Published on 12 May 2025

Account opening including access request for a registration company

Do you need an AGOV user account and access to a registration company in the Chemicals Product Register (RPC)? Please find the relevant instructions and processes below

General rules

• Each person is responsible for opening and managing their own AGOV user account
• A main user cannot open an AGOV user account on behalf of the reporting company in the RPC, including an access request for another person (neither main nor sub-user)
• Each reporting company must have at least one main user
• If a reporting company is newly linked to the RPC or entered (i.e. the search entry for the reporting company does not have a green info box: already exists in the RPC), the first AGOV user account that requests access to the reporting company must always be a main user. Only then can sub-users (internal/external) and additional main users be added

Both processes, the creation of an AGOV user account (step 1) and the access request for a reporting company (step 2), are carried out entirely in the Chemicals Product Register (RPC). Persons who already have an AGOV user account can skip step 1.

Step 1: Creation of an AGOV user account

• Instructions for opening an AGOV user account

  Go to www.rpc.admin.ch and click on ‘Login’ in the top right corner. Select the AGOV option and then follow the video below.

For a better understanding, you can also consult our diagrams on the linking principle and the administrative processes:

• Principle of linking and administrative processes

Once the AGOV user account has been created, the quantity of biocidal products placed on the market can be reported in the RPC and/or an access request for the desired reporting company can be created.

Step 2: Access request for a reporting company, including user role

If you have successfully created your AGOV user account or already have one (and are logged into the RPC), you can proceed directly in the RPC with the access request for a registration company, including the selection of the user role (main user vs. sub-user internal/external):

• Create first access request

  Immediately after the creation the user account, it is not yet linked to any registrant company. The following instructions will guide you through the initial linking process:

  • Create the first access request for a company in the Chemical Register (RPC)

    PDF828.09 kB7 September 2025

• Special case: First access request for a registrant company that must be entered manually

  In exceptional cases (natural persons, companies not registered in the UID register), the registrant company must be created manually with the access request. The following instructions will guide you through this process:

  • Instructions: first request for access to a reporting company to be entered manually in the Chemicals Product Register (RPC)

    PDF859.90 kB7 September 2025

• Create another access request

  If your user account is already linked to at least one registrant company, you can use the following instructions to request additional access (a user account can be linked to several registrant companies and different user types):

  • Create an additional access requestfor another company

    PDF915.57 kB7 September 2025