When must EU SDSs be converted to GHS?

                                                                                         

Manufacturers and suppliers in a supply industry chain will collaborate in order to be able to meet the required deadline for Classification, Labeling and Packaging (CLP) set out in the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) regulations. They can work together in order to handle the transition from an EU SDSs to the GHS conversion, in order for the substances and mixtures to be placed on the market.

As stated in GHS regulation Article 61:

1.Until 1 December 2010, substances shall be classified, labeled and packaged in accordance with Directive 67/548/EEC.

Until 1 June 2015, mixtures shall be classified, labeled and packaged in accordance with Directive 1999/45/EC.

2.Substances and mixtures may, before 1 December 2010 and 1 June 2015 respectively, be classified, labeled and packaged in accordance with GHS regulation. In that case, the provisions on labeling and packaging in Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC shall not apply.

3.From 1 December 2010 until 1 June 2015, substances shall be classified in accordance with both Directive 67/548/EEC and the GHS regulation. They shall be labeled and packaged in accordance with the GHS regulation.

4.Substances classified, labeled and packaged in accordance with 67/548/EEC and already placed on the market before 1 December 2010, are not required to be relabeled and repackaged in accordance with the GHS regulation until 1 December 2012.

Mixtures classified, labeled and packaged in accordance with Directive 1999/45/EC and already placed on the market before 1 June 2015 are not required to be relabeled and repackaged in accordance with the GHS regulation until 1 June 2017.

5.Where a substance or a mixture has been classified in accordance with Directive 67/548/EEC or 1999/45/EC before 1 December 2010 or 1 June 2015 respectively, manufacturers, importers and downstream users may amend the classification of the substance or mixture using the conversation table in Annex VII of the GHS regulation.

Suppliers are given the option to cooperate through formation of a network to share data and expertise when classifying substances and mixtures, where they will identify the available information for the purpose of determining whether the substance or mixture entails a physical, health or environmental hazard. The information which is provided for observation and classification of a chemical compound will relate to the forms of physical states in which the substance is placed on the market and is used.

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