Section 2: Hazards identification
consolidated text (as at 2013, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
2. Hazards identification
(1) Describe clearly and briefly the most important hazards the substance or
mixture presents according to the Globally Harmonised System (GHS), in particular the critical hazards to man or environment.
(2) Indicate the GHS label elements, including precautionary statements.
(Hazard symbols may be provided as a graphical reproduction of the symbols in
black and white or the name of the symbol e.g. flame, skull and crossbones.
(3) Describe other hazards which do not result in classification (e.g. dust
explosion hazard) or are not covered by GHS.
(4) The information should be compatible with that shown on the product
label but need not repeat it.