This material is for informational purposes and you should not take it as a substitute for legal advice. We encourage you to consult your legal counsel for any concerns about the laws and regulations concerning your product. This material only reflects the position at the date of writing and requirements across the EU and in the UK may change – particularly in light of the developing position with Brexit. You should refer to current UK Brexit guidance about your products (see below) to learn more about changes that may affect you following the end of the transition period.
I. EU Requirements
When listing a new product for sale in the EU, you must provide specific dangerous goods (Hazmat) information to Amazon. After your listing is created, and only if further documentation is required to properly classify your product, you will be requested to provide a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) or an exemption sheet. Failure to provide this information can result in delays in processing your deliveries and in the cancellation of customer deliveries by Amazon’s carrier partners.
To learn more about dangerous goods, see the Dangerous goods identification guide and watch the following videos in Seller University:
Introduction to Dangerous Goods
This page helps you learn about the following:
When you create or convert a listing for FBA, you will be required to answer dangerous goods questions. One set of questions is around batteries, and another set of questions is around dangerous goods regulations. Make sure to provide accurate and complete information to ensure that your product is properly classified and not blocked for sale. See guidance below:
The following battery question must be answered for all products during creation or conversion of an FBA listing. Note that based on your answers, you may need to answer additional mandatory questions (detailed below):
If your battery product utilizes lithium batteries, then it is a dangerous good and you will be required to provide the following additional information:
For additional help on the battery questions, watch the following video in Seller University:Battery Questions Help
The following dangerous good question must be answered for all products during creation or conversion of an FBA listing. Note that based on your answer, you may need to answer additional mandatory questions (detailed below):
For more information about dangerous goods, see Dangerous goods identification guideand watch Introduction to Dangerous Goods.
If your product is not considered a dangerous good or hazardous material, select No or Not Applicable.
If your product is regulated as a dangerous good, make sure you provide the following additional information as well:
To see examples of the GHS/CLP pictograms, please see the Dangerous goods identification guide, and for more information on GHS/CLP, please visit the REACH website.
If available, provide the following information also:
Once your product is created or converted to FBA, the review process takes 4 business days (Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays). To know more about the dangerous goods review process, see FBA dangerous goods review process.
Use the Look up an ASIN tool to check the classification status of your FBA ASIN.
The Dangerous Goods team reviews each ASIN converted to Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA) within 4 business days if identified as a possible dangerous good. A business day is from Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.
If the dangerous goods information you provided during listing set-up is complete and correct, we will complete the review and classify your product within 4 business days.
However, if the data you provided is inaccurate, incomplete or otherwise conflicting, and is preventing us from correctly classifying your products, we will request additional information from you.
Depending on the type of product that you are listing, we might request one or both of the following to classify your product correctly:
Amazon also performs regular reviews on products in our fulfilment centers that may be regulated as dangerous goods to ensure that shipments meet regulatory requirements and safety standards for buyers and our employees. During one of these reviews, it may happen that your product is flagged as missing complete dangerous goods information. In this case, we’ll ask you to submit a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) or an exemption sheet (for batteries and battery-powered products, and for products that do not contain harmful chemicals) depending on your product type.
To know more about the review process, see FBA dangerous goods review process.
A Safety Data Sheet (SDS, previously known as MSDS) is a detailed information bulletin containing 16 sections prepared by the manufacturer or importer that describes the physical and chemical properties, physical and health hazards, routes of exposure, precautions for safe handling and use, emergency and first-aid procedures, and control measures of a product.
Safety Data Sheets enable Amazon to:
To know more about Safety Data Sheets, watch the following video in Seller University: Introduction to Safety Data Sheets.
We also invite you to go to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) website.
Eligible Safety Data Sheets must comply with the following requirements:
For more information about Safety Data Sheets eligibility, watch the following video in Seller University: Six Rules for Submitting Safety Data Sheets.
You must upload eligible Safety Data Sheets using the Upload dangerous goods documents tool.
Follow the guidance below:
After you have uploaded your SDS, the Dangerous Goods team will review the document within 4 business days (Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays). If the document is complete and accurate, we will classify your product during that timeframe. However, if the document is invalid, you will be requested to provide updated documentation. Use the Look up an ASIN tool provided above to check the classification status of your product.
To avoid classification delays, we strongly recommend you check that your SDS complies with the requirements listed above before providing it to Amazon. Each new document submission takes an additional 4 business days from the date of the upload.
An exemption sheet is a document required by Amazon to gather specific dangerous good information for products exempted from providing an SDS by the regulations or law. An exemption sheet will be accepted for the following 2 categories of products only:
Review the product packaging, the product manual or the battery itself to locate specific battery information such as watt-hours and voltage. For more information on lithium batteries, see Requirements for lithium batteries and products that contain lithium batteries.
Review the product packaging or the product itself to locate specific information, such as ingredients, pictograms, or warning phrases.
When listing a new product for sale in the UK, you must provide specific dangerous goods (Hazmat) information to Amazon. After your listing is created, and only if further documentation is required to properly classify your product, you will be requested to provide a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) or an exemption sheet. Failure to provide this information can result in delays in processing your deliveries and in the cancellation of customer deliveries by Amazon’s carrier partners.
