Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Article 11 U.K. Implementation of the labelling requirements

1. Where the particulars required by Article 10 appear on a label, that label shall be firmly affixed to one or more surfaces of the packaging so that those particulars can be read horizontally when the package is set down normally. The dimensions of the label are laid down in Annex VI to Directive 67/548/EEC and the label is intended solely for provision of the information required by this Directive and if necessary of any supplementary health or safety information.

2. A label shall not be required when the particulars are clearly shown on the package itself, as specified in paragraph 1.

3. The colour and presentation of the label — or, in the case of paragraph 2, of the package — shall be such that the danger symbol and its background stand out clearly from it.

4. The information required on the label under Article 10 shall stand out clearly from its background and shall be of such size and spacing as to be easily read.

Specific provisions regarding the presentation and format of this information shall be laid down in Annex VI to Directive 67/548/EEC.

5. Member States may make the placing on the market of preparations covered by this Directive within their territories subject to use of their official language or languages in respect of the labelling thereof.

6. For the purposes of this Directive, labelling requirements shall be deemed to be satisfied:

(a) in the case of an outer package containing one or more inner packages, if the outer package is labelled in accordance with international rules on the transport of dangerous goods and the inner package or packages are labelled in accordance with this Directive;

(b) in the case of a single package:

• (b) if such a package is labelled in accordance with international rules on the transport of dangerous goods and with Article 10(2.1), (2.2), (2.3), (2.5) and (2.6); for preparations classified according to Article 7, the provisions of Article 10(2.4) shall additionally apply with respect to the property in question when it has not been so identified on the label, or

• where appropriate, for particular types of packaging such as mobile gas cylinders, if the specific requirements referred to in Annex VI to Directive 67/548/EEC are complied with.

Where dangerous preparations do not leave the territory of a Member State, labelling may be permitted which complies with national rules instead of with international rules on the transport of dangerous goods.