation of generating sets for parallel operation with other energy sources including a public distribution network
VDE V 0628-1 Energy plug and socket outlets Part 1: Feeding into separate electric circuits
Main requirements for business users: The user is obliged to register with the network operator and the Federal Network Agency. Requirements also apply in terms of the nature and execution of the electrical installation. Cf.:
VDE Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e.V. - plug-in photovoltaic installations
Market master data register maintained by the Federal Network Agency - registration of photovoltaic installations
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Not applicable
Product rules for the harmonised sector
Product type: Medical devices, IVD, 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)
Main requirements for business users: Cf. Act on Medical Devices
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Health
Tel.: +49 30 184410
Email: poststelle@bmg.bund.de
Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM)
Tel.: +49 228 99 3070
Email: poststelle@bfarm.de
Competent authorities in the Länder :
Overview produced by the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
Product type: General product safety
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Directive 2001/95/EC on general product safety
Transposition in Germany: Act on the placing on the market of products (Product Safety Act, ProdSG)
Main requirements for business users: If certain rules must be observed during the use, extension or maintenance of a product in order to guarantee the protection of health and safety, a user manual in German must be supplied at the same time when the product is placed on the market.
Contact details of the competent authorities
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS)
Tel.: +49 30 18 5270
Email: info@bmas.bund.de
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
Tel.: +49 231 90712971
Email: reach-clp-biozid@baua.bund.de
Product type: REACH - Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals, as such or in mixtures
Transposition in Germany: Act on protection against harmful substances (ChemG)
Main requirements for business users: Information for business users is available from the REACH/CLP/Biocides Helpdesk.
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
Tel.: +49 231 90712971
Email: reach-clp-biozid@baua.bund.de
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Tel.: +49 228/993050
Email: poststelle@bmu.bund.de
Federal Office for Chemicals
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Tel.: +49 231 90710
Email: poststelle@baua.bund.de
Product type: Labelling of textiles
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products
Transposition in Germany: Textile Labelling Act (TextilKennzG)
Main requirements for business users: Textile products may only be placed on the market if they are labelled or marked in accordance with [...] Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 in German with an indication of their fibre composition.
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Tel.: + 49 30 18 6150
Email: poststelle@bmwi.bund.de
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
Transposition in Germany: Act on the placing on the market, return and environmentally sound disposal of electrical and electronic equipment (Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act, ElektroG)
Main requirements for business users:
Mandatory registration: It [waste electrical and electronic equipment] is subject to registration if you are a manufacturer within the meaning of the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act and the products that are offered fall under the scope of the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act as electrical equipment. Subject to registration means that you must be in possession of the approval required for this purpose in the form of the registration notice before you place electrical equipment on the market. This obligation applies to each individual manufacturer, and to each individual authorised party in the cases covered by the authorisation pursuant to Section 8 ElektroG.
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Foundation for the Waste Electrical Equipment Register
Tel.: +49 911 766650
Email: info@stiftung-ear.de
Website: www.stiftung-ear.de
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Tel.: +49 228 993050
Email: poststelle@bmu.bund.de
German Environment Agency
Tel.: +49 340 21032416
Email: buergerservice@uba.de
Product type: Batteries
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators
Transposition in Germany:
Regulation implementing the Batteries Act (BattGDV)
Main requirements for business users: In the BattG register, manufacturers (producers, importers etc.) of batteries advertise their market participation in electronic format. Among other things, the manufacturers of batteries for equipment enter information about the return system in which they are involved. Vehicle and industrial battery manufacturers provide details of the reasonable and free-of-charge return options that have been set up for distributors and treatment facilities.
Contact details for the competent authorities:
BattG register
Tel.: +49 340 21032468
Email: Batteriegesetz@uba.de
Product type: Packaging and packaging waste
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste
Transposition in Germany: Act on the placing on the market, return and high-quality recycling of packaging (Packaging Act, VerpackG)
Main requirements for business users: Mandatory registration for manufacturers/initial placement on the market.
Anyone who places packaging subject to mandatory system participation on the market in Germany (manufacturer/first party to place the product on the market) must be registered with the Central Agency Packaging Register (ZSVR) on the LUCID Packaging Register. The status of manufacturer is based on the first commercial placement on the market or import into Germany and does not depend on the distribution method or commercial stage (Section 3 of the Packaging Act (VerpackG)).
