Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) 2024/2865 as regards dates of application and transitional provisions
Date: 2025-07-08
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: advertising, chemical product, classification, dangerous substance, distance selling, environmental protection, fuel, labelling, packaging, public health

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Strasbourg, 8.7.2025  COM(2025) 526 final 2025/0526 (COD)  Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) 2024/2865 as regards dates of application and transitional provisions  (Text with EEA relevance) {SWD(2025) 531 final}  
 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

1. 

CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 

1.1. 

Reasons for and objectives of the proposal 

The  chemical  industry  is  one  of  the  most  strategically  significant  sectors  in  the  European 
Union, forming the backbone of numerous industrial ecosystems and playing a pivotal role in 
innovation,  employment,  and  sustainable  growth.  As  the  EU  advances  its  twin  transition 
towards climate neutrality and digital leadership, the resilience and global competitiveness of 
this sector have become even more essential. 

Regulatory burdens are one of the two top problems named by businesses operating in the EU 
when it comes to the investment climate. The high-level reports of Enrico Letta1 and Mario 
Draghi  placed  the  reduction  of  the  regulatory  burdens  and  simplification  of  EU  legislation 
among  the  top  priorities.  Overregulation  is  seen  by  more  than  60%  of  EU  companies  as  an 
obstacle to investment, with 55% of SMEs naming regulatory obstacles and the administrative 
burden as their greatest challenge2. 
In  her  political  guidelines  for  the  European  Commission’s  2024–2029  mandate3,  President 
von der Leyen outlined a vision focused on driving sustainable prosperity and strengthening 
competitiveness  across  Europe.  Central  to  this  vision  are  efforts  to  streamline  business 
operations and further integrate the Single Market. 
Complementing this, the European Commission’s better regulation agenda4 seeks to enhance 
the  competitiveness  of  EU  businesses  by  ensuring  that  legislation  achieves  its  goals 
efficiently, without placing undue burdens on stakeholders. 
Following those commitments, the European Commission put forward an initiative5 aiming at 
simplifying and streamlining certain requirements and procedures for chemical products laid 
down  in  Regulation  (EC)  No 1272/2008  on  classification,  labelling  and  packaging  of 
substances  and  mixtures6  (‘CLP  Regulation’),  Regulation  (EC)  No 1223/2009  on  cosmetic 
products7 and Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 laying down rules on the making available on the 
market  of  EU  fertilising  products8  identified  as  particularly  burdensome  by  industry  and 

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letta.pdf. 
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https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en#paragraph_47059, p. 18. 
Political guidelines for the next European Commission 2024-2029, available at: 
https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/e6cd4328-673c-4e7a-8683-f63ffb2cf648_en. 
Better  regulation:  Joining  forces  to  make  better  laws,  COM(2021)  219  final,  available  at:  https://eur-
lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2021:219:FIN. 
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) 
No 1272/2008,  (EC)  No 1223/2009  and  (EU)  2019/1009  as  regards  simplification  of  certain 
requirements and procedures for chemical products, COM(2025) 531. 
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, amending and repealing Directives 
67/548/EEC  and  1999/45/EC,  and  amending  Regulation  (EC)  No 1907/2006  (OJ  L  353,  31.12.2008, 
p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2008/1272/oj). 
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 
on 
ELI: 
(recast) 
http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1223/oj). 
Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 laying down 
rules on the making available on the market of EU fertilising products and amending Regulations (EC) 

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authorities. These provisions would benefit from regulatory streamlining and modernisation, 
which would make chemical legislation more efficient and cost-effective for industry, while at 
the same time ensuring a high level of protection of human health and the environment. 

