Deadline for updating EU SDSs is approaching

The deadline for updating EU Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) authored before January 2021 is approaching. All SDSs compiled under EU 2015/830 must be replaced by 31 December 2022 with a new SDS authored under the Regulation EU 2020/878.

Background:

On 1 January 2021, Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2015/830 was replaced by the updated Regulation (EU) 2020/878. The regulation aligned REACH Annex II with the 6th and 7th revisions of GHS and brought in several modifications to Saftety Data Sheets.

Due to this all the (M)SDS/eSDS prepared before 2021 need to be updated as per the new EU 2020/878 regulation. This implies that all new Safety Data Sheets, authored after 1 January 2021 must consider the new requirements. SDSs complying with the 2015 regulation are no longer acceptable.

However, all existing SDSs, authored before January 2021, are valid only until the grace period ends on 31 December 2022 (except for bulk mixtures requiring a UFI).  After this date, all Safety Data Sheets will need to be updated to the new requirements (EU 2020/878).

GPC can help you to update your EU Safety Data Sheets compiled before January 2021 according to the new EU Regulation 2020/878 requirements. For more information on the procedure please contact us: compliance@gpcregulatory.com