We live in regulated times and chemicals are no exception. Over recent years in Europe it seems that, as the complexity of chemical regulation has increased, a growing interdependency of regulations has developed. This is readily seen with the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation No. 1272/2008 which requires substances and mixtures to be classified according to Europe's implementation of the United Nations GHS classification scheme, but then defers to the REACH Regulation for the preparation of safety sheets. The present work explores the relationship between the CLP Regulation and other chemical regulations in Europe and shows clearly and simply how the legislative interleaving is achieved. The article also shows how ECHA is becoming a powerful and to a certain extent, unifying force in Europe, where for the first time a single regulatory body has overall responsibility for classification, labelling and much more.

Relationship between CLP, REACH, PPP, and BPR in Europe

248th National Meeting (2014)

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