{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-2037/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-2037/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2016/2037",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive (EU) 2016/2037 of 21 November 2016 amending Council Directive 75/324/EEC as regards the maximum allowable pressure of aerosol dispensers and to adapt its labelling provisions to 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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-2037",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Amendments to Directive 75/324/EEC",
  "text": "The Annex to Directive 75/324/EEC is amended as follows:\n(a) Point 2.2 is replaced by the following:\n‘2.2.\nLabelling\nWithout prejudice to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, each aerosol dispenser must visibly bear the following legible and indelible marking:\n(a) where the aerosol is classified as ‘non-flammable’ according to the criteria of point 1.9, the signal word ‘Warning’ and the other label elements for Aerosols Category 3 provided for in Table 2.3.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008;\n(b) where the aerosol is classified as ‘flammable’ according to the criteria of point 1.9, the signal word ‘Warning’ and the other label elements for Aerosols Category 2 provided for in Table 2.3.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008;\n(c) where the aerosol is classified as ‘extremely flammable’ according to the criteria of point 1.9, the signal word ‘Danger’ and the other label elements for Aerosols Category 1 provided for in Table 2.3.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008;\n(d) where the aerosol dispenser is a consumer product, the precautionary statement P102 provided for in Part 1, Table 6.1 of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008;\n(e) any additional operating precautions which alert consumers to the specific dangers of the product; if the aerosol dispenser is accompanied by separate instructions for use, the latter must also reflect such operating precautions.’\n(b) Point 3.1.2 is replaced by the following:\n‘3.1.2\nThe pressure at 50 °C in the aerosol dispenser must not exceed the values provided for in the following table, depending upon the content of gases in the aerosol dispenser:\nContent of gases\nPressure at 50 °C\nLiquefied gas or mixture of gases having a flammable range with air at 20 °C and a standard pressure of 1,013 bar\n12 bar\nLiquefied gas or mixture of gases not having a flammable range with air at 20 °C and a standard pressure of 1,013 bar\n13,2 bar\nCompressed gases or gases dissolved under pressure not having a flammable range with air at 20 °C and a standard pressure of 1,013 bar\n15 bar\n’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2016/2037/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:33.969370+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}