• In addition, the EU is implementing the UN Global Harmonization System for hazard classification and labelling of chemicals and products through the Classification Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation. This requires BP to reassess the hazards of all our
chemicals and products against the new GHS criteria as adopted or modified by the EU and to update warning labels and safety data sheets accordingly. The CLP will come into effect for mixtures (e.g. lubricants) in 2015. A separate EU regulation on export and import of hazardous chemicals requires warning labels and safety data sheets accompanying EU exports to be compliant with relevant CLP and REACH requirements (unless this conflicts with requirements in the importing country) and, as far as practicable, in the official or one or more principal languages of the intended area of use. Safety data sheets for the EU market have been or are being updated to include both REACH and CLP information.