With regard to the CLP Regulation, which requires economic operators to classify, label and 
package  their  hazardous  chemicals  appropriately  before  placing  them  on  the  market,  the 
initiative is seeking to simplify the formatting rules laid down for the labelling of hazardous 
chemicals  and  make  them  more  flexible.  This  includes  rules  on  mandatory  minimum  font 
sizes  and  line  spacing,  which  were  identified  being  particularly  burdensome  and  costly  for 
industry9. It also aims to clarify rules on derogations from labelling requirements for smaller 
packages and rules on the labelling of fuel pumps. To alleviate the burden on businesses and 
improve  the  free  circulation  of  substances  and  mixtures  in  the  internal  market  without 
undermining the protection of human health and the environment, the initiative also seeks to 
reduce  the  scope  of  provisions  on  advertisements  and  distance  sales  that  relate  to  products 
placed on the market for the general public, taking into account the fact that Regulation (EC) 
No 1907/200610  (‘REACH’)  already  provides  clear  obligations  on  information  flows  in 
professional  supply  chains  for  substances  and  mixtures.  Furthermore,  it  seeks  to  loosen 
obligations for advertisements of hazardous substances and mixtures by reducing the amount 
of information to be provided. In addition, it suggests removing the fixed six-month deadline 
for updating the label, while maintaining the more flexible requirement to ensure the label is 
updated  without  undue  delay,  as  the  period  of  six  months  appeared  to  be  impossible  to 
comply with in the complex supply chains.  Finally, it proposes to broaden the use of digital 
labelling, allowing more pieces of information to be provided on the digital label only. 

The current  proposal  aims  to postpone the dates  of application of the  mandatory formatting 
requirements,  provisions  on  advertisements  and  distance  sales,  obligations  laying  down  six-
month deadlines for the label update and rules on the labelling of fuel pumps introduced by 
Regulation  (EU)  2024/286511  to  provide  legal  certainty  for  businesses  and  to  avoid  having 
different  application  dates  for  the  same  type  of  obligations  imposed  on  businesses  by  two 
amending acts to the CLP Regulation. 

1.2. 

Consistency with existing policy provisions in the policy area 

The proposal is part of a package of measures on simplification that aim to streamline certain 
procedures  and  reduce  administrative  burden  and  costs  for  industries  to  ensure  a  well-
functioning Single Market for chemicals while ensuring the same level of protection of human 
health and of the environment.  

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No 1069/2009  and  (EC)  No 1107/2009  and  repealing  Regulation  (EC)  No 2003/2003  (OJ  L  170, 
25.6.2019, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/1009/oj).  
Staff  working  document  accompanying  the  document  proposal  for  a  Regulation  of  the  European 
Parliament  and  of  the  Council  amending  Regulations  (EC)  No 1272/2008,  (EC)  No 1223/2009  and 
(EU) 2019/1009 as regards simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products, 
SWD(2025) 531, p. 14. 
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), 
establishing  a  European  Chemicals  Agency,  amending  Directive  1999/45/EC  and  repealing  Council 
Regulation  (EEC)  No  793/93  and  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  1488/94  as  well  as  Council 
Directive  76/769/EEC  and  Commission  Directives  91/155/EEC,  93/67/EEC,  93/105/EC  and 
2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1907/oj).  
Regulation  (EU)  2024/2865  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  23 October  2024 
amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and 
mixtures (OJ L, 2024/2865, 20.11.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2865/oj).  

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This  proposal  contains  provisions that are intended to  reduce the burden  for Member States 
and industry, with the aim of making the three amended pieces of legislation easier to apply 
and less burdensome. 

1.3. 

Consistency with other EU policies 

Under the regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT), the Commission ensures 
that  its  legislation  is  fit  for  purpose,  is  tailored  to  the  needs  of  stakeholders  and  minimises 
burdens  while  achieving  its  objectives.  This  proposal  is  therefore  part  of  the  REFIT 
programme, aimed at reducing reporting burdens arising from EU legislation. 

This proposal is part of a series of simplification packages. 

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LEGAL BASIS, SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY 

2.1. 

Legal basis 

This  proposal  has  as  its  legal  basis  Article 114  of  the  Treaty  on  the  Functioning  of  the 
European Union in line with the original legal bases for the adoption of the legal acts which 
this proposal aims to amend. 

2.2. 

