G/TBT/N/EU/966  
17 April 2023  
(23-2699) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government 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 Comm ission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CC CN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Hazardous 
substances and mixtures   
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for a 
Regulation of the Eur opean Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 
1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and 
packaging of substances and mixtures (COM(2022) 748 final); (54 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of  content:  This Proposal concerns a targeted revision of Regulation (EC) 
No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on 
classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP) by clarifying 
certain provisi ons, by adding new provisions to simplify labelling, by adapting the 
Regulation to new market trends as online sales and digital labelling, by introducing 
classification rules for multi -constituent substances and by referring to new hazard classes 
as well as streamlining some procedures.  
Amongst the new provisions, one is aiming at ensuring that all chemicals are compliant 
with the requirements under the CLP, including when placed on the market in the EU via 
online sales. The draft provision will require that companies placing chemicals on the EU 
market are either an EU supplier themselves or designate one.  
In addition, some labelling requirements have been simplified (e.g. through an extended 
possibility to use fold -out labels) while others were a dapted to new modes of sales (bulk 
sales, refill sales).  G/TBT/N/EU/966  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   
Although in general the CLP works well, after 14 years of existence, it needed to be 
adapted to a changing econ omic and scientific environment.  
The overall objective is to improve the protection of human health and the environment. 
The new provisions referred to above are aimed to ensure that these objectives can be 
fulfilled irrespective of the means of sale (onli ne) and that the requirements can be better 
enforced.  
Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
Commission Staff Working Document Impact Assessment Report Accompanying the 
document Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council 
amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52022SC0434&qid=1673279379748  
Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 
December 2008 on classif ication, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, 
amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending 
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006  
EUR-Lex - 32008R1272 - EN - EUR-Lex (europa.eu)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1st quarter 2024  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU (Certain provisions shall apply upon entry into force  whereas others shall apply 
from the first day of the month following 18 months after the date of entry into force of 
this Regulation – most of the latter may be applied earlier on a voluntary basis)  
10. Final date for comments:  90 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM%3A2022%3A748%3AFIN&qid=1671458231169  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/EEC/23_9012_00_e.pdf