For more information: Packaging Register
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Tel.: +49 228 993050
Email: poststelle@bmu.bund.de
German Environment Agency
Tel.: +49-340-2103-2416
Email: buergerservice@uba.de
Product type: Radio equipment
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Directive 2014/53/EU on the making available on the market of radio equipment
Transposition in Germany: Act on the making available on the market of radio equipment (Radio Equipment Act, FuAG)
Main requirements for business users: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Email: poststelle@bmwi.bund.de
Tel.: + 49 30 18 6150
Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railways
Tel.: +49 228 140
Email: info@bnetza.de
Product type: Restriction 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
Transposition in Germany: Regulation on the restriction of the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulation, ElektroStoffV)
Main requirements for business users: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Tel.: +49 228 993050
Email: poststelle@bmu.bund.de
Product type: Ecodesign
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)
Transposition in Germany: Act on the ecodesign of energy-related products (Energy-Related Products Act, EVPG)
Main requirements for business users: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Email: poststelle@bmwi.bund.de
Tel.: + 49 30 186150
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing
Tel.: +49 30 81040
Email: evpg@bam.de
Product type: Lifts
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Directive 2014/33/EU on lifts and safety components for lifts
Transposition in Germany: Twelfth Regulation on the Product Safety Act (Lift Regulation, Twelfth ProdSV)
Main requirements for business users: The information and documents required to prove the conformity of the lift must be in German or in a language that is easy for the market surveillance authorities to understand.
The assembly operation must ensure that the instructions in German pursuant to Annex I No 6.2 of Directive 2014/33/EU are enclosed with the lift.
The manufacturer must ensure that the instructions in German pursuant to Annex I No 6.1 of Directive 2014/33/EU are enclosed with the safety component.
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS)
Tel.: +49 30 185270
Email: info@bmas.bund.de
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Tel.: +49 231 90710
Email: poststelle@baua.bund.de
Product type: Appliances burning gaseous fuels
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Regulation (EU) 2016/426 on appliances burning gaseous fuels
Transposition in Germany: Act implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC (Gas Appliance Implementing Act, GasgeräteDG)
Main requirements for business users: The user manual and safety information and a copy of the EU declaration of conformity must be in German (Section 7 GasgeräteDG)
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS)
Tel.: +49 30 185270
Email: info@bmas.bund.de
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Tel.: +49 231 90710
Email: poststelle@baua.bund.de
Product type: Toys
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Directive 2009/48/EC on the safety of toys
Transposition in Germany: Second Regulation on the Product Safety Act (Regulation on the safety of toys) (2. ProdSV)
Main requirements for business users: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS)
Tel.: +49 3018 5270
Email: info@bmas.bund.de
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Tel.: +49 231 90710
Email: poststelle@baua.bund.de
Product type: Machinery
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Directive 2006/42/EC on machinery
Transposition in Germany: Ninth Regulation on the Product Safety Act (Machinery Regulation) (9. ProdSV)
Main requirements for business users: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS)
Tel.: +49 3018 5270
Email: info@bmas.bund.de
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Tel.: +49 231 90710
Email: poststelle@baua.bund.de
Product type: Noise emission by equipment for use outdoors
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Directive 2000/14/EC on noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors
Transposition in Germany: Thirty-Second Regulation implementing the Federal Immission Control Act (Equipment and Machinery Noise Control Regulation, 32. BImSchV)
Main requirements for business users: If the enclosed EC declaration of conformity is not issued in German, a copy of a German translation must also be enclosed. (Section 3)
Manufacturers duty to provide information:
The manufacturer or the manufacturers authorised representative must forward to the competent Land authority (only manufacturers based in Germany) and the European Commission a copy of the EC declaration of conformity for each equipment/machine type. The entry of machine data by the manufacturer into the KarLA database complies with this national obligation. The data themselves can be entered following registration as a manufacturer.
The European obligation can be met by ensuring that an entry is also made in the Noise Database itself. The database can be found under EC Declaration of conformity.
