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 with EEA relevance) (c. 1272)

ANNEX II U.K. SPECIAL RULES FOR LABELLING AND PACKAGING OF CERTAIN SUBSTANCES AND MIXTURES

1. PART 1: SUPPLEMENTAL HAZARD INFORMATION U.K.

The statements set out in sections 1.1 and 1.2 shall be assigned in accordance with Article 25(1) to substances and mixtures classified for physical, health or environmental hazards.

1.1. Physical properties U.K.

F1 1.1.1. EUH001 — ‘Explosive when dry’ U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Deleted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/521 of 27 March 2019 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 with EEA relevance).

F2 1.1.2. EUH006 — ‘Explosive with or without contact with air’ U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F2 Deleted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 487/2013 of 8 May 2013 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 with EEA relevance).

[F3 1.1.1.] EUH014 — ‘Reacts violently with water’ U.K.

For substances and mixtures which react violently with water, such as acetyl chloride, alkali metals, titanium tetrachloride.

Textual Amendments

F3 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/521 of 27 March 2019 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 with EEA relevance).

[F3 1.1.2.] EUH018 — ‘In use, may form flammable/explosive vapour-air mixture’ U.K.

For substances and mixtures not classified as flammable themselves, which may form flammable/explosive vapour-air mixtures. For substances this might be the case for halogenated hydrocarbons and for mixtures this might be the case due to a volatile flammable component or due to the loss of a volatile non-flammable component.

[F3 1.1.3.] EUH019 — ‘May form explosive peroxides’ U.K.

For substances and mixtures which may form explosive peroxides during storage, such as diethyl ether, 1,4-dioxane.

[F3 1.1.4.] EUH044 — ‘Risk of explosion if heated under confinement’ U.K.

For substances and mixtures not in themselves classified as explosive in accordance with section 2.1 of Annex I, but which may nevertheless display explosive properties in practice if heated under sufficient confinement. In particular, substances which decompose explosively if heated in a steel drum do not show this effect if heated in less-strong containers.

1.2. Health properties U.K.

1.2.1. EUH029 — ‘Contact with water liberates toxic gas’ U.K.

For substances and mixtures which in contact with water or damp air, evolve gases classified for acute toxicity in category 1, 2 or 3 in potentially dangerous amounts, such as aluminium phosphide, phosphorus pentasulphide.

1.2.2. EUH031 — ‘Contact with acids liberates toxic gas’ U.K.

For substances and mixtures which react with acids to evolve gases classified for acute toxicity in category 3 in dangerous amounts, such as sodium hypochlorite, barium polysulphide.

1.2.3. EUH032 — ‘Contact with acids liberates very toxic gas’ U.K.

For substances and mixtures which react with acids to evolve gases classified for acute toxicity in category 1 or 2 in dangerous amounts, such as salts of hydrogen cyanide, sodium azide.

1.2.4. EUH066 — ‘Repeated exposure may cause skin dryness or cracking’ U.K.

For substances and mixtures which may cause concern as a result of skin dryness, flaking or cracking but which do not meet the criteria for skin irritancy in section 3.2 of Annex I, based on either:

• practical observations; or

• relevant evidence concerning their predicted effects on the skin.

1.2.5. EUH070 — ‘Toxic by eye contact’ U.K.

For substances or mixtures where an eye irritation test has resulted in overt signs of systemic toxicity or mortality among the animals tested, which is likely to be attributed to absorption of the substance or mixture through the mucous membranes of the eye. The statement shall also be applied if there is evidence in humans for systemic toxicity after eye contact.

The statement shall also be applied where a substance or a mixture contains another substance labelled for this effect, if the concentration of this substance is equal to, or greater than 0,1 %, unless otherwise specified in [F4 the GB mandatory classification and labelling list].

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Annex 2 point 1.2.5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Chemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/720), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 56(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1567, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 17(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

1.2.6. EUH071 — ‘Corrosive to the respiratory tract’ U.K.

For substances and mixtures in addition to classification for inhalation toxicity, if data are available that indicate that the mechanism of toxicity is corrosivity, in accordance with section 3.1.2.3.3 and Note 1 of Table 3.1.3 in Annex I.

For substances and mixtures in addition to classification for skin corrosivity, if no acute inhalation test data are available and which may be inhaled.