To learn more about dangerous goods, see the Dangerous goods identification guide and watch the following videos in Seller University:
Introduction to Dangerous Goods
This page helps you learn about the following:
When you create or convert a listing for FBA, you will be required to answer dangerous goods questions. One set of questions is around batteries, and another set of questions is around dangerous goods regulations. Make sure to provide accurate and complete information to ensure that your product is properly classified and not blocked for sale. See guidance below:
The following battery question must be answered for all products during creation or conversion of an FBA listing. Note that based on your answers, you may need to answer additional mandatory questions (detailed below):
If your battery product utilizes lithium batteries, then it is a dangerous good and you will be required to provide the following additional information:
For additional help on the battery questions, watch the following video in Seller University:Battery Questions Help
The following dangerous good question must be answered for all products during creation or conversion of an FBA listing. Note that based on your answer, you may need to answer additional mandatory questions (detailed below):
For more information about dangerous goods, see Dangerous goods identification guideand watch Introduction to Dangerous Goods.
If your product is not considered a dangerous good or hazardous material, select No or Not Applicable.
If your product is regulated as a dangerous good, make sure you provide the following additional information as well:
After 31 December 2020, an amended version of the REACH Regulation will apply to the sale of chemicals and their safe use in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales, “GB”) as a result of the REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019/758. Products first made available in Northern Ireland (“NI”) after 31 December 2020 will continue to need to comply with the EU REACH Regulation under the Northern Ireland Protocol (see “Northern Ireland” section below).
Products that are first made available in the EU or UK on or before 31 December 2020 can continue to circulate until they reach their end user and do not need to comply with the changes that take effect from 1 January 2021. You can retain evidence of when products were first made available in the UK or EU by keeping documents including contracts of sale, invoices and documents concerning the shipping of goods for distribution.
If available, provide the following information also:
Once your product is created or converted to FBA, the review process takes four working days (Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays). To know more about the dangerous goods review process, see FBA dangerous goods review process.
Use the Look up an ASIN tool to check the classification status of your FBA ASIN.
The Dangerous Goods team reviews each ASIN that is converted to Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA) within four working days if identified as a possible dangerous good. A working day is from Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.
If the dangerous goods information that you have provided during listing setup is complete and correct, we will complete the review and classify your product within four working days.
However, if the data that you have provided is inaccurate, incomplete or otherwise conflicting, and is preventing us from correctly classifying your products, we will request additional information from you.
Depending on the type of product that you are listing, we might request one or both of the following to classify your product correctly:
Amazon also performs regular reviews on products in our fulfilment centres that may be regulated as dangerous goods to ensure that deliveries meet regulatory requirements and safety standards for buyers and our employees. During one of these reviews, it may happen that your product is flagged as missing complete dangerous goods information. In this case, we will ask you to submit a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) or an exemption sheet (for batteries and battery-powered products, and for products that do not contain harmful chemicals) depending on your product type.
To know more about the review process, see FBA dangerous goods review process.
A Safety Data Sheet (SDS, previously known as MSDS) is a detailed information bulletin containing 16 sections prepared by the manufacturer or importer that describes the physical and chemical properties, physical and health hazards, routes of exposure, precautions for safe handling and use, emergency and first-aid procedures, and control measures of a product.
Safety Data Sheets enable Amazon to:
To know more about Safety Data Sheets, watch the following video in Seller University: Introduction to Safety Data Sheets.
We also invite you to go to the UK Health and Safety Executive website.
Eligible Safety Data Sheets must comply with the following requirements:
For more information about Safety Data Sheets eligibility, watch the following video in Seller University: Six Rules for Submitting Safety Data Sheets.
You must upload eligible Safety Data Sheets using the Upload dangerous goods documents tool.
Follow the guidance below:
After you have uploaded your SDS, the Dangerous Goods team will review the document within four working days (Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays). If the document is complete and accurate, we will classify your product during that time frame. However, if the document is invalid, you will be requested to provide updated documentation. Use the Look up an ASIN tool provided above to check the classification status of your product.
To avoid classification delays, we strongly recommend that you check your SDS complies with the requirements listed above before providing it to Amazon. Each new document submission takes an additional four working days from the date of the upload.
An exemption sheet is a document required by Amazon to gather specific dangerous good information for products exempted from providing an SDS by the regulations or law. An exemption sheet will be accepted for the following two categories of products only:
Review the product packaging, the product manual or the battery itself to locate specific battery information such as watt-hours and voltage. For more information on lithium batteries, see Requirements for lithium batteries and products that contain lithium batteries.
Review the product packaging or the product itself to locate specific information, such as ingredients, pictograms or warning phrases.
Note that different rules will apply in NI from 1 January 2021 as a result of the Northern Ireland Protocol. In particular:
The UK Government has released guidance on the sale of chemicals in GB and NI from 1 January 2021, including on REACH and CLP (as well as Biocides, Prior Informed Consent and Pesticides or Plant Protection Products).
We encourage you to review this guidance (linked below), alongside any other specific UK Government Guidance that applies to your product. You should consult your legal counsel if you have questions about how the laws and regulations apply to your products from 1 January 2021.
We strongly encourage you to review the following guidance for more information on the sale of chemicals in the UK.
You can visit the UK REACH Helpdesk and review UK Government guidance for more information on REACH and CLP, including the following websites:
We also encourage you to visit the Business Companion website, which contains guidance on UK product compliance rules: