Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 (CLP)

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Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008

Title: Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of December 16, 2008 on the classification, labeling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548 / EEC and 1999/45 / EC and amending Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006
Designation:
(not official) 		CLP regulation
Scope: EEA
Legal matter: Chemical law , environmental law
Basis: Treaty establishing the European Community , in particular Art. 95
Procedure overview: European Commission
European Parliament
IPEX Wiki
To be used from: December 1st, 2010
with regard to substances
June 1st, 2015
with regard to mixtures
Reference: Treaty establishing the European Community, in particular Article 95
Full text Consolidated version (not official)
basic version
Regulation has entered into force and is applicable.
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The Regulation (EC) no. 1272/2008 (CLP) (also CLP ) is an EU chemicals regulation, which entered into force on 20 January 2009.. CLP stands for C lassification, L abel ling and P ackaging , so the classification, labeling and packaging of substances and mixtures . The CLP regulation implements the UN's globally harmonized system for the classification and labeling of chemicals (GHS) on 1355 pages and replaces Directive 67/548 / EEC (substances directive) and directive 1999/45 / EC (preparation directive). At the same time, it changed parts of Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 (REACH) , which often refers to it. As an EU regulation , the CLP regulation applies equally and directly in all member states. In Switzerland, the CLP regulation has been implemented in the chemicals regulation .

Enactment

Since December 1, 2010, substances have been classified and labeled according to the GHS standard. This has been mandatory since December 1, 2012. Mixtures, previously called “preparations”, have also been allowed to be classified and labeled according to the new system since December 1, 2010, but have only had to do so since June 1, 2015. Mixtures that are still labeled according to the preparation directive were allowed until June 1 To be sold in 2017.

Attachments

The regulation contains seven annexes:

  • Annex I: Regulations for the classification and labeling of dangerous substances and mixtures
  • Annex II: Special provisions for the labeling and packaging of certain substances and mixtures
  • Annex III: List of hazard statements , additional hazard information and additional label elements
  • Appendix IV: List of Safety Instructions
  • Appendix V: Hazard pictograms
  • Annex VI: Harmonized classification and labeling for certain dangerous substances
  • Annex VII: Table for converting a classification according to Directive 67/548 / EEC into a classification according to the CLP Regulation
  • Annex VIII: Harmonized information for emergency health care and preventive measures

Appendices I – V

Appendices I to V specify the methodology according to which substances and mixtures are to be classified and labeled in hazard classes.

Annex VI

With around 900 pages, Appendix VI is by far the most extensive. The main part of this is made up of the table with harmonized classifications and labels of the officially classified dangerous substances:

  • Table 3: List of the harmonized classification and labeling of dangerous substances

Table 3 (formerly 3.1) lists the harmonized classifications (hazard classes / categories, H-phrases derived therefrom) and markings (H-phrases, EUH-phrases, pictograms derived from them, signal words) as well as the specific concentration limits and M-factors . Also included are entries for certain groups of substances (e.g. lead compounds). If a substance falls into several listed substance groups, it should be labeled according to the respective classifications of the corresponding group entries. The stricter one is to be used for different classifications of the same hazard.

In the recitals to the CLP Regulation it is noted that, for reasons of resources, those substances should be classified and labeled in a harmonized manner which give the greatest cause for concern with regard to health and the environment. The harmonized classification and labeling mostly refers to the hazard classes carcinogenicity , germ cell mutagenicity or reproductive toxicity ( CMR ) of categories 1A, 1B or 2 as well as sensitization of the respiratory tract. Since not all relevant hazard classes are necessarily taken into account in a harmonized classification and labeling, those placing on the market must carry out a self-classification for other hazard classes and thus supplement the classification and labeling.

The entries from Appendix I of the superseded Directive 67/548 / EEC, i.e. hazard symbols , R- and S-phrases , have been added to Table 3.2 (list of the harmonized classification and labeling of dangerous substances from Appendix I of Directive 67/548 / EEC) transfer. At the end of the transition period, this table was deleted from Appendix VI on June 1, 2017.

Annex VII

Annex VII contains a conversion table for classifications according to the superseded Directive 67/548 / EEC. With the end of the transition phase on June 1, 2015, this appendix lost its meaning.

Annex VIII

Annex VIII comes into force on January 1, 2020. This annex defines a standardized format - unique recipe identifier / unique formula identifier - for reporting information on mixtures that are classified as dangerous to national authorities or poison information centers (see Article 45).

Classification and labeling inventory

The ECHA's Classification and Labeling Inventory is a database with information on the classification and labeling of notified and registered substances that manufacturers and importers have submitted, as well as the harmonized classifications from Annex VI of the CLP Regulation. The obligation to notify exists for all substances placed on the market that are subject to registration under the REACH regulation and also for substances that are not classified as hazardous.

As of November 2016, the classification and labeling directory contains over 130,000 substances, of which over 4,200 have a harmonized classification and labeling. There are over 6.5 million reports, an average of fifty per substance.

Adaptations to technical and scientific progress

So-called adaptations to technical and scientific progress (ATP, from English Adaptation to technical and scientific progress ) are made periodically :

number Decree Valid from content
1. ATP No. 790/2009 December 1, 2010 changed or new harmonized classifications
2. ATP No. 286/2011 December 1, 2012 (substances), June 1, 2015 (mixtures) changed or new classification rules, H and P phrases
3. ATP No. 618/2012 December 1st, 2013 changed or new harmonized classifications
4. ATP No. 487/2013 December 1, 2014 (substances), June 1, 2015 (mixtures) changed or new classification rules, H and P phrases
5. ATP No. 944/2013 December 1, 2014 (substances), June 1, 2015 (mixtures)
Annex VI Part 3: January 1, 2015 (substances), April 1, 2016 (mixtures)		 Changed or new harmonized classifications, + P-Phrase 210
6. ATP No. 605/2014 December 1, 2014 (substances), June 1, 2015 (mixtures)
Annex VI: January 1, 2015 (substances), April 1, 2016 (mixtures)		 changed or new harmonized classifications, + H- + P-phrases in Croatian
correction No. 1297/2014 June 1, 2015 Laundry detergents in dissolvable packaging
7. ATP 2015/1221 January 1, 2017 changed or new harmonized classifications
8. ATP 2016/918 1st February 2018 changed or new classification rules, H and P phrases
9. ATP 2016/1179 1st March 2018 changed or new harmonized classifications
10. ATP 2017/776 1st December 2018 adapted explanations for Table 3 and changed or new harmonized classifications
complement 2017/542 January 1, 2020 harmonized information for emergency health care and preventive measures
11. ATP 2018/669 1st December 2019 entire table 3 with substance names in German
12. ATP 2019/521 17th October 2020 new H and P phrases
13. ATP 2018/1480 1st May 2020 changed or new harmonized classifications, corrections
14. ATP 2020/217 September 9, 2021 changed or new harmonized classifications, new EUH phrases
15. ATP 2020/1182 March 1, 2022 changed or new harmonized classifications

Print version

  • European Chemicals Agency (Ed.): Guidance on the Application of the CLP Criteria: Guidance to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labeling and packaging (CLP) of substances and mixtures. Publisher as published, Helsinki 2015.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Directive 99/45 / EC
  2. ↑ Ordinance on protection against dangerous substances and preparations (Chemicals Ordinance, ChemV) in the Systematic Legal Collection
  3. ↑ Art. 61 para. 4 CLP regulation. ECHA : Labels - make sure you're legal after 1 June 2017 , Newsletter, May 2017 (English)
  4. ↑ a b Want to know about… harmonized classification and labeling? , ECHA newsletter, November 2016.
  5. ↑ Regulation (EU) 2017/542
  6. ↑ Classification and labeling inventory, ECHA, accessed on December 8, 2016.
  7. ↑ Who has to submit a report and what can be submitted in a report? , ECHA, accessed December 8, 2016.
  8. ↑ Regulation (EC) No. 790/2009
  9. ↑ Regulation (EU) No. 286/2011
  10. ↑ Regulation (EU) No. 618/2012
  11. ↑ Regulation (EU) No. 487/2013
  12. ↑ Regulation (EU) No. 944/2013
  13. ↑ Regulation (EU) No. 605/2014
  14. ↑ Regulation (EU) No. 1297/2014
  15. ↑ Regulation (EU) 2015/1221
  16. ↑ Regulation (EU) 2016/918
  17. ↑ Regulation (EU) 2016/1179
  18. ↑ Regulation (EU) 2017/776
  19. ↑ Regulation (EU) 2017/542
  20. ↑ Regulation (EU) 2018/669
  21. ↑ Regulation (EU) 2019/521
  22. ↑ Regulation (EU) 2018/1480
  23. ↑ Regulation (EU) 2020/217
  24. ↑ Regulation (EU) 2020/1182