G/TBT/N/EU/289  
 
19 June 2015  
(15-3177)  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 telephon e 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: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/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 applic able, 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 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 (4 pages + 123 pages of 
annexes, 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 labellin g of substances, mixtures and certain specific 
articles within the Union. It takes into account the classification criteria and labelling rules 
of the Globally Harmonised System of Cla ssification and Labelling of Chemicals (the 
"GHS").  
The main purpose of this draft Commission Regulation is to adapt the Annexes of the CLP 
Regulation to the 5th revision of the GHS and to clarify certain technical provisions and 
criteria in the Annexes. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: High level of protection of human health and the environment and the free 
circulation of goods in the EU internal market. 
8. Relevant documents: Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council of 19 December 2008 on classifica tion, 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. http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:353:0001:1355:EN:PDF  G/TBT/N/EU/289 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 4th quarter 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force: 20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the 
EU (about a month after adoption). It shall apply 18 months after its entry into force. 
10. Final date for comments: 60 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 Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/tbt/  
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