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EU-Commission - EU 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 the labels for hazardous chemicals 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."

Fuel station operators: Please contact our experts directly to learn about the display 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 chemicals classified as hazardous 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 and labelling' (CLH) 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 specified 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 chemicals classified as hazardous are already in place (as required from 1st June 2017 for hazardous mixtures already on the market), for all hazardous chemicals specified by the EU CLP and 'harmonised classification and labelling' (CLH) 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.

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Why choose GripHero?
GripHero uniquely makes it quick and easy to:

Safeguard your forecourts against fuel exposure Claims (as a result of the inadequate provision/availability of Safety-Gloves and hazard labels)
Maintain valid insurance cover for Public Liability/Fire
Comply with your fuel Safety Data Sheets, fuel handling regulations and consumer safety laws

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