For more information: Central Agency of the German Länder for Safety Engineering (ZLS), representative for the Outdoor Equipment Noise Directive
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Tel.: +49 30 18 3050
Email: poststelle@bmu.bund.de
German Environment Agency
Tel.: +49 340 21032416
Email: buergerservice@uba.de
Product type: Pyrotechnics
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Directive 2013/29/EU on the making available on the market of pyrotechnic articles
Transposition in Germany: Act on Explosive Substances (Explosive Substances Act, SprengG)
Main requirements for business users: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing
Tel.: +49 30 81040
Email: evpg@bam.de
Product type: Pressure equipment
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Directive 2014/68/EU on the making available on the market of pressure equipment
Transposition in Germany: Fourteenth Regulation on the Product Safety Act (Pressure Equipment Regulation, 14. ProdSV)
Main requirements for business users: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS)
Tel.: +49 30 18 5270
Email: info@bmas.bund.de
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Tel.: +49 231 9071-0
Email: poststelle@baua.bund.de
Product type: Electromagnetic compatibility
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility
Transposition in Germany: Act on the electromagnetic compatibility of equipment (Electromagnetic Compatibility Act, EMVG)
Main requirements for business users: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Network Agency
Department 411 - EMC
Tel.: +49 613 118 -1240 or 0613118 - 1242
Email: 411.postfach@bnetza.de
Product type: Explosives for civilian purposes
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Directive 2014/28/EU on the making available on the market and supervision of explosives for civil uses
Transposition in Germany: Act on Explosive Substances (Explosive Substances Act, SprengG)
Main requirements for business users: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing
Tel.: +49 30 81040
Email: evpg@bam.de
Product type: Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Regulation (EU) 2016/425 on personal protective equipment
Transposition in Germany: Act implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC (PPE Implementing Act, PSA-DG)
Main requirements for business users: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS)
Tel.: +49 3018 5270
Email: info@bmas.bund.de
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Tel.: +49 231 90710
Email: poststelle@baua.bund.de
Product type: Equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (ATEX)
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Directive 2014/34/EU on equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres
Transposition in Germany: Eleventh Regulation on the Product Safety Act (Explosion Protection Product Regulation, 11. ProdSV)
Main requirements for business users: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS)
Tel.: +49 30 18 5270
Email: info@bmas.bund.de
Product type: Electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Directive 2014/35/EU relating to the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
Transposition in Germany: First Regulation on the Product Safety Act (Regulation on electrical equipment, 1. ProdSV)
Main requirements for business users: not applicable
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS)
Tel.: +49 30 18 5270
Email: info@bmas.bund.de
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Tel.: +49 231 90710
Email: poststelle@baua.bund.de
Product type: Simple pressure vessels
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Directive 2014/29/EU relating to the making available on the market of simple pressure vessels
Transposition in Germany: Sixth Regulation on the Product Safety Act (Regulation on simple pressure vessels, 6. ProdSV)
Main requirements for business users: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS)
Tel.: +49 30 18 5270
Email: info@bmas.bund.de
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Tel.: +49 231 9071-0
Email: poststelle@baua.bund.de
Product type: Recreational craft and personal watercraft
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Directive 2013/53/EU on recreational craft and personal watercraft
Transposition in Germany: Tenth Regulation on the Product Safety Act (Regulation on recreational craft and personal watercraft, 10. ProdSV)
Main requirements for business users: The EU declaration of conformity must be issued in German. When placing the product on the market, each manufacturer must enclose with the product instructions for use and safety information in accordance with sentence 2 in the owners manual in German.
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS)
Tel.: +49 30 18 5270
Email: info@bmas.bund.de
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Tel.: +49 231 90710
Email: poststelle@baua.bund.de
Product type: Cableway installations
Name of the legal act/standards:
European regulation: Regulation (EU) 2016/424 on cableway installations
Transposition in Germany:
- Baden-Württemberg Cableway Installations Act (LSeilbG-BW) (Law Gazette (GBl.) 2004, p. 10)
- Bavaria Bavarian Railway and Cableway Installations Act (BayESG) (Gazette of Laws and Ordinances (GVBl) 2003, p. 598)
- Berlin Act on cableway installations ( Land Cableway Installations Act, LSeilbG) - Berlin (GVBl. 2004, p. 110)
- Brandenburg Brandenburg Building Code (BbgBO) Section 1 BbgBO: Scope
- Bremen Act on cableway installations for passenger transport in the Land of Bremen (Bremen Cableway Installations Act, BremSeilbG) (Brem.GBl. 2004, p. 523)
- Hamburg Hamburg Cableway Installations Act (Hamburg Gazette of Laws and Ordinances (HmGVBl.) 2004, p. 101)
- Hessen Hessen Cableway Installations Act (HSeilbG) (GVBl. I 2006, 491)
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Land Cableway Installations Act (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
- Lower Saxony Lower Saxony Act on railways and cableway installations (NESG) (Lower Saxony Gazette of Laws and Ordinances (Nds. GVBl.) 2004, 658)
- North Rhine-Westphalia Act on cableway installations in North Rhine-Westphalia (SeilbG NRW)
- Rhineland-Palatinate Land Cableway Installations Act Rhineland-Palatinate (GVBl. 2004, p. 447)
- Saarland Act No 843 on railways and cableway installations (Official Gazette 1967, p. 402)
- Saxony Act on cableway installations in the Free State of Saxony ( Land Cableway Installations Act, LSeilbG)
- Saxony-Anhalt Cableway Installations Act of the Land of Saxony-Anhalt (SeilbG LSA) (GVBl. LSA 2012, 526)
- Schleswig-Holstein Act on cableway installations for local public transport ( Land Cableway Installations Act, LSeilbG) Schl.-H. (Schleswig Holstein Gazette of Laws and Ordinances (GVOBl. Schl.-H.) 2007 p. 136)
- Thuringia Thuringia Mountain Railway and Park Railway Act (ThürBPBahnG) (GVBl. 2003 p. 309, GVBl. 2017 p. 90)
Main requirements for business users: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Not applicable
Product information from the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE)
A list of the product rules issued by the Federal Institute Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) for the non-harmonised and harmonised sectors can be found below.