Subsidiarity (for non-exclusive competence) 

The Regulation (EU) 2024/2865 was adopted at EU level. Accordingly, amendments to this 
regulation need to be made at EU level. 

2.3. 

Proportionality 

The initiative does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve the objectives of simplification 
and burden reduction without lowering the protection of human health and environment. 

2.4. 

Choice of the instrument 

This proposal amends Regulation (EU) 2024/2865 adopted by ordinary legislative procedure 
and  therefore  the  amendments  of  that  Regulation  need  to  be  adopted  by  a  regulation  in 
accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure. 

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RESULTS 
CONSULTATIONS AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS 

EVALUATIONS, 

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STAKEHOLDER 

3.1. 

Ex post evaluations/fitness checks of existing legislation 

This  proposal  is  accompanied  by  a  Commission  staff  working  document  that  includes  a 
detailed overview of the impact of provisions of chemical legislation that are proposed to be 
amended. It also provides an analysis of the positive impacts of the proposed measures, based 
on existing  data, information gathered during the various Reality  Checks and written inputs 
received  from  stakeholders,  also  taking  into  account  previous  analyses,  such  as  the  Fitness 
Check  of  the  most  relevant  chemicals  legislation  and  the  impact  assessment  for  the  CLP 
revision. 

3.2. 

Stakeholder consultations 

Various  suggestions  for  simplifying  or  clarifying  certain  provisions  of  chemical  legislation 
and  removing  the  excessive  administrative  burden  stemming  from  these  provisions  have 

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emerged  through  stakeholders’  proposals  for  the  simplification  of  European  chemical 
legislation12. 

On 16 May 2025, the European Commission held a Reality Check, aiming to gather practical 
feedback on the revised CLP  Regulation. It was held  online and draw over 570 participants 
from  industry,  consumer  and  environmental  groups,  legal  practitioners,  and  national 
authorities.  The  event  focused  on  identifying  opportunities  for  simplification  following  the 
adoption of Regulation (EU) 2024/2865, while keeping the same level of protection of human 
health and of the  environment. Stakeholders  were invited to  share  concrete experiences  and 
proposals  on  how  to  make  the  new  rules  more  workable,  particularly  in  operational  and 
multilingual contexts.  

Among various suggestions of stakeholders, strong calls to ‘stop the clock’ on implementation 
of  certain  provisions  of  Regulation  2024/2865  that  create  excessive  administrative  burden 
were  repeated  throughout  the  discussion.  Stakeholders  highlighted  the  need  to  ensure  legal 
clarity for businesses until any Commission proposal for the revision of those rules is agreed 
by co-legislators 

3.3. 

Collection and use of expertise 

Different  suggestions  for  clarifying  certain  provisions  of  chemical  legislation  and  removing 
the  excessive  administrative  burden  stemming  from  these  provisions  have  emerged  through 
stakeholders’  proposals  for  simplification  of  European  chemical  legislation.  Furthermore,  in 
response  to  the  Reality  Checks  mentioned  above,  the  Commission  received  more  than  150 
detailed position papers  from  stakeholders, supporting the views expressed during the event 
and providing  additional suggestions, data and  costs estimates. Detailed  summaries of these 
consultation  activities  and  the  input  received  are  attached  to  the  staff  working  document 
accompanying this proposal. 

3.4. 

Impact assessment 

Given the urgent need to reduce administrative burden and excessive costs for businesses and 
the lack of policy options, it has not been possible to prepare a full impact assessment.  

However,  following  better  regulation  principles,  this  proposal  is  accompanied  by  a 
Commission  staff  working  document  that  includes  an  analysis  of  the  proposed  measures, 
based on existing data, inputs received from stakeholders and previous analyses, such as the 
Fitness  Check  of  the  most  relevant  chemicals  legislation  and  the  impact  assessment  for  the 
CLP revision. 

3.5. 

