Classification is all about evaluating and identifying the hazards of a chemical. But users need basic information about the chemical and its supplier and practical handling advice on the packaging. To provide a consistent approach, CLP sets down basic rules on how this information must be communicated; and examples of labels for CLP can be found in the ECHA guidance. Labelling demands competence – but it’s a different skill set to classification. This guidance note should enable you to decide if you can do the job or need help.
We hope that this guidance will help our subscribers to notify their substances directly in REACH-IT. If you don’t need to claim confidentiality on the IUPAC name of your substance, the REACH-IT wizard is perhaps the quickest and easiest method to notify within one month of first placing the substance ...
