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 DIRECTIVE 2006/121/EC OF TH E EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 
AND OF THE COUNCIL 
of 18 December 2006 
amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC 
on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative 
provisions relating to the classifi cation, packaging and labelling of 
dangerous substances in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 
concerning the Registration, Evaluati on, Authorisation and Restriction 
of Chemicals (REACH) and establishing a European Chemicals Agency 
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE CO UNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Eu ropean Community, and in  particular Article 95 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee
1, 
After consulting the Committee of the Regions, Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty
2, 
                                                 
1 OJ C 294, 25.11.2005, p. 38. 
2 Opinion of the European Parliament of 17 November 2005 (OJ C 280 E, 18.11.2006, 
p. 440), Council Common Position of 27 June 2006 (OJ C 276 E, 14.11.2006, p. 252) and Position of the European Parliament of 13 D ecember 2006 (not yet published in the Official 
Journal).  
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 Whereas: 
In view of the adoption of  Regulation (EC) No 1907/20061, Directive 67/548/EEC2 should be 
adapted and its rules on the notification and risk assessment of chemicals deleted, 
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
Directive 67/548/EEC is he reby amended as follows: 
1) in Article 1, paragraph 1, points (a), (b) and (c) shall be deleted; 
2) in Article 2, paragraph 1, points (c),  (d), (f) and (g) shall be deleted; 
3) Article 3 shall be replaced by the following: 
"Article 3 
Testing and assessment of th e properties of substances  
Tests on substances carried out within the fram ework of this Directiv e shall be conducted 
according to the requirements of Article 13 of 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) and establishing a 
European Chemicals Agency
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* OJ L"; 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1. 
                                                 
1 See page 1 of this Official Journal. 
2 OJ 196, 16.8.1967, p. 1. Directive as last am ended by Commission Directive 2004/73/EC 
(OJ L 152, 30.4.2004, p. 1). Corrected in OJ L 216, 16.6.2004, p. 3. 
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 4) Article 5 shall be amended as follows: 
(a) in paragraph 1, the first subparagr aph shall be replaced by the following: 
"Member States shall take a ll the necessary measures to ensure that substances 
cannot be placed on the market on their own or  in preparations unless they have been 
packaged and labelled in accordance with Arti cles 22 to 25 of this Directive and with 
the criteria in Annex VI of this Direc tive, and, for registered substances, in 
accordance with the information obtained through the application of Articles 12 
and 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, save in the case of preparations where provisions exist in other Directives."; 
(b) paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following: 
"2. The measures referred to in the firs t subparagraph of para graph 1 shall apply 
until the substance is listed in Annex I or  until a decision not to list it has been 
taken in accordance with the proc edure laid down in Article 29."; 
5) Articles 7 to 15 shall be deleted; 6) Article 16 shall be deleted; 7) Articles 17 to 20 shall be deleted; 8) Article 27 shall be deleted; 
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 9) Article 32 shall be replaced by the following: 
 " Article 32 
References  
References to Annexes VII A, VII B, VII C, VII D and VIII of this Directive shall be 
construed as references to the corresponding Annexes VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XI of 
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006."; 
10) Annex V shall be deleted; 11) Annex VI shall be amended as follows: 
(a) in sections 1.6.2, 1.7.2, 1.7.3, 2.1, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.2.1, 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.2.5, 3.1.1, 
3.1.5.1, 3.1.5.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.5, 3.2.6.1, 3.2.6.2, 3.2.7.2, 4.2.3.3, 5.1.3, 9.1.1.1, 9.1.1.2, 9.3 and 9.5 of this Annex, the words "Annex V" and "Annex V to 
this Directive", shall be replaced by the words "the Commission Regulation on test 
methods as specified in Article 13( 2) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006"; 
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 (b) section 1.6.1, point (a) shall be replaced by the following: 
"(a) as regards substances for which the information specified in Annexes VI, VII 
and VIII of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 is required, most of the necessary 
data for classification and la belling appear in the base  set. This classification 
and labelling must be reviewed, if necessary, when further information is available (Annexes IX and X of  Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006);"; 
(c) in section 5.1, the second paragraph shall be replaced by the following: 
"The criteria set out below follow directly  from the test methods set out in the 
Commission Regulation on test methods as specified in Article 13(2) of 
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 in so far as  they are mentioned. The test methods 
required for the base set referred to in Annexes VII and VIII of Regulation (EC) 
No 1907/2006 are limited and the information derived from them may be insufficient 
for an appropriate classification. Classifi cation may require additional data derived 
from Annexes IX or X of Regulation (EC)  No 1907/2006 or other equivalent studies.  
Furthermore, classified substances may be s ubject to review in the light of other new 
data."; 
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 (d) in section 5.2.1.2, second paragraph, the second sentence shall be replaced by the 
following: 
"Such additional scientific evidence should normally be ba sed on the studies required 
by Annex IX of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, or studies of equivalent value, and 
could include:"; 
12) Annexes VII A, VII B, VII C, VII D and VIII shall be deleted.  
Article 2  
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and ad ministrative provisions 
necessary to comply with this  Directive with effect from 1 June 2008. They shall forthwith 
inform the Commission thereof. 
When Member States adopt these measures, they  shall contain a reference to this Directive 
or shall be accompanied by such reference on th e occasion of their official publication. The 
methods of making such reference shall be laid down by the Member States. 
2. Member States shall communicate to the Com mission the text of the main provisions of 
national law which they adopt in th e field covered by this Directive. 
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 Article 3  
This Directive shall enter into force on the twenti eth day following its publication in the Official 
Journal of the European Union. 
It shall apply from 1 June 2008. Notwithstanding the second paragra ph of this Article, Article 1 poi nt 6 shall apply from 1 August 
2008. 
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 18 December 2006. 
For the European Parliament For the Council 
The President The President 
J. BORRELL FONTELLES M. VANHANEN 
 
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