 Regulatory fitness and simplification 

This  proposal  is  part  of  the  European  Commission’s  commitment  to  lighten  the  regulatory 
burden for people, businesses and administrations in the EU to boost prosperity and resilience 
of  the  EU.  The  proposal  aims  to  provide  legal  clarity  for  businesses  and  ensure  that  rules 
imposed  by  different  EU  acts  to  the  same  type  of  obligations  are  consistently  taking  effect 
from the same date. 

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For  example:  Cefic,  Towards  a  simpler,  faster  and  more  supportive  legislative  framework  to  help 
restore  Europe’s  competitiveness,  p. 2,  available  at  https://cefic.org/resources/cefic-views-towards-a-
simpler-faster-and-more-supportive-legislative-framework-to-help-restore-europes-competitiveness/; 
VCI,  Omnibus  proposal,  p. 4,  available  at  https://www.vci.de/ergaenzende-downloads/vci-sectorial-
omnibus-chemical-industry.pdf;  Business  Europe,  Reducing  regulatory  burden  to  restore  EU’s 
https://www.businesseurope.eu/wp-
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3.6. 

Fundamental rights 

The proposal respects the fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights 
of  the  European  Union13  and  adheres  to  the  principles  recognised  therein.  The  reduction  of 
administrative burden on companies should lead to societal gains in terms of wealth creation, 
employment and innovation.  At the same time, the proposal  seeks to  ensure  a high  level  of 
protection of human health and of the environment. 

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BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS 

This initiative will not imply any additional costs for the Commission.  

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OTHER ELEMENTS 

5.1. 

Implementation plans and monitoring, evaluation and reporting arrangements 

The  Commission  will  monitor  the  implementation  and  application  of  new  provisions  and 
compliance with them. This proposal does not require an implementation plan. 

5.2. 

Detailed explanation of the specific provisions of the proposal 

The proposal amends Article 2 of the Regulation (EU) 2024/2865 that sets the dates of entry 
into force and entry into application of the provisions of that Regulation. 

Provisions  amending  Article 30  laying  down  timelines  for  relabelling,  Article 48  on 
advertisements,  Article 48a  on  distance  sales  and  provisions  on  labelling  of  fuel  pumps  in 
Annex II are removed from the list of provisions that will apply as of 1 July 2026 as outlined 
in paragraph 2 of Article 2.  

Similarly, provisions amending Article 31(3) and relevant sections of Annex I on mandatory 
formatting  requirements  are  removed  from  the  list  of  provisions  that  will  apply  as  of 
1 January 2027 as outlined in paragraph 3 of Article 2.  

A new paragraph 3a is inserted in Article 2 laying down a new application date of 1 January 
2028 for all abovementioned provisions. 

Consequently,  the  provisions  that  are  subject  to  extended  deferred  application  dates  are 
removed  from  the  provision  that  allows  the  voluntary  application  of  the  provisions  of 
Regulation  (EU)  2024/2865  before  their  entry  into  application  in  paragraphs  4  and  5  of 
Article 2,  and  moved  to  a  new  paragraph  5a,  aligning  the  date  of  the  application  of  that 
provision with the new deferred application date. 

The application dates of other provisions of Regulation (EU) 2024/2865 remain unchanged. 

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2025/0526 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

amending Regulation (EU) 2024/2865 as regards dates of application and transitional 
provisions 

(Text with EEA relevance) 

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  on  the  Functioning  of  the  European  Union,  and  in  particular 
Article 114 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, 

After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national Parliaments, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee1, 

Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

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Regulation (EC)  No 1272/2008  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council2 
contains certain requirements as regards the classification, labelling, and packaging of 
hazardous substances and mixtures. That Regulation was amended by Regulation (EU) 
2024/2865  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council3,  which  inter  alia 
introduced specific rules on the formatting of labels, deadlines for relabelling in case 
of  classification  changes,  information  requirements  for  advertisements  and  distance 
sales  offers  and  labelling  requirements  for  fuelling  stations.  Article 2  of  Regulation 
(EU) 2024/2865 deferred the date of application of those rules. 
The 2024 Draghi report4 highlighted that the number and the complexity of rules risk 
limiting  the  room  for  manoeuvre  for  Union  undertakings  and  preventing  them  from 
remaining  competitive.  A  detailed  analysis  of  Regulation  (EC)  No 1272/20085  also 

