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Bureau for Chemical Substance

Notification of hazardous mixtures

Commission Regulation (EU) No 2017/542 amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures by adding Annex VIII on harmonised information relating to emergency health response entered into force on 22 March 2017. It concerns the duty of importers and downstream users of mixtures classified as hazardous on the basis of their health and physical effects. Depending on the purpose of the mixture, importers and downstream users shall comply with the provisions of this Annex from the following dates respectively:

  • 1 January 2021: consumer and professional use;
  • 1 January 2024: industrial use.

Notifications of hazardous mixtures submitted before the relevant deadlines, and not in accordance with the format of Annex VIII to CLP regulation, shall remain valid until 1 January 2025. 

 

More information on the duties laid down in the provisions of Annex VIII to CLP regulation is available at Poison Centres website.

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