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EU-Commission - Classification Labelling & Packaging (CLP) Regulation  -  2024 update to hazard labelling

20th November 2024 - published in the EU Official Journal
10th December 2024 - enters into force

While fuel labels must already be compliant to both the GB CLP and EU CLP (since 1st June 2017 for hazardous mixtures already on the market), Annex-II (Special rules for labelling and packaging of certain substances and mixtures) of the EU CLP 2024 update includes additional context for fuel stations:
"For a substance or a mixture supplied at a filling station and directly pumped into a receptacle that forms an integral part of a vehicle and from where the substance or mixture is normally not intended to be removed, the label elements referred to in Article 17 shall be provided on a visible place on the respective pump."

Why the 2024 update to the EU CLP?
The EU-Commission recognised "insufficient protection and suboptimal communication to consumers of hazardous products."
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Fuel station operators: Please contact our experts directly to learn what you need to do and the options available.
CLP labels can be shown to consumers within your existing nozzle display units (i.e. most units available are big enough to display the content required by CLP Article 17).

In GB:
The presumption is that CLP hazard labels for fuels are already in place (as required from 1st June 2017 for hazardous mixtures already on the market). While GB was part of the EU, the original EU CLP and 'harmonised classification' index applied in the UK.
In preparation for Brexit, the UK Parliament's 2019 Statutory Instrument (SI 2019 #720) then legally transposed the CLP from EU law to GB law for all hazardous chemicals detailed in the GB Mandatory Classification & Labelling (MCL) index. ​This includes petrol/diesel fuels.

In the EU and Northern Ireland: 
The presumption is that CLP hazard labels for fuels are already in place (as required from 1st June 2017), as required by the EU CLP and 'harmonised classification' index. This includes petrol/diesel fuels.
For the 2024 amendment to the EU CLP, this was published in the EU Official Journal on 20th Nov 2024, and has entered into force on 10th Dec 2024.
Existing CLP hazard labels now have a transition period (18 months) to update to the 2024 formatting style.

However, if your CLP labels are missing or so far overlooked, they are quick to implement. While CLP labels can be shown in any nozzle display unit, ​GripHero's CLP (Article 17) Hazard Labels enable quick, easy and inexpensive compliance to both the GB CLP and EU CLP requirements.

Static safety on petrol stations

There are a number of fuel-handling health & safety regulations and consumer safety laws which govern petrol stations. Shown below, are screenshots from Paragraph 2.6 from EU 2016/425 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Regulations. This is the key section of the PPE Regulation that manufacturers, distributors and end users of anti-static (static dissipative) Category-2 PPE refer to.

In preparation for Brexit, UK Parliament transposed the EU PPE Regulations into GB law via Statutory Instrument 2018 #390. 

​Did you know... Standard gloves (Category-1 PPE - for use in 'minimal risk' applications) both generate and amplify static spark energy on the person, enough to ignite fuel vapours. Standard forms of gloves also enable the transmission of static energy built up on the clothes of the motorist. The combination of these two factors means that the use of standard gloves can amplify static energy around the motorist's hands, therefore amplifying and increasing the static risk when used as hand-protection in the ATEX-classified fuelling zones. 

The 5 exclusive applications for Category-1 (minimum risk) PPE include:

• "Contact with cleaning materials of weak action or prolonged contact with water"
• "Atmospheric conditions that are not of an extreme nature"​

In accordance with the PPE Regulation, all PPE must be labelled with its 'Risk Category'. Is the PPE on your fuel station the incorrect Risk Category (Category-1 for 'minimal risk applications only')?

In accordance with the PPE Regulation, it is illegal to manufacture, distribute and make available PPE with the incorrect risk category for the application.

​In accordance with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (CoSHH) Regulations (Section 7: Prevention or control of exposure to substances hazardous to health), Paragraph 9 states: "Personal protective equipment provided by an employer in accordance with this regulation shall be suitable for the purpose and shall--
(a) comply with any [legal requirement (The Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/390))] which is applicable to that item of personal protective equipment"

Since 2018, GripHero's Anti-Static ATEX-Certified Safety-Gloves (Category-2 PPE - for use in 'Potentially Explosive Atmospheres') have been preventing and blocking static sparks between the person and fuel equipment.

​While there are many options for Category-2 PPE, GripHero is proud to boast by far the lowest environmental impact (plastic, CO2 and cardboard) and lowest cost.
[Image shows various Category-2 PPE options. GripHero is shown on the right of the image]

By providing ATEX Safety-Gloves at the customers' point of contact in the ATEX Fuel zone, GripHero enables full regulation compliance, maintaining valid insurance cover and helps safeguard petrol stations against fuel-exposure injury claims.

Are your petrol stations safe and in compliance with their PPE and DSEAR Regulations?

They may not be, and your site's insurance cover may be at risk.

Testing and certification of ATEX safety gloves
Category-2 ATEX-Safety-Gloves must meet strict requirements regarding their ability to dissipate static electricity and avoid becoming electrostatically charged when used in ‘potentially explosive areas’ or ATEX 'classified' environments (such as the ATEX Zone-1 fuelling zone on petrol stations). Testing under strict conditions and parameters by an Official ATEX Notified Body is required for ATEX certification.

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GripHero ATEX Safety-Gloves

Internationally regarded as the best-practice solution to customer protection, static safety and environmental efficiency - GripHero is endorsed by Health, Safety and Sustainability departments around the globe.

It is the world's only ATEX-Certified anti-static Safety-Glove (Category-2 PPE) designed specifically for refuelling applications that can inhibit the build-up of static energy and the potential for static discharge between the person and petrol station equipment.

GripHero can also reduce the need for expensive and unhygienic 'static-discharge pads' on petrol stations, in regions where these are used.
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