COM : Amendment of European requirements regarding Safety Data Sheets

Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/830 published on 29 May 2015 in the Official Journal of the European Union amends the requirements regarding  Safety Data Sheets (SDS) under Annex II to REACH, this Annex being applicable to substances and mixtures from 1 June 2015. With this reviewed Annex II, European Commission aims, on the one hand, at avoiding any confusion resulting from two conflicting amendments both of which coming into force on 1 June 2015 (i.e. CLP Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 and Regulation (EU) 453/2010 amending Regulation (EC) 1907/2006) and, on the other hand, at complying with the 5th revision of the Globally Harmonised System (GHS) rules.

This regulation also specifies that safety data sheets provided to any recipient before 1 June 2015 may continue to be used until 31 May 2017.