The Environment Committee of the European Parliament today voted on the CLP-regulation, on the Classification, Labelling and Packaging of substances and mixtures.

ChemSec has in the run-up to the vote advocated an introduction of PBT-labelling and the re-introduction of Category 5, for acute oral toxicity in the proposal. However, the Environment Committee rejected the inclusion of PBT-labelling in the CLP regulation.

The deputies also rejected amendments to include a category 5 for acute oral toxicity in the EU implementation of the UN developed GHS-system to be implemented in the EU.

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