Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures

 

National legislation

Act implementing Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) no. 1907/2006

Official Gazette, No. 50/201218/2013115/2018 and 127/2019 

 

EU legislation

Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008)

 

Competent authority

Ministry of Health
Email: HELPDESK-REACH helpdesk-reach@miz.hr
PICEXPORT_IMPORT PICexport_import@miz.hr
Phone: +385 1 46 07 555
Web: https://zdravlje.gov.hr/

 

Scope of application

Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures

 

Main requirements that the business user needs to know about

Requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008)

 

National action

Act implementing Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) no. 1907/2006 (Official Gazette, No. 50/2012, 18/2013, 115/2018 and 127/2019)

 

LABELLING

Article 7

Label on hazardous substances or mixtures placed on the market of the Republic of Croatia must be in Croatian language and Latin script.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1 of this article, the label on hazardous substances and mixtures for industrial and laboratory use may be in foreign language if all the persons using them are appropriately familiarized with the hazardous properties of the hazardous substance or mixture.

Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008) lays down an option to use national language in labelling chemicals.

 

Market Surveillance Authority

State Inspectorate

pisarnica.dirh@dirh.hr

 

Link to the TRIS database

In the TRIS database you can look up the notification of the technical rule