Implementation of the CLP Regulation

Implementation of the CLP Regulation

Classification for Portland cement clinker and common cements

31 January 2011

Introduction

The new Regulation on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP, Regulation 1272/2008) requires substances and mixtures to be classified for a number of hazardous properties, the so-called hazard classes or endpoints. There are three categories of hazard classes: physical hazards, health hazards and environmental hazards.

In order to correctly classify a substance or mixture, the manufacturer or importer has to take into account all available information (amongst othersnew data generated from tests in accordance with the CLP; epidemiological data and human experience data, such as occupational data and data from accident databases; or information generated under REACH). There is no obligation to carry out new tests for the health hazards or environmental hazards for endpoints for which information is missing. However, for physical hazards, the tests have to be carried out if no information is available.

Classifying substances in accordance with the new classification under the CLP Regulation is mandatory as of 1 December 2010. Mixtures need to be classified according to the CLP as of 1 June 2015, but they can be classified according to the CLP prior to this date. The CEMBUREAU Board decided that the new classification for common cements under the CLP Regulation should be used as of 1 December 2012.

The first two sections of this document contain the classification and labelling for Portland cement clinker and common cements as agreed by the CEMBUREAU Board on 28 September 2010. The lastsection contains a table with for each endpoint/hazard class, the source of the information and an argumentation used to derive the classification.

A“-”in a cell”means that an assessment was made and the data is sufficient to conclude that no classification is necessary for the specific endpoint.

The full set of studies used for the classification (and also referred to in the templates for the SDS for Portland cement clinker and common cements (T16579 and T16580) are available on CEMBUREAU’s extranet. The pictograms used for the pictogram which shows the Personal Protective Equipment recommended to work with cement are also available from the extranet.

The text of the CLP Regulation can be downloaded here: (Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008

More information about the CLP Regulation can be found from ECHA’s website:

The graph below gives an overview of the timelines for the application of the CLP Regulation (

1. Classification and labelling elements for Portland cement clinker

Classification Portland cement clinker

Note: CEMBUREAU will carry out the notification of the classification of Portland cement clinker for the companies in the CEMBUREAU membership if these companies which so. For more information, contact your national association or the CEMBUREAU Secretariat ().

Label Portland cement clinker

The label is to be drafted in the language of the country where the clinker is placed on the market (unless the MS provides otherwise). More than one language may be used on a label, but the same details need to appear in all languages used and the statements have to be grouped per language. For packaging between 3 and 50 litres, the label is to be at least 74*105 mm in size and for packaging between 50 and 500 litres, the label is to be at least 105*148 mmin size. Each hazard pictogram shall cover at least one fifteenth of the label surface and be at least 1 cm² large (CLP Annex I 1.2)

If the Portland cement clinker is provided in bulk (unpackaged), the labelling information and other relevant hazard information is provided through other means than a label, usually the Safety Data Sheet. If the clinker is provided to the general public, a copy of the label elements is to be provided.

For clinker sold to the general public, the following two precautionary statements should be added:

Keep out of reach of children

Dispose of contents/container to appropriate waste collection point

The nominal quantity of the Portland cement clinker in the packages made available to the general public has to be provided on the label, unless this quantity is specified elsewhere on the package.

Special packaging requirements

Not applicable

1. Classification and labelling elements for Common cements

Classification common cements

Label common cements

The label is to be drafted in the language of the country where the cement is placed on the market (unless the MS provides otherwise). More than one language may be used on a label, but the same details need to appear in all languages used and the statements have to be grouped per language. For packaging between 3 and 50 litres, the label is to be at least 74*105 mm in size and for packaging between 50 and 500 litres, the label is to be at least 105*148 mm in size. Each hazard pictogram shall cover at least one fifteenth of the label surface and be at least 1 cm² wide (CLP Annex I 1.2)

If the cement is provided in bulk (unpackaged), the labelling information and other relevant hazard information is provided through other means than a label, usually through the Safety Data Sheet. However, if the bulk cement is provided to the general public, a copy of the label elements is to be added.

The following pictogram should be added on the bags of cement (but not included in the label itself).

Supplemental information (1)

Unless cements or cement mixtures are already classified and labelled as a sensitiser with the hazard statement H317, ‘May cause an allergic skin reaction’, the label on the packaging of cements and cement mixtures that contain, when they are hydrated, more than 0,0002 % soluble chromium (VI) of the total dry weight of the cement shall bear the statement:

EUH203 — ‘Contains chromium (VI). May produce an allergic reaction’

If reducing agents are used, then the packaging of cement or cement-containing mixtures shall include information on the packing date, the storage conditions and the storage period appropriate to maintaining the activity of the reducing agent and to keeping the content of soluble chromium VI below 0,0002 %.

T17105/IC1 of 1931 January 2011

1. Basis for the classification of Portland cement clinker and common cements

The studies referred to below can be downloaded from CEMBUREAU’s extranet “Cindi”.

Common cements may contain varying quantities of Portland cement clinker, Fly ash, Blast furnace slag, Calcium sulfate, Natural pozzolans, Burnt shale, Silica fume or Limestone.

None of these substances influence the above given classification (do not give rise to a more severe classification).