OJ C [...], [...], p. [...] 
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, amending and repealing Directives 
67/548/EEC  and  1999/45/EC,  and  amending  Regulation  (EC)  No  1907/2006  (OJ  L  353,  31.12.2008, 
p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2008/1272/oj). 
Regulation  (EU)  2024/2865  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  23  October  2024 
amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and 
mixtures (OJ L, 2024/2865, 20.11.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2865/oj). 
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on 
https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en#paragraph_47059  
Detailed analysis of costs associated with new formatting requirements is provided in the Staff Working 
Document Accompanying the document Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of 
the  Council  amending  Regulations  (EC)  No  1272/2008,  (EC)  No  1223/2009  and  (EU)  2019/1009  as 

by  Mario  Draghi 

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pointed  to  excessive  administrative  burden  and  costs  associated  with  requirements 
introduced by Regulation (EU) 2024/2865. Based on those findings, the Commission 
has laid down a proposal to simplify certain requirements and procedures for chemical 
products6. That proposal is, inter alia, intended to better balance, on the one hand, the 
need  for  label  information  to  be  clearly  understood  by  consumers  and,  on  the  other 
hand,  the  need  to  reduce  market  barriers  and  administrative  burden  for  industry7.  In 
light  of  that  proposal,  it  is  necessary  to  further  defer  the  obligations  on  label 
formatting,  advertisements,  distance sales offers  and relabelling  that were introduced 
by  Regulation  (EU)  2024/2865.  Such  further  deferral  would  enable  economic 
operators to prepare for changes to the formatting and labelling requirements, as well 
as  new  information  requirements  for  advertisements  and  distance  sales  offers 
envisaged in the Commission’s proposal. 

Regulation  (EU)  2024/2865  introduced  specific  provisions  for  the  labelling  of  fuels 
supplied at fuelling stations. However, certain requirements, including the requirement 
to  indicate  the  supplier,  the  nominal  quantity,  and  the  unique  formula  identifier, 
appeared  to  be  impractical  and  costly  for  undertakings,  without  bringing  benefits  to 
the protection of human health and the environment. For that reason, the Commission 
proposal as regards simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical 
products  intends  to  modify  those  requirements  to  make  them  more  apt  by  removing 
unnecessary  and  burdensome  labelling  requirements.  In  light  of  those  anticipated 
modifications,  it  is  appropriate  to  further  defer  the  date  of  application  of  those 
requirements.  

Article 2(4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2024/2865 contain transitional provisions that 
enable undertakings to apply the provisions introduced by that Regulation before the 
dates of their application on a voluntary basis. To ensure consistency with the longer 
deferral and to provide legal clarity for economic operators, it is necessary to amend 
the  dates  of  application  of  those  transitional  provisions  on  mandatory  formatting 
requirements,  relabelling,  advertisements,  distance  offers  and  labelling  of  fuelling 
stations and align those dates with the extended deferred applicability dates. 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

To  ensure  a  high  level  of  protection  of  human  health  and  the  environment,  the 
application  dates  of  other  provisions  of  Regulation  (EU)  2024/2865  should  remain 
unchanged.  

(6) 

Regulation (EU) 2024/2865 should therefore be amended accordingly, 

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regards simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products,  SWD(2025) 531, 
p. 14. 
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) 
No 1272/2008,  (EC)  No 1223/2009  and  (EU)  2019/1009  as  regards  simplification  of  certain 
requirements and procedures for chemical products, COM(2025) 531. 
Communication  from  the  Commission  to  the  European  Parliament,  the  Council,  the  European 
Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions The Single Market: our European 
home  market  in  an  uncertain  world,  a  strategy  for  making  the  Single  Market  simple,  seamless  and 
strong, COM(2025) 500 final, p. 10: 
https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/document/download/d92c78d0-7d47-4a16-b53f-
1cead54bcb49_en?filename=Communication%20-%20Single%20Market%20Strategy.pdf. 

