Introductory Guidance on the CLP Regulation - ECHA - Europa

Basic guidance to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on Classification, Labelling and Packaging of substances and mixtures
6. DSD / DPD and CLP – key terms compared
Getting started
1. Introduction
2. Roles and
obligations under
CLP
3. Preparing for CLP
4. Transition to CLP
Terms used for classification and labelling
You will find that the terms used in CLP are very similar to those used in the DSD and
DPD but not identical. To help you to better understand CLP, Table 6.1 presents the
key terms from the DSD and DPD beside their CLP equivalent ( see glossary in
Annex 2 to this guidance).
Table 6.1: Key terms - DSD and DPD as compared to CLP
Terms Used DSD / DPD CLP
5. Similarities and
differences to DSD /
DPD
6. DSD / DPD and
CLP – key terms
compared
Hazard
classification
Hazard
communication
Follow-up to
classification
Mixture/s
Preparation/s
Term not used in DPD; identical
to definition of ‘preparation’ in
DPD (DPD Article 2)
Definition: “Mixtures or solutions
This term means the same as
“preparation” under DPD;
Definition: “A mixture or solution
composed of two or more
substances” (CLP Article 2(8)).
The CLP definition of a mixture
differs slightly from that of the UN
GHS which may well be applied
outside of the EU
Term not used in CLP; identical
REACH and EU
downstream
legislation
composed of two or more
substances” (DPD Article 2)
to definition of ‘mixtures’ in CLP
Hazardous Term not used in DSD or DPD A substance or a mixture fulfilling
the criteria relating to physical
hazards, health hazards or
environmental hazards, laid down
in CLP Annex I, is hazardous
(CLP Article 3)
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