{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1272/annex-I/division-2/division-2.5/division-2.5.2/division-2.5.2.1",
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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/2.5/division/2.5.2/division/2.5.2.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.5.2.1",
  "heading": "Gases under pressure shall be classified, according to their physical state when packaged, in one of four groups in accordance with Table 2.5.1:",
  "text": "Table 2.5.1\nCriteria for gases under pressure\nNote:\nAerosols shall not be classified as gases under pressure. See section 2.3.\nGroup\nCriteria\nCompressed gas\nA gas which when packaged under pressure is entirely gaseous at – 50 °C; including all gases with a critical temperature ≤ – 50 °C.\nLiquefied gas\nA gas which, when packaged under pressure, is partially liquid at temperatures above – 50 °C. A distinction is made between:\n(i) high pressure liquefied gas: a gas with a critical temperature between – 50 °C and + 65 °C; and\n(ii) low pressure liquefied gas: a gas with a critical temperature above + 65 °C.\nRefrigerated liquefied gas\nA gas which when packaged is made partially liquid because of its low temperature.\nDissolved gas\nA gas which when packaged under pressure is dissolved in a liquid phase solvent.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "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)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1272/annex/I/division/2/division/2.5/division/2.5.2/division/2.5.2.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:47.470832+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."
}