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CLP Regulation compliance tool

Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 · European Union · Binding instrument

Name anyone on your staff. The system makes them your compliance person.

A member of your own staff, with no compliance background, reads the training module, answers the interview, and finishes with your CLP Regulation documentation cited article by article. The knowledge stays in the business.

Every account level runs inside a dedicated Claude account. Anyone can try a toolkit in their own Claude account; compliance work runs in a dedicated one. The Claude Max plan is £90 a month, paid to Anthropic, and is not included in any level.

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CLP Regulation is Regulation (EC) 1272/2008, a binding instrument in the European Union. Classification, labelling and packaging of chemical substances and mixtures.

The free assessment screens for CLP Regulation when a business manufactures, imports or uses chemicals, or manufactures goods, or imports goods.

Sectors this instrument reaches: chemicals.

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• Your exact position under CLP Regulation: what is in place, what is missing, and what to do about each gap.
• Documentation with article citations, ready for auditors, insurers, customers and public buyers.
• A trained person inside the business who understands what the regulation requires, and stays.
• A dated record of every section completed, with the reports themselves staying in your own Claude account. The toolkit is carried by an account level, see the plans.
• All of it completed in-house, at your own pace, without booking a single meeting.

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Does CLP Regulation apply to my business?

The CLP Regulation applies to you if you are a manufacturer, importer, downstream user, supplier, distributor or producer of articles established within the Community who places substances or mixtures on the market (Article 4). It also applies to suppliers, meaning any manufacturer, importer, downstream user or distributor placing a substance or mixture on the market (Article 2(26)).

Who does CLP Regulation apply to?

It applies to manufacturers, importers, downstream users, suppliers, distributors and producers of articles established within the Community who place substances or mixtures on the market (Article 4). A supplier is any manufacturer, importer, downstream user or distributor placing a substance or mixture on the market (Article 2(26)).

Does CLP Regulation apply to a small business?

The CLP Regulation has no size threshold and no general small business exemption. It does contain SME provisions: ECHA charges reduced fees for SME requests to use alternative chemical names (Article 24), and Member States must establish national helpdesks to advise SMEs on their responsibilities and obligations (Article 44).

When does CLP Regulation apply from, and what are the deadlines?

Substances placed on the market on or after 1 December 2010 must be notified to ECHA within one month (Article 40(3)), and mandatory classification and labelling of substances applied from 1 December 2010 (Articles 61(1), 61(3), 62). Mandatory classification, labelling and packaging of mixtures applied from 1 June 2015 (Articles 60, 61(1), 62), with relabelling and repackaging deadlines of 1 December 2012 for substances and 1 June 2017 for mixtures (Article 61(4)).

What does CLP Regulation require me to do?

You must classify substances and mixtures before placing them on the market, apply harmonised classification, and label and package them accordingly (Article 4(1)-(4)). You must notify ECHA within one month of placing a substance on the market for the first time (Article 40(3)) and update classification without undue delay when new scientific or technical information warrants it (Article 15(1)).

What records or documents does CLP Regulation require me to keep or produce?

You must retain classification and labelling information for at least 10 years after last supply (Article 49(1)). Where suppliers cooperate in an industry sector network, they must fully document the basis for classification decisions and make this documentation available to competent authorities and enforcement authorities on request (Annex I, section 1.1.0).

What happens if I do not comply with CLP Regulation?

Article 47 requires Member States to introduce effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties for non-compliance, and the Regulation does not specify EU-level fine amounts or penalty tiers. Member States were required to notify the Commission of their penalty provisions by 20 June 2010 and must notify without delay of any subsequent amendments (Article 47).

How do I start complying with CLP Regulation?

The first practical step is classification: the duty to classify substances and mixtures before placing them on the market (Article 4(1)-(3)). Each supplier in the supply chain bears full responsibility for the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures they place on the market (Annex I, section 1.1.0).

Which ComplianceSME account includes the CLP Regulation toolkit?

The CLP Regulation agent toolkit is included from the Medium level.

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