Tightening of the CLP Regulation

21.02.2025 · GLUETEC GROUP

New legal regulations for labels and print data

With EU Regulation 2024/2865, amendments to the CLP Regulation came into force on 10.12.2024, directly affecting all labels of chemical products and requiring mandatory adjustments in their design. This affects all GLUETEC products, private label products, as well as unbranded products with transport labels.

New requirements

Essentially, this concerns new rules for the safety text:

Black text on white
Sans-serif font
Line spacing at least 120% of the font size
Font size: measured by the lowercase x, at least 1.2 mm (Arial 6.6 pt) or 1.4 mm (Arial 7.7 pt)

Transitional periods

GLUETEC may still process and use up labels that have already been printed until the end of 2026. Our customers may continue selling off these products in retail until 2028.
New labels for new products must already comply with the current CLP standard today.

Detailed information on this topic can be found online here:

The distributor alone is responsible for the design of the labels and bears the full risk for necessary changes to labels that have already been printed. Especially for small containers with very limited space, it may be necessary to fundamentally adapt the label format.

You can download a checklist for label creation here.

For the optimal implementation of your labels, our experienced graphic designers are available to provide advice and support and assist you competently with the design.