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What is CLP Regulation ?

What is CLP Regulation ?. ✔ It is the new European Regulation on C lassification, L abelling and P ackaging of chemical substances and mixtures. ✔ CLP is about the of chemical substances and mixtures and how to inform others about them. hazards.

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What is CLP Regulation ?

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  1. What is CLP Regulation ? ✔It is the new European Regulation on Classification, Labelling and Packaging of chemical substances and mixtures. ✔CLP is about the of chemical substances and mixtures and how to inform others about them. hazards ✔CLP will completely replace the actual Dangerous Substance Directive until June 2015

  2. What is changing ? The most important is the change in the labeling symbols : Instead of the hazard symbols with black printing on orange rectangles, now nine hazard pictogramms are used to provide warnings. Symbols Pictograms The previous nomenclature : toxic, irritant, corosive… has been replaced by two “signals words” : Danger or Warning R and S sentences have been replaced by H and P (Hazard and Precautionary)

  3. What is changing ? With the new regulation there are now classes : • Five classes for physical dangers • Four classes for health hazards • One classe for environnemental dangers Classes can be divided (six divisions for flammable…)

  4. Classes for Physical dangers Flammable Oxidising Gases under pressure Corrosive to metals Explosive

  5. Classes for Health hazards Germ cell mutagenicity, reproductive toxicity, Respiratory sensitisation Acute toxicity (category 4), irritation Skin corrosion, serious eye damage Acute toxicity (categories 1,2 and 3)

  6. Classe for Environmental hazards Hazardous to the aquatic environment

  7. Hazards categories different categories may exist, depending on the danger (Categories 1,2,3 and 4) For one hazard classe (acute toxicity, skin corrosion…),

  8. Statements On the label, there are sentences, = word grouped to express commands Two kinds of statements

  9. ‘Old’ Labelling CLP labeling In summary…

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