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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1272/annex-I/division-2/division-2.2/division-2.2.3",
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  "legislation": "eur/2008/1272",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1272",
  "path": "annex/I/division/2/division/2.2/division/2.2.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.2.3",
  "heading": "Hazard Communication",
  "text": "Label elements shall be used for substances and mixtures meeting the criteria for classification in this hazard class in accordance with Table 2.2.3.\nTable 2.2.2\nLabel elements for flammable gases\nCategory 1A\nGases categorised as 1A meeting pyrophoric or unstable gas A/B criteria\nCategory 1B\nCategory 2\nPyrophoric gas\nChemically unstable gas\nCategory A\nCategory B\nGHS Pictogram\nNo pictogram\nSignal Word\nDanger\nDanger\nDanger\nDanger\nDanger\nWarning\nHazard Statement\nH220: Extremely flammable gas\nH220: Extremely flammable gas.\nH232: May ignite spontaneously if exposed to air\nH220: Extremely flammable gas.\nH230: May react explosively even in the absence of air\nH220: Extremely flammable gas.\nH231: May react explosively even in the absence of air at elevated pressure and/or temperature\nH221: Flammable gas\nH221: Flammable gas\nPrecautionary Statement Prevention\nP210\nP210\nP222\nP280\nP202\nP210\nP202\nP210\nP210\nP210\nPrecautionary Statement Response\nP377\nP381\nP377\nP381\nP377\nP381\nP377\nP381\nP377\nP381\nP377\nP381\nPrecautionary Statement Storage\nP403\nP403\nP403\nP403\nP403\nP403\nPrecautionary Statement Disposal\nIf a flammable gas or gas mixture is classified as pyrophoric and/or chemically unstable, then all relevant classification(s) shall be communicated on the safety data sheet as specified in Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, and the relevant hazard communication elements included on the label.\nThe classification procedure is set out in the following decision logic (see Figure 2.2.1).\n. . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 487/2013 of 8 May 2013 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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/521 of 27 March 2019 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)."
    },
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      "type": "F",
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      "text": "Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/521 of 27 March 2019 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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Deleted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/521 of 27 March 2019 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)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1272/annex/I/division/2/division/2.2/division/2.2.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:47.470832+00:00"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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