EU - Amendment on the List of Harmonized Classification and Labelling of Hazardous Substances

​The amendment is to introduce harmonized classification and labelling of certain substances and to update or delete the harmonized classification and labelling of certain other substances have been submitted to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) pursuant to Article 37 of CLP Regulation. The Committee for Risk Assessment of ECHA (RAC) adopted the amendment after having taken account of the comments received from the parties concerned.

Therefore, table 3 of Part 3 of Annex VI to CLP Regulation containing the list of harmonized classification and labelling of hazardous substances is amended based on the Annex of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/692.

Compliance with the new or updated harmonized classifications should not be required immediately as a certain period of time is necessary to allow suppliers to adapt the labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures to the new or updated classifications and to sell existing stocks subject to the pre-existing regulatory requirements. Therefore, the enforcement date of the amendment sets on November 23, 2023.