The statements set out in sections 2.1 to 2.10 shall be assigned to mixtures in accordance with Article 25(6).
The label on the packaging of paints and varnishes containing lead in quantities exceeding 0,15 % (expressed as weight of metal) of the total weight of the mixture, as determined in accordance with ISO standard 6503, shall bear the following statement:
EUH201 — ‘Contains lead. Should not be used on surfaces liable to be chewed or sucked by children’
In the case of packages the contents of which are less than 125 ml, the statement may be as follows:
EUH201A — ‘Warning! Contains lead’
The label on the immediate packaging of adhesives based on cyanoacrylate shall bear the following statement:
EUH202 — ‘Cyanoacrylate. Danger. Bonds skin and eyes in seconds. Keep out of the reach of children’
Appropriate advice on safety shall accompany the package.
Unless cements or cement mixtures are already classified and labelled as a sensitiser with the hazard statement H317, ‘May cause an allergic skin reaction’, the label on the packaging of cements and cement mixtures that contain, when they are hydrated, more than 0,0002 % soluble chromium (VI) of the total dry weight of the cement shall bear the statement:
EUH203 — ‘Contains chromium (VI). May produce an allergic reaction’
If reducing agents are used, then the packaging of cement or cement-containing mixtures shall include information on the packing date, the storage conditions and the storage period appropriate to maintaining the activity of the reducing agent and to keeping the content of soluble chromium VI below 0,0002 %.
Unless already identified on the label of the packaging, mixtures containing isocyanates (as monomers, oligomers, prepolymers, etc., or as mixtures thereof) shall bear the following statement:
EUH204 — ‘Contains isocyanates. May produce an allergic reaction.’
Unless already identified on the label of the packaging, mixtures containing epoxy constituents with an average molecular weight ≤ 700 shall bear the following statement:
EUH205 — ‘Contains epoxy constituents. May produce an allergic reaction.’
The label on the packaging of mixtures containing more than 1 % of active chlorine shall bear the following statement:
EUH206 — ‘Warning! Do not use together with other products. May release dangerous gases (chlorine)’
The label on the packaging of the above mentioned mixtures shall bear the following statement:
EUH207 — ‘Warning! Contains cadmium. Dangerous fumes are formed during use. See information supplied by the manufacturer. Comply with the safety instructions’
The label on the packaging of mixtures not classified as sensitising but containing at least one substance classified as sensitising and present in a concentration equal to or greater than that specified in Table 3.4.6 of Annex I shall bear the statement:
EUH208 — ‘ Contains (name of sensitising substance). May produce an allergic reaction ’ .
Mixtures classified as sensitising containing other substance(s) classified as sensitising (in addition to the one that leads to the classification of the mixture) and present in a concentration equal to or greater than that specified in Table 3.4.6 of Annex I shall bear the name(s) of that/those substance(s) on the label.
[F2Where a mixture is labelled in accordance with Section 2.4 or 2.5, the statement EUH208 may be omitted from the label for the substance concerned.]]
Textual Amendments
F2Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/918 of 19 May 2016 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).
Textual Amendments
F1Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 286/2011 of 10 March 2011 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).
For liquid mixtures which show no flashpoint or a flashpoint higher than 60 oC but not more than 93 oC and contain a halogenated hydrocarbon and more than 5 % highly flammable or flammable substances, the label on the packaging shall bear one of the following statements, depending on whether the substances referred to above are highly flammable or flammable:
EUH209 — ‘Can become highly flammable in use’ or
EUH209A — ‘Can become flammable in use’
For mixtures not classified as hazardous but which contain:
[F1≥ 0,1 % of a substance classified as skin sensitiser category 1, 1B, respiratory sensitiser category 1, 1B, or carcinogenic category 2, or
≥ 0,01 % of a substance classified as skin sensitiser category 1A, respiratory sensitiser category 1A, or]
[F3≥ one tenth of the specific concentration limit for a substance classified as skin sensitiser or respiratory sensitiser with a specific concentration limit, or]
≥ 0,1 % of a substance classified as toxic to reproduction categories 1A, 1B or 2, or with effects on or via lactation; or
at least one substance in an individual concentration of ≥ 1 % by weight for non-gaseous mixtures and ≥ 0,2 % by volume for gaseous mixtures either:
classified with other health or environmental hazards; or
for which there are F4... workplace exposure limits
Textual Amendments
F3Substituted 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).
the label on the packaging shall bear the statement:
EUH210 — ‘Safety data sheet available on request’.
Note that aerosols are also subject to the labelling provisions in accordance with points 2.2 and 2.3 in the Annex to Directive 75/324/EEC.