Product type: Soil additives, plant aid agents, growing media
Name of the legal act/standards:
Fertiliser Act, 9 January 2009
Fertiliser Regulation, 5 December 2012
Main requirements for business users: Cf.: Section 5 of the Fertiliser Act:
Subject to approval under national law: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Fertiliser monitoring by the Länder
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Tel.: +49 30 185 290
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Product type: Plant protection products
Name of the legal act/standards: Plant Protection Act, 6 February 2012
Purpose and scope: Cf. Section 1 of the Plant Protection Act
Main requirements for business users: Cf. Section 28 of the Plant Protection Act
Subject to approval under national law Yes; Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL)
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Tel.: +49 30 185 290
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Product type: Vinegar, vinegar essence
Name of the legal act/standards: Regulation on trade in vinegar and vinegar essence, 25 April 1972
Purpose and scope: Definitions of vinegar, vinegar essence and wine vinegar; provisions on the placing on the market of vinegar and vinegar essence
Main requirements for business users: Sections 1, 2 and 4 of this Regulation
Subject to approval under national law: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Food control by the Länder
Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
Tel.: +49 30 185550
Email: poststelle@bmfsfj.bund.de
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Tel.: +49 30 185 290
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Product type: Fruit 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, herbal and fruit tea for infants and young children, 24 May 2004
Purpose and scope: Fruit juice, fruit nectar, caffeinated soft drinks, herbal and fruit tea for infants and young children
Main requirements for business users: not applicable
Subject to approval under national law: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Food control by the Länder
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Tel.: +49 30 1 85290
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Product type: Brandy; wine-like, semi-sparkling wine-like and sparkling wine-like drinks and alcoholic drinks processed on the basis of these drinks
Name of the legal act/standards: Regulation on certain alcoholic drinks, 29 January 1998
Purpose and scope: Brandy; wine-like, semi-sparkling wine-like and sparkling wine-like drinks and alcoholic drinks processed on the basis of these drinks
Main requirements for business users: not applicable
Subject to approval under national law: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Food control by the Länder
Product type: Milk-based products
Name of the legal act/standards: Regulation on milk-based products, 15 July 1970
Purpose and scope: Milk-based products
Main requirements for business users: not applicable
Subject to approval under national law: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Food control by the Länder
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Tel.: +49 30 185290
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
Tel.: +49 30 185550
Email: poststelle@bmfsfj.bund.de
Product type: Butter and other dairy spreads
Name of the legal act/standards: Regulation on butter and other dairy spreads, 3 February 1997
Purpose and scope: Butter, other dairy spreads
Main requirements for business users: not applicable
Subject to approval under national law: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Food control by the Länder
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Tel.: +49 30 185290
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
Tel.: +49 30 185550
Email: poststelle@bmfsfj.bund.de
Product type: Margarine, blends
Name of the legal act/standards: Regulation on margarine and blends, 31 August 1990
Purpose and scope: Margarine, blends
Main requirements for business users: See here
Subject to approval under national law: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Food control by the Länder
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Tel.: +49 30 185290
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Product type: Cheese
Name of the legal act/standards: Regulation on cheese, 24 June 1965
Purpose and scope: Cheese
Main requirements for business users: See here
Subject to approval under national law: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Food control by the Länder
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Tel.: +49 30 185290
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Product type: Wine
Name of the legal act/standards: Wine Act, 18.01.2011
Purpose and scope: Cf. Section 1 of the Wine Act
Main requirements for business users: not applicable
Subject to approval under national law: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Food control by the Länder
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Tel.: +49 30 185290
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Product type: Dietary foods
Name of the legal act/standards: Regulation on dietary foods, 28.04.2005
Purpose and scope: dietary foods
Main requirements for business users: No later than upon the first placement on the market, with the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (§4a)
Subject to approval under national law: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Food control by the Länder
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Tel.: +49 30 185290
