CLP hazard statements
Annex III Part 1 prints the hazard-statement wording. Article 21 puts it on the label
Direct answer. In the consolidated text of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, CELEX 02008R1272-20260701 (EN, 01.07.2026; reference line 02008R1272 — EN — 01.07.2026 — 031.001), Article 21 is titled “Hazard statements.” Article 21(1) says the label shall include the relevant hazard statements in accordance with the classification. Article 21(2) says the statements relevant for each classification are set out in the tables of label elements in Parts 2 to 5 of Annex I. Article 21(4) says: “The hazard statements shall be worded in accordance with Annex III.” Annex III is titled “LIST OF HAZARD STATEMENTS, SUPPLEMENTAL HAZARD INFORMATION AND SUPPLEMENTAL LABEL ELEMENTS.” Part 1 is hazard statements. The tables below copy the English wording that consolidation prints in Table 1.1 (physical hazards), Table 1.2 (health hazards), and Table 1.3 (environmental hazards), including the EUH codes that Part 1 itself prints. This page is not legal advice.
CLPLens (Shopify App Store · Write a review) records CLP hazard display data, syncs app-owned product metafields, and shows storefront hazard information with audit records. It does not classify the substance or mixture. Supplemental EUH statements in Annex II are a separate list.
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Free check first: CLP label element checker runs in your browser and sends nothing. Paste label or product-page text and see which Article 17(1) elements it seems to mention. It does not classify the product.
Checklist before you copy a code onto a label
- Open Annex III Part 1 on the 1 July 2026 consolidated text. The wording below is that English text.
- Article 21(2) assigns the statement from the Annex I label-element tables for the classification. Annex III is the wording, not a substitute for classification.
- Combined statements in the tables may be used. The precedence rules at the start of Part 1 are quoted below.
- EUH statements that Annex II still prints, including EUH208 and EUH210, are the EUH list. This page does not repeat that set.
- Precautionary statements are Annex IV. The P-code list is CLP precautionary statements. The label-element checklist is CLP label elements. This page does not list P-codes.
What Part 1 says about applying the statements
The opening of Annex III Part 1 says the hazard statements shall be applied in accordance with Parts 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Annex I. It says that, in selecting the hazard statements in accordance with Articles 21 and 27, suppliers may use the combined hazard statements provided for in the annex. In accordance with Article 27, the following principles of precedence may apply to labelling, as that text prints them:
- if the hazard statement H410 ‘Very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects’ is assigned, the statement H400 ‘Very toxic to aquatic life’ may be omitted;
- if the statement H314 ‘Causes severe skin burns and eye damage’ is assigned, the statement H318 ‘Causes serious eye damage’ may be omitted;
- if the hazard statement EUH441 ‘Strongly accumulates in the environment and living organisms including in humans’ is assigned, the statement EUH440 ‘Accumulates in the environment and living organisms including in humans’ may be omitted;
- if the hazard statement EUH451 ‘Can cause very long-lasting and diffuse contamination of water resources’ is assigned, the statement EUH450 ‘Can cause long-lasting and diffuse contamination of water resources’ may be omitted.
The same part says that, in order to indicate the route of administration or exposure, the combined hazard statements in Table 1.2 may be used. Placeholders in angle brackets are printed as the consolidation prints them, including the space before the closing bracket in H360.
| Code | English wording in Annex III Part 1 |
|---|---|
| H200 | Unstable explosives. |
| H201 | Explosive; mass explosion hazard. |
| H202 | Explosive, severe projection hazard. |
| H203 | Explosive; fire, blast or projection hazard. |
| H204 | Fire or projection hazard. |
| H205 | May mass explode in fire. |
| H206 | Fire, blast or projection hazard; increased risk of explosion if desensitising agent is reduced. |
| H207 | Fire or projection hazard; increased risk of explosion if desensitising agent is reduced. |
| H208 | Fire hazard; increased risk of explosion if desensitising agent is reduced. |
| H220 | Extremely flammable gas. |
| H221 | Flammable gas. |
| H222 | Extremely flammable aerosol. |
| H223 | Flammable aerosol. |
| H224 | Extremely flammable liquid and vapour. |
| H225 | Highly flammable liquid and vapour. |
| H226 | Flammable liquid and vapour. |
| H228 | Flammable solid. |
| H229 | Pressurised container: May burst if heated. |
| H230 | May react explosively even in the absence of air. |
| H231 | May react explosively even in the absence of air at elevated pressure and/or temperature. |
| H232 | May ignite spontaneously if exposed to air. |
| H240 | Heating may cause an explosion. |
| H241 | Heating may cause a fire or explosion. |
| H242 | Heating may cause a fire. |
| H250 | Catches fire spontaneously if exposed to air. |
| H251 | Self-heating: may catch fire. |
| H252 | Self-heating in large quantities; may catch fire. |
| H260 | In contact with water releases flammable gases which may ignite spontaneously. |
| H261 | In contact with water releases flammable gases. |
| H270 | May cause or intensify fire; oxidiser. |
| H271 | May cause fire or explosion; strong oxidiser. |
| H272 | May intensify fire; oxidiser. |
| H280 | Contains gas under pressure; may explode if heated. |
| H281 | Contains refrigerated gas; may cause cryogenic burns or injury. |
| H290 | May be corrosive to metals. |
| Code | English wording in Annex III Part 1 |
|---|---|
| H300 | Fatal if swallowed. |
| H301 | Toxic if swallowed. |
| H302 | Harmful if swallowed. |
| H304 | May be fatal if swallowed and enters airways. |
| H310 | Fatal in contact with skin. |
| H311 | Toxic in contact with skin. |
| H312 | Harmful in contact with skin. |
| H314 | Causes severe skin burns and eye damage. |
| H315 | Causes skin irritation. |
| H317 | May cause an allergic skin reaction. |
| H318 | Causes serious eye damage. |
| H319 | Causes serious eye irritation. |
| H330 | Fatal if inhaled. |
| H331 | Toxic if inhaled. |
| H332 | Harmful if inhaled. |
| H334 | May cause allergy or asthma symptoms or breathing difficulties if inhaled. |
