Introductory Guidance on the CLP Regulation - ECHA - Europa

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Basic guidance to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on Classification, Labelling and Packaging of substances and mixtures 10. Sources of information Getting started Hazard classification 7. General features of classification 8. Using harmonised classifications 9. Using the translation tables 10. Sources of information 11. The role of testing in CLP 12. Classifying substances 13. Classifying mixtures Hazard communication Follow-up to classification REACH and EU downstream legislation Where to find information You will need to gather information about the properties of your substance or mixture in order to classify and label it. This section provides you with guidance on where to find such information ( for additional sources of useful information, see Annex 3 to this guidance document). Search in-house In case you have to classify a substance or mixture in compliance with one of the roles set out in section 2 of this guidance document, you may already have classified it under DSD or DPD. You can then check what kind of information or data are already available in-house. REACH (substances) You can use the information you produce for compliance with REACH or you obtain through information sharing in a SIEF ( see also section 26 of this guidance document). In this situation, you may also refer to the ”<strong>Guidance</strong> on information requirements and chemical safety assessment”, in particular to section R.3, where collection of information is described in depth ( see also section 27 of this guidance document). You may also be able to obtain and use information for substances and mixtures evaluated under other Community legislation, such as that regulating biocidal products and plant protection products. As REACH also places a duty to communicate information on substances and mixtures up and down the supply chain, you should use the information given on Safety Data Sheets or consult the supplier/s of your substances. You will also be able to find relevant, non-confidential information on substances manufactured or imported into the EU on the Agency website (http://echa.europa.eu/reach/). Transport Directives (substances) Many of the UN GHS criteria (by hazard class), in particular those relating to physical hazards, are already implemented through the UN Model Regulations and related legal instruments (ADR, RID, ADN, IMDG Code and ICAO ( see Annex 2 to this guidance document)) regulating the transport of dangerous goods. You can use a 44
Basic guidance to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on Classification, Labelling and Packaging of substances and mixtures transport classification as one of your sources of information for the classification and labelling of your substance as far as it is not included in Annex VI to CLP. Before you use a transport classification, you should be aware of the following: • transport classifications do not include all of the GHS categories for physical, health and environmental hazards, so the absence of a transport classification for your substance does not mean that you should not classify it under CLP. In relation to physical hazards, this means that you may have to test in order to provide for the data which are necessary for an unambiguous classification according to CLP; • under transport legislation, sometimes special provisions are linked to the entries in the Dangerous Goods List (ADR, part 3) which have to be met in order to be classified in the respective class for transport. In these cases the classification for the purposes of supply and use might be different. Further to this, one substance even may have two different entries with two different classifications where one of the classifications is linked to one or more special provisions; and • transport classification may be based on another set of information than is required now by CLP to derive a CLP-compliant classification. Other information sources Information on the hazardous properties of substances can be sourced in databases which are accessible on the internet and in scientific journals. While section R.3.4 of the ”<strong>Guidance</strong> document on information requirements and chemical safety assessment” on the ECHA website lists quite a number of major available data bases and databanks (some are free of charge, but others require payment of a fee), you can find below a small selection of such sources. Please note that they may not present all sources available; any mention of a data source does not imply endorsement of its content. As to EU information and data sources, we would like to mention: • ESIS (European Chemical Substances Information System) on the website of the JRC Consumer Products Safety and Quality Unit website: http://ecb.jrc.it/esis/; and • EFSA (European Food Safety Authority, for active substances of plant protection products): http://www.efsa.europa.eu/EFSA/efsa_locale- 1178620753812_ScientificOpinionPublicationReport.htm 45
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