Aids to working with the EU GHS Regulation

GHS of the United Nations

The United Nations' "Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)" forms the basis for the harmonization worldwide of regulations for the classification and labelling of hazardous substances and hazardous goods, and for the worldwide harmonization of the national and regional systems for classification and labelling:

• UN-GHS ("Purple Book“) in its 4^th revised edition (2011)
• GHS pictograms

EU GHS

The UN GHS is a recommendation which must be implemented by the individual countries with binding force. In the EU, the GHS has been introduced with binding force in the form of an EU Regulation which came into force on 20 January 2009.

GHS Regulation

Consolidated version including 1^st and 2^nd amendments and corrigendum. 

The list below contains the individual regulations. They are all included in the consolidated version.

GHS Regulation

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

Text of Regulation for download from Official Journal L353 of 31.12.2008

1^st amendment

Commission Regulation (EC) No 790/2009 of 10 August 2009 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures

Text of 1^st amendment for download from Official Journal L235 of 05.09.2009

Text of corrigendum for download from Official Journal L16 of 20.01.2011

2^nd amendment

Commission Regulation (EC) No 286/2011 of 10 March 2011 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific pro-gress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures

Text of 2^nd amendment for download from Official Journal L83 of 30.03.2011

Text of 1^st corrigendum for download from Official Journal L138 of 26.05.2011

Text of 2 ^nd corrigendum for download from Official Journal L246 of 23.09.2011 (in German only)

3^rd amendment

Commission Regulation (EU) No 618/2012 of 10 July 2012 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures

Text of 3^rd amendment for download from Official Journal L179 of 11.07.2012