Emaill: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Product type: Tattooing agents including certain similar substances and preparations of substances
Name of the legal act/standards: Regulation on tattooing agents including certain similar substances and preparations of substances, 13 November 2008
Purpose and scope: Tattooing agents including certain similar substances and preparations of substances
Main requirements for business users: No later than upon the first placement on the market, with the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (Section 2)
Subject to approval under national law: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Food control by the Länder
Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Tel.: +49 30 185290
Email: poststelle@bmel.bund.de
Product type: Impregnating agents in aerosol dispensers for leather and textile goods which are intended for domestic use and which are not products within the meaning of Section 2(6) sentence 1(8) of the Food, Consumer Goods and Feed Act (LFGB)
Name of the legal act/standards: Consumer Goods Regulation, 10 April 1992, Section 1
Purpose and scope: Impregnating agents in aerosol dispensers for leather and textile goods which are intended for domestic use and which are not products within the meaning of Section 2(6) sentence 1(8) of the Food, Consumer Goods and Feed Act
Main requirements for business users: Is the product legally manufactured or on the market in another EU Member State? If so, it may also be marketed in Germany.
Subject to approval under national law: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Food control by the Länder
Federal Ministry of Health
Tel.: +49 30184410
Email: poststelle@bmg.bund.de
Product type: Tobacco products and related products
Name of the legal act/standards:
Act on tobacco products and related products, 4 April 2016
Regulation on tobacco products and related products, 27 April 2016
Purpose and scope: Tobacco products and related products
Main requirements for business users: Section 40 of the Tobacco Products Act: in some cases general disposition by the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety required.
Subject to approval under national law Section 40 of the Tobacco Products Act: in some cases general disposal by the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety required
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Food control by the Länder
Federal Ministry of Health
Tel.: +49 30184410
Email: poststelle@bmg.bund.de
Product type: Food, consumer goods, feed, food additives, plant protection products, cosmetic products
Name of the legal act/standards: Food, Consumer Goods and Feed Act, 1 September 2005
Purpose and scope: Cf. Food, Consumer Goods and Feed Act Section 1:
Main requirements for business users: Cf. Section 54 LFGB and Section 68 LFGB
Subject to approval under national law: in some cases a general disposition or exemption from the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety must be applied for (www.bvl.bund.de)
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Food control by the Länder
Federal Ministry of Health
Tel.: +49 30184410
Email: poststelle@bmg.bund.de
Product type: Foodstuffs
Name of the legal act/standards:
Batch Labelling Regulation (LKV), 23 June 1993
Flavourings Regulation, 2 May 2006
Regulation on limiting contaminants in foodstuffs, 19 March 2010
Purpose and scope: Foodstuffs
Subject to approval under national law: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Food control by the Länder
Federal Ministry of Health
Tel.: +49 30184410
Email: poststelle@bmg.bund.de
Product type: Consumer goods
Name of the legal act/standards: Consumer Goods Regulation, 23 December 1997
Purpose and scope: Consumer goods
Main requirements for business users: Is the product legally manufactured or on the market in another EU Member State? If so, it may also be marketed in Germany.
Subject to approval under national law: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities:
Food control by the Länder
Federal Ministry of Health
Tel.: +49 30184410
Email: poststelle@bmg.bund.de
Product type: Chemicals
Name of the legal act/standards: Act on protection against harmful substances, 28 August 2013
Purpose and scope: The purpose of the Act is to protect people and the environment against the harmful impacts of hazardous substances and mixtures, and in particular to make them recognisable, avert them and prevent their occurrence.
Main requirements for business users: not applicable
Subject to approval under national law: not applicable
Contact details for the competent authorities: not applicable
Product information from the Product Contact Point for Construction (German Institute for Structural Engineering)
The German Institute for Structural Engineering performs a key role in the construction sector: by means of its approvals, permits and assessments, it guarantees the safety of structural works while at the same time supporting the development of new construction products and construction methods.
Below can be found a link to a search function providing access to the legal basis, product rules and notifications of the German Institute for Structural Engineering for the non-harmonised and harmonised sectors. The approvals, type approvals and ETAs issued by the German Institute for Structural Engineering can be found under Approval Downloads.
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) German Institute for Structural Engineering (DIBt) Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE)