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REGULATION (EC) No 1272/2008 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 16 December 2008
on 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
Otherwise known as the CLP Regulation or the EU GHS
Transition periods:
Substance reclassification: deadline 1 Dec 2010
Mixture reclassification: deadline 1 June 2015
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SDS MAY contain BOTH classifications from 20 Jan 2009 to 1 Dec 2010
SDS MUST contain BOTH classifications as soon as the label shows CLP classification
SDS MUST contain BOTH classifications from 1 Dec 2010 through 1 June 2015
Labeling and packaging of NEW substances is CLP compliant from 1 Dec 2010
Labeling and packaging of substances on the market as of 1 Dec 2010 is CLP
compliant from 1 Dec 2012
SDS is strictly CLP compliant from 1 June 2015
Mixtures:
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SDS MAY contain BOTH classifications from 20 Jan 2009 to 1 June 2015
SDS MUST contain BOTH classifications as soon as the label shows CLP classification
SDS MUST contain CLP classification from 1 June 2015.
Labeling and packaging of NEW mixtures is CLP compliant from 1 June 2015
Labeling and packaging of mixtures on the market as of 1 June 2015 is CLP compliant
from 1 June 2017
SDS and labeling are strictly CLP compliant from 1 June 2015
Stricter classification requirements of Member States may be maintained until 1 Dec 2011
Note: translation tables may be applied only to substances on the market before 1 Dec 2010
and mixtures on the market before 1 June 2015
Significant deviations from GHS Purple Book Building Blocks:
2.6 Flammable Liquids
 EU classification of categories 1-3 are identical to Purple Book, but the EU has not adopted
category 4 (H227). In effect, this means under EU CLP Flammable liquid has a fp <60°C,
while the GHS Purple book classifies flammable liquid up to <93°C.
3.1 Acute Toxicity
 EU CLP does NOT adopt category 5 (H303, H313, H333). Classification requirements
identical to Purple Book for Cat. 1 – 4.
 In addition to classification for inhalation toxicity, if data are available that indicates that the
mechanism of toxicity is corrosivity, the substance or mixture shall also be labelled as
EUH071: ‘corrosive to the respiratory tract’ — see advice at 3.1.2.3.3. In addition to an
appropriate acute toxicity pictogram, a corrosivity pictogram.
3.2 Skin corrosion/Irritation
 EU CLP does NOT adopt category 3 (H316). Classification requirements identical to Purple
Book for Cat. 1a-c and Cat. 2.
3.3 Serious eye damage/Eye irritation
 EU CLP does NOT adopt category 2B (H320). Classification requirements identical to Purple
Book for Cat. 1 and Cat. 2A.
3.7 Reproductive Toxicity
 Via Annex VI, 1.1.2.1.2, the EUCLP establishes special hazard statements in which the threedigit H-code is modified by the addition of a D or d for developmental effects and/or F or f for
fertility effects.
3.8 Specific Target Organ Toxicity – Single Exposure
 Classification requirements identical to Purple Book
 Guidelines for gas exposure cat.2 go to 20,000ppm in CLP but only 5000ppm in GHS
3.10 Aspiration Hazard
 EU CLP does NOT adopt category 2 (H305). Classification requirements identical to Purple
Book for Cat. 1.
4.1 Aquatic Toxicity
 EU CLP does NOT adopt acute categories 2 (H401)-3 (H402). Classification requirements
identical to Purple Book for acute Cat. 1.
 Classification requirements functionally equivalent to Purple Book for Chronic categories 1-4
(EU emphasizes available BCF data over Kow)
5.1 Hazardous to the ozone layer
 ADDITIONAL EU HAZARD CLASS
 Implements the existing EU R59 into CLP
Annex II, part 1 and part 4: EU specific Hazard statements
EU H statement
When to use
EUH029 Contact with water liberates toxic gas
Evolves acute tox cat 1-3 gases in contact with
water or damp air [e.g. aluminium phosphide,
phosphorous pentasulphide]
Contact with acids liberates acute toxic cat 3 gas
[e.g. sodium hypochlorite, barium polysulphide]
EUH031 Contact with acids liberates toxic gas
EUH032 Contact with acids liberates very toxic
gas
Contact with acids liberates acute toxic cat 1-2 gas
[e.g. salts of hydrogen cyanide, sodium azide]
EUH066 Repeated exposure may cause skin
dryness or cracking
Repeated exposure may cause skin dryness or
cracking, but not classified irritant
EUH070 Toxic by eye contact
Toxicity during eye irritation test attributed to
absorption through eye, not through mucous
membranes
Inhlalation tox test mortality due to corrosion OR
classified corrosive to skin and likely to be inhaled
EUH071 Corrosive to the respiratory tract
EUH001-Explosive when dry
Explosive when dry
EUH0006-Explosive with or without contact with
air
EUH014-Reacts violenty with water
Unstable at ambient temperatures
Reacts violently with water [e.g. acetyl chloride,
alkali metals, titanium tetrachloride]
EUH018-In use, may form flammable/explosive
vapour-air mixture
EUH019-May form explosive peroxides
EUH044-Risk of explosion if heated under
confinement
EUH401-To avoid risks to human health and the
environment, comply with the instructions for
use
Form flammable vapors
May form explosive peroxides [e.g. diethyl ether,
1,4-dioxane]
Decompose explosively if heated in steel drum but
not in less-strong containers
Product use is plant protection product (subject to
91/414/EEC)