1. awareness-raising activities
CLP June 2015 for mixtures:
awareness-raising activities
CARACAL 14
26 November 2013
Brussels
Roberto Scazzola
DG Enterprise and Industry Unit Chemicals Industry

2. Is CLP relevant for EU companies & consumers?
The answer is YES!
For EU manufacturers, downstream users, importers and suppliers:
New legal requirements applying to millions of products
For consumers:
Safe use of chemicals of daily use

3. Time to update your label!
New CLP rules by June  New classification&labelling requirements
Roberto

4. Is CLP awareness-raising needed?
YES, as demonstrated by:
Recent studies carried out by ECHA
A 2012 Commission Report
Showing need for awareness raising activities to ensure safe use of chemicals by EU citizens (discussed at Caracal 11).

5. General consumer perspective
Some new hazard pictograms are well recognised by the general public whilst others are not.
New CLP pictograms, with no similar 'predecessor' under the previous EU legislation, are scarcely known or understood by the general public.
very high recognition by general public (over 80%)
Very low recognition and understanding (20% and 12%)
Familiar to 59% but understood by only 11%

6. What about SMEs Figures for the chemical sector:
around companies are SMEs and
96% of entreprises have less than 10 employees.
CLP requirements are complex for enterprises, especially SMEs which due to a lack of technical expertise have difficulties in using the new rules.
Recital 60 of CLP: It is important to provide advice to suppliers and any other interested parties, in particular SMEs, on their respective responsibilities and obligations under this Regulation.(…)
COM, ECHA and MSCA can play an important role motivating industry associations and other multipliers to set communication activities closer to the 2015 deadline, and to exchange ideas and best practices.

7. Workshop on CLP and safe use of chemicals
What?
Workshop on CLP and safe use of chemicals
Why?
Raise awareness of the need to inform SMEs timely about the new CLP requirements for mixtures (entering into force on 1 June 2015).
Who?
multipliers / intermediaries
How?
In collaboration with ECHA, SMEs associations and networks.
Involvement of national competent authorities and national SME organisations important to ensure SMEs' access to information.
Share your experiences & best practices!

8. Three successful initiatives
ECHA CLP Quiz (available in all EU languages)
EU OSHA Napo videos (chemicals)
The Label Lottery in the Netherlands – (in EN)
Share successful initiatives - Please share your experiences & best practices!