. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/EU/52 
23 July 2012  
 (12-4012) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Chemicals.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Regulation amending, for the purposes of its adap tation to technical and scientific progress, 
Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on 
classification, labelling and packaging of substanc es and mixtures (73 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and 
packaging of substances and mixtures ("the CLP Regulation") harmonises the provisions and 
criteria for the classification and labelling of s ubstances, mixtures and ce rtain specific articles 
within the Union. It takes into account the cl assification criteria and labelling rules of the 
Globally Harmonised System of Classificati on and Labelling of Chemicals (the "GHS").  
The main purpose of this draft Commission Regul ation is to adapt the Annexes of the CLP 
Regulation to the 4th revision of the GHS and to clarify certain te chnical provisions and 
criteria in the Annexes.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
High level of protection of human health and the environment and the free circulation of 
goods in the internal market.  G/TBT/N/EU/52 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of th e European Parliament and of the 
Council of 19 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and 
mixtures, amending and repealing Directiv es 67/548/EEC and 19 99/45/EC, and amending 
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ :L:2008:353:0001:1355:EN:PD F 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    1st Quarter 2013 
20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the EU (about a month after adoption). It 
shall apply from December 2014 to substances 
and from June 2015 to mixtures 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  mailto:ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/tbt/EEC/12_2818_00_e.pdf