. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/348 
10 August 2010  
 (10-4262) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  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:  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 (80 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (notified unde r reference 
G/TBT/N/EEC/163) on clas sification, labelling and packagi ng of substances and mixtures 
("the CLP Regulation") harmonise s the provisions and criteria  for the classification and 
labelling of substances, mixtures a nd certain specific articles within the Union.  It takes into 
account the classification criter ia and labelling rules of the Globally Harmonised System of 
Classification and Labell ing of Chemicals (the 'GHS').  The main purpose of this draft 
Commission Regulation is to adapt the Annexes of the CLP Regulation to  the 3rd revision of 
the GHS and to clarify certain technical pr ovisions 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/EEC/348 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the 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:PDF
 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    February 2011  
March 2011.  The provision s of this Regulation 
shall apply to substances by 1 December 2012 and to mixtures by 1 June 2015. 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification. 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [  ], or addre ss, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 
E-mail:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu 
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/ 
  
And can also be downloaded here: http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/tbt/eec/10_3087_00_e.pdf