EN    EN  
 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION 
Brussels, XXX   
[…](2014) XXX  draft 
  
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No …/.. 
of XXX  
amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific progress, 
Regulation (EC) No 1272/200 8 of the European Parliament and of the Council on 
classification, labelling and packag ing of substances and mixtures 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
  
EN 2   EN COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No …/.. 
of XXX  
amending, for the purposes of its adaptation  to technical and scientific progress, 
Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the Europe an Parliament and of the Council on 
classification, labelling and packagi ng of substances and mixtures 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, 
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labe lling and packaging of substances and 
mixtures
1, and in particular Article 53(1) thereof, 
Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 harmonises the provisions and criteria for the 
classification and labelling of substances, mi xtures and certain specific articles within 
the Union. 
(2) That Regulation takes into account the Globa lly Harmonised System of Classification 
and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS ) of the United Nations (UN). 
(3) The classification criteria and labelling rule s of the GHS are periodically reviewed at 
UN level. The fifth revised edition of th e GHS results from changes adopted in 
December 2012 by the United Nations Commi ttee of Experts on the Transport of 
Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Ha rmonised System of Classification and 
Labelling of Chemicals. It contains am endments concerning, inter alia, a new, 
alternative method for the cla ssification of oxidising solids,  changes to the provisions 
on classification for the hazard classes for skin corrosion/irritation and serious eye 
damage/irritation, and aerosols. Furthermore, it includes changes to several precautionary statements, as well as change s in the order of some precautionary 
statements, as reflected by a deletion of th e entry and a separate insertion at the new 
location of the entry. It is therefore necessary to adapt the technical provisions and 
criteria in the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 to the fifth revised edition of 
the GHS. 
(4) Following the fourth revision of the GHS, Commission Regulation (EU) 487/2013
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introduced a labelling derogation for substances  or mixtures classified as corrosive to 
metals but not classified for skin corro sion or serious eye damage. Whereas the 
content of the derogation should remain unc hanged, a more precise formulation should 
be provided for the hazards addressed by the derogation. 
                                                 
1 OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1.  
2 Commission Regulation (EU) No 487/2013 of 8 May 2013 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation 
to technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (OJ L 149, 1.6.2013, 
p.1).  
EN 3   EN (5) Redundancy in the labelling of mixtures c ontaining isocyanates and certain epoxy 
constituents should be avoided while maintaining the longstanding and well known 
specific information about the presence of these particular sensitizing substances. 
Therefore, the use of the hazard statement EUH208 should not be obligatory where a mixture is already labelled in accordance with the hazard statements EUH204 or 
EUH205.  
(6) To ensure that suppliers of substances a nd mixtures have some time to adapt to the 
new classification and labelling provi sions introduced by this Regulation, a 
transitional period should be provided and th e application of this Regulation should be 
deferred. That should allow for the possibility to apply the provisions laid down in this 
Regulation on a voluntary basis before  the transitional period is over. 
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulati on are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Committee established by Article 133 of  Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 is amended as follows: 
(1) In Article 23, point (f) is replaced by the following: “(f) substa nces or mixtures 
classified as corrosive to metals but not classified as corrosive to skin or as causing serious eye damage.” 
(2) Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation. 
(3) Annex II is amended in accordance w ith Annex II to this Regulation. 
(4) Annex III is amended in accordance w ith Annex III to this Regulation. 
(5) Annex IV is amended in accordance w ith Annex IV to this Regulation. 
(6) Annex V is amended in accordance w ith Annex V to this Regulation. 
(7) Annex VI is amended in accordance with Annex VI to this Regulation. 
(8) Annex VII is amended in accordance with Annex VII to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
By way of derogation from Article 3, substances and mixtures may, before [OPOCE: please 
insert specific date of  applicability determined as under Article 3] , be classified, labelled and 
packaged in accordance with Regulation (EC)  No 1272/2008 as amended by this Regulation. 
By way of derogation from Article 3, substa nces and mixtures classified, labelled and 
packaged in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and placed on the market before 
[OPOCE: please insert specific date of app licability determined as under Article 3]  shall not 
be required to be relabelled and repackaged  in accordance with this Regulation before 
                                                 
3 Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of  the European Parliament and of  the Council of 18 December 2006 
concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), 
establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council 
Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 
2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p.1).  
EN 4   EN [OPOCE: please insert specific date determined  as follows: date of applicability determined 
as under Article 3 plus 2 years ].  
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of  the European Union . 
This Regulation shall apply from [OPOCE: please insert date to be determined as follows: 
Date of entry into force plus 18 months – the date should be the 1st day of the following 
month.]  
 
This Regulation shall be binding in  its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
 For the Commission 
 The President  Jean-Claude Juncker