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HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2024/2865 

Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2024/2865 is amended as follows: 

(1) 

paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: 

‘2.  Article 1,  point  (3)(b),  Article 1,  points  (4)  to  (7),  Article 1,  point  (12)(a), 
Article 1,  point  (13),  Article 1,  points  (15)(a)  and  (b),  Article 1,  points  (17),  (18), 
(22) and (23), points (4), (8), (10) and (11) of Annex I and point (1) of Annex II shall 
apply from 1 July 2026.’; 

(2) 

paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: 

‘3. Article 1, points (1) and (9), Article 1, points (24)(b) and (d) and Annex IV shall 
apply from 1 January 2027’; 

(3) 

the following paragraph 3a is added: 

‘3a. Article 1, points (14), (15)(c), (26) and (27), points (2) and (3) of Annex I and 
point (2) of Annex II shall apply from 1 January 2028’; 

(4) 

paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: 

‘4.  By  way  of  derogation  from  Article 5,  Article 6(3)  and  (4),  Article 9(3)  and  (4), 
Article 10, Article 25(3), Articles 29, Article 31(1), Article 35, Article 40(1) and (2), 
Article 42(1),  third  subparagraph  of  Regulation  (EC)  No 1272/2008,  section  1.2.1, 
section 1.5.1.2 and section 1.5.2.4.1 of Annex I and Part 3 of Annex II to Regulation 
(EC) No 1272/2008 as applicable on 9 December 2024, substances and mixtures may 
until  30 June  2026  be  classified,  labelled  and  packaged  in  accordance  with 
Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 as amended by Article 1, points (4) to (7), Article 1, 
point (12)(a), Article 1, point (13), Article 1, point (15)(a) and  (b), Article 1, points 
(18)  and  (22),  Article 1,  point  (23)(a)  and  points  (4),  (8)  and  (10)  of  Annex  I  and 
point (1) of Annex II to this Regulation.’; 

(5) 

paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: 

‘5.  By  way  of  derogation  from  Article 1(1),  18(3)(b),  Article 45(1)  and  (3)  of 
Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and part A, section 1 of Annex VIII, part A, section 
2.1, of Annex VIII, part A, the first subparagraph of section 2.4 of Annex VIII, Part 
B, section 1 of Annex VIII, Part B, the third paragraph of section 3.1 of Annex VIII, 
Part B, section 3.6 of Annex VIII, Part B, the first row of Table 3 of section 3.7 of 
Annex VIII, Part B, the first paragraph of section 4.1 of Annex VIII, Part C, sections 
1.2  and  1.4  of  Annex  VIII,  and  Part  D,  sections  1,  2  and  3  of  Annex  VIII  to 
Regulation  (EC)  No 1272/2008  as  applicable  on  9 December  2024,  substances  and 
mixtures  may  until  31 December  2026  be  classified,  labelled  and  packaged  in 
accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 as amended by Article 1, points (1) 
and  (9),  Article 1,  point  (24)(b)  and  (d)  of  this  Regulation  and  Annex  IV  to  this 
Regulation.’; 

(6) 

the following paragraph is added: 

‘5a.  By  way  of  derogation  from  Article 30,  Article 31(3),  Article 48  of  Regulation 
(EC) No 1272/2008, section 1.2.1 of Annex I and Part 5 of Annex II to Regulation 
(EC) No 1272/2008 as applicable on 9 December 2024, substances and mixtures may 

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until  31 December  2027  be  classified,  labelled  and  packaged  in  accordance  with 
Regulation  (EC)  No 1272/2008  as  amended  by  Article 1,  points  (14),  (15)(c)  and 
(26), points (2) and (3) of Annex I and point (2) of Annex II to this Regulation.’. 

Article 2 

Entry into force 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union. 

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 

Done at Strasbourg, 

For the European Parliament 
The President 
[...] 

For the Council 
The President 
[...] 

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