Commission Regulation (EU) No 286/2011 of 10 March 2011 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures Text with EEA relevance

Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 is amended as follows: (1) Article 25(5) is deleted; (2) the following new section (e) is inserted in Article 26(1): ‘(e) if the hazard pictogram “GHS02” or “GHS06” applies, the use of the hazard pictogram “GHS04” shall be optional.’; (3) Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation; (4) Annex II is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation; (5) Annex III is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation; (6) Annex IV is amended in accordance with Annex IV to this Regulation; (7) Annex V is amended in accordance with Annex V to this Regulation; (8) Annex VI is amended in accordance with Annex VI to this Regulation; (9) Annex VII is amended in accordance with Annex VII to this Regulation.

1 By way of derogation from the second paragraph of Article 3, substances and mixtures may, before 1 December 2012 and 1 June 2015 respectively, be classified, labelled and packaged in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 as amended by this Regulation.

2 By way of derogation from the second paragraph of Article 3, substances classified, labelled and packaged in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and placed on the market before 1 December 2012, are not required to be relabelled and repackaged in accordance with this Regulation until 1 December 2014.

3 By way of derogation from the second paragraph of Article 3, mixtures classified, labelled and packaged in accordance with Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council or Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and placed on the market before 1 June 2015, are not required to be relabelled and repackaged in accordance with this Regulation until 1 June 2017.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply in respect of substances from 1 December 2012 and in respect of mixtures from 1 June 2015.