| H335 | May cause respiratory irritation. |
| H336 | May cause drowsiness or dizziness. |
| H340 | May cause genetic defects <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>. |
| H341 | Suspected of causing genetic defects <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>. |
| H350 | May cause cancer <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>. |
| H351 | Suspected of causing cancer <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>. |
| H360 | May damage fertility or the unborn child <state specific effect if known > <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>. |
| H361 | Suspected of damaging fertility or the unborn child <state specific effect if known> <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>. |
| H362 | May cause harm to breast-fed children. |
| H370 | Causes damage to organs <or state all organs affected, if known> <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>. |
| H371 | May cause damage to organs <or state all organs affected, if known> <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>. |
| H372 | Causes damage to organs <or state all organs affected, if known> through prolonged or repeated exposure <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>. |
| H373 | May cause damage to organs <or state all organs affected, if known> through prolonged or repeated exposure <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>. |
| H300 + H310 | Fatal if swallowed or in contact with skin |
| H300 + H330 | Fatal if swallowed or if inhaled |
| H310 + H330 | Fatal in contact with skin or if inhaled |
| H300 + H310 + H330 | Fatal if swallowed, in contact with skin or if inhaled |
| H301 + H311 | Toxic if swallowed or in contact with skin |
| H301 + H331 | Toxic if swallowed or if inhaled |
| H311 + H331 | Toxic in contact with skin or if inhaled |
| H301 + H311 + H331 | Toxic if swallowed, in contact with skin or if inhaled |
| H302 + H312 | Harmful if swallowed or in contact with skin |
| H302 + H332 | Harmful if swallowed or if inhaled |
| H312 + H332 | Harmful in contact with skin or if inhaled |
| H302 + H312 + H332 | Harmful if swallowed, in contact with skin or if inhaled |
| EUH 380 | May cause endocrine disruption in humans |
| EUH 381 | Suspected of causing endocrine disruption in humans |
| Code | English wording in Annex III Part 1 |
|---|---|
| H400 | Very toxic to aquatic life. |
| H410 | Very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects. |
| H411 | Toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects. |
| H412 | Harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects. |
| H413 | May cause long lasting harmful effects to aquatic life. |
| H420 | Harms public health and the environment by destroying ozone in the upper atmosphere |
| EUH 430 | May cause endocrine disruption in the environment |
| EUH 431 | Suspected of causing endocrine disruption in the environment |
| EUH 440 | Accumulates in the environment and living organisms including in humans |
| EUH 441 | Strongly accumulates in the environment and living organisms including in humans |
| EUH 450 | Can cause long-lasting and diffuse contamination of water resources |
| EUH 451 | Can cause very long-lasting and diffuse contamination of water resources |
EUH statements and precautionary statements
Annex II is the set of supplemental EUH statements, including the sentences Article 25 sends to the label. That set, as the same consolidation prints it, is CLP EUH statements. The EUH codes in the tables above are the ones Annex III Part 1 itself prints inside Tables 1.2 and 1.3. They are not a second copy of the Annex II list.
Precautionary statements are in Annex IV, titled “LIST OF PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS.” Article 22 says the label shall include the relevant precautionary statements, selected from the tables in Parts 2 to 5 of Annex I and worded in accordance with Part 2 of Annex IV. The English wording in Part 1 is the precautionary-statement list. Which label elements to look for is the label-elements checklist. This page does not list P-codes. Signal words are Article 20. Pictogram size is Annex I section 1.2.1.
Advertisement and distance sales
Article 48 is titled “Advertisement.” Article 48(1) says any advertisement for a substance classified as hazardous shall indicate, as applicable, the hazard pictograms, signal words, hazard statements and supplemental EUH statements set out in Annex II, and that any advertisement for such a substance for sale to the general public shall in addition state: ‘Always follow the information on the product label.’. Article 48(2) says the same indication for a mixture classified as hazardous or covered by Article 25(6), and the same additional sentence for sale to the general public. Article 48(4) says that, by way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the hazard pictograms and signal words may be omitted where the advertisement is non-visual.
Article 48a is titled “Distance sales offers.” It says: “When substances or mixtures are placed on the market through distance sales, the offer shall clearly and visibly indicate the label elements referred to in Article 17.” What that means on a product page is CLP hazard on the product page. This page does not repeat that job.
What this page is not
- Not a classification. Annex III is the wording after the classification is known.
- Not the Annex II EUH set. That URL is CLP EUH statements.
- Not a P-statement list. Precautionary statements are Annex IV, on the label-elements checklist.
- Not the product-page display. Article 48a points to Article 17. That reading is CLP hazard on the product page.
- Not a substitute for the live consolidated text. Confirm CELEX 02008R1272-20260701 before you print a sentence.
Related pages
- CLP label element checker — which Article 17 elements pasted label text contains
- CLP EUH statements — Annex II
- CLP precautionary statements — Annex IV Part 1
- CLP label elements checklist — Article 17, including Annex IV
- CLP signal words
- CLP pictogram and label size
- CLP hazard on the product page
- Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, consolidated to 1 July 2026
- CLPLens — live App Store listing
- Shopify apps hub
- Tools
Not legal advice. Confirm Article 21, Article 48, Article 48a, and Annex III Part 1 on the consolidated text of 1 July 2026 before you treat a sentence as the wording to print. CLPLens records CLP hazard display data, syncs app-owned product metafields, and shows storefront hazard information with audit records.