CLP SDS

CLP SDS Services

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– REACH Registration, Only Representative, REACH Authorisation, REACH/CLP Screening, Safety Data Sheets, Legal Compliance Services, PCN and UFI services and more.

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Safety data sheets are intended to provide the users of chemicals with the necessary information to help them protect human health and the environment.
Users of chemicals are companies or individuals within the European Union/European Economic Area. They use a substance, either on its own or in a mixture, in their industrial or professional activities.

Safety data sheets are intended both for the workers who handle the chemicals and for those responsible for safety.

 A safety data sheet  should be provided when:
• A substance or a mixture is classified as hazardous;
• A substance is persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) or very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB); or
• A substance is included in the Candidate List for Authorisation according to REACH for other reasons than the above.

NEW REQUIREMENTS !

All safety data sheets provided after 31 December 2022 have to be in the format according to Regulation (EU) 2020/878.

It is recommended that the new format, as set out in Regulation (EU) 2020/878, is adopted, as soon as practicable. Companies should ensure that all SDSs comply by the 31 December 2022 deadline.

CLP Regulation

Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP) harmonises the provisions and criteria for the classification and labelling of
substances and mixtures within the Union. CLP taking into account the classification criteria and labelling rules of the UN Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of
Chemicals (GHS).

The CLP Regulation contributes to the UN GHS aim of describing and communicating the same hazards in the same way around the world.

The CLP Regulation entered into force on the 20 th of January 2009.

  • On 12 April 2017, Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/54210 entered into force, adding a new Annex VIII to the CLP Regulation. It harmonises the information relating to emergency health
    response that companies placing certain hazardous mixtures on the EU market are required to submit to the national appointed bodies. The information submitted needs to be consistent
    with the information in the SDS.
  • the Unique Formula Identifier (UFI) required by the same Annex may need to be indicated in the SDS of certain hazardous mixtures.

New hazard classes 2023

COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2023/707 of 19 December 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 as regards hazard classes and criteria for the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures

The European Commission has published a Delegated Regulation amending CLP Regulation, which sets out new hazard classes and criteria for the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures.

It applies to all chemical substances and mixtures placed on the EU market under REACH. It also applies to active substances in biocidal products and plant protection products, which are normally prioritised for harmonised classification in the EU.

This EU legislation is binding to manufacturers, importers, downstream users and distributors placing substances on the European Union market. Member States will also refer to the new hazard classes and criteria when making proposals for harmonised classification and labelling.

The new hazard classes are:

  • ED HH in Category 1 and Category 2 (Endocrine disruption for human health)
  • ED ENV in Category 1 and Category 2 (Endocrine disruption for the environment)
  • PBT (persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic), vPvB (very persistent, very bioaccumulative)
  • PMT (persistent, mobile, toxic), vPvM (very persistent, very mobile)

Application dates

The new rules are in force as of 20 April 2023. From this day on, the Member States can make proposals for harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) with the new hazard classes and manufacturers, importers, downstream users and distributors can self-classify their substances and mixtures accordingly.

There are transitional periods from the entry into force of the Delegated Regulation, during which manufacturers, importers, downstream users and distributors are not yet required to classify their substances or mixtures according to the new hazard classes. During these periods, the new hazard classes can be applied on a voluntary basis.

At the end of the transitional periods, all manufacturers, importers, downstream users and distributors must apply the new hazard classes.

Who should compile an SDS

The text of Annex II specifies in point 0.2.3 that:
“[…] The safety data sheet shall be prepared by a competent person who shall take into account the specific needs and knowledge of the user audience, as far as they are known.
Suppliers of substances and mixtures shall ensure that such competent persons have received appropriate training, including refresher training.”

Language(s) in which the SDS must be provided

According to REACH Article 31(5), “The safety data sheet shall be supplied in an official language of the Member State(s) where the substance or mixture is placed on the market,
unless the Member State(s) concerned provide otherwise”.

It should be noted that it is for the recipient Member State (MS) to provide otherwise – i.e. for example the existence of an exemption in the MS of manufacture does not give an exemption in a different MS where the substance or mixture is placed on the market.

Even if the MS provides otherwise, it may be desirable to always provide (potentially in addition) the SDS in the language of the country.
It should be noted that certain Member States require that the SDS be provided in additional official MS languages (of that MS, where there is more than one official language).

EKOTOX CENTERS – consultancy services and customers support in the area of EU chemicals legislation
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