GHS – new revision end of 2019

Overview of the most important changes in the eighth revision of GHS, which is expected to be published by the end of 2019.

The eighth revision of the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) is expected to be published by the end of 2019.

Below we list some of the main changes.

Hazard classes and hazard statements:

  • New hazard class under physical hazards: Chemicals under pressure. They are defined as “liquids or solids (e.g., pastes or powders), pressurized with a gas at a pressure of 200 kPa (gauge) or more at 20 °C in pressure receptacles other than aerosol dispensers and which are not classified as gases under pressure”
  • New hazard statements for the hazard class chemicals under pressure: H282, H283, H284
  • Classification criteria for Skin corrosion/irritation are better clarified

Precautionary statements and pictograms:

  • New and revised criteria for precautionary statements concerning medical response
  • Updated criteria for allocation of precautionary statements
  • Deletion of some P statements
  • New precautionary statements
  • Introduction of precautionary pictograms “Keep out of reach of children” as examples of pictograms that may be used to communicate precautionary information in more than one way

Other changes:

  • New labelling example for sets and kits
  • New “Guidance on other hazards not resulting in classification” – to facilitate the identification of other hazards that may need assessment and communication, which at the moment concerns dust explosions only.

For more information, please contact:

Ilaria de Rosa Carstensen  
idc@remove-this.dhigroup.remove-this.com
Tel +45 4516 9369