European Union · Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008
EU CLP label maker
CLP is the only regime in the world that puts actual numbers on a label: minimum dimensions by container volume, and a minimum share of the label area for each pictogram. Enter the volume and the tool applies both rules and shows which one is binding.
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Label builder
Opens set to EU CLP. You can change the jurisdiction inside the tool at any point — the label is rebuilt against the rules of whichever one is selected.
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The label below is empty and ready. Pick a substance to fill the classification in, or type your own product name straight into the tool.
Where the product is sold or used
The label must be in the official language of the country where the product is placed on the market (Art. 17(2)). More than one language is allowed if all of them carry the same information.
Market with more than one official language
Primary label language
Why is Irish not in this list?
Irish cannot be the primary language here. The H and P statement texts exist in Irish — they are printed inside the multilingual tables of CLP Annexes III and IV — but the signal word does not: signal words live in the Annex I tables, and no consolidated CLP text has ever been published in Irish. A signal word is a mandatory label element under Art. 17(1)(d), so an Irish-primary label would be missing one. Irish is still available as the second language. For Ireland, English-primary + Irish-second is what this tool can produce lawfully.
Second language
Container & label size
Container capacity
EU CLP: for ≤ 3 L Table 1.3 asks for if possible, at least 52 × 74 mm — a target for this tier, not a minimum and each pictogram at least 10 mm, 16 mm if possible
Label size
101.6 × 50.8 mm is under the 52 × 74 mm that Table 1.3 asks for (short by 1.2 mm on the short side). This is not a breach. For packages not exceeding 3 litres the wording is “if possible, at least 52 × 74” — a target, not a minimum. Where it cannot be met, Art. 29(1)–(2) and Annex I §1.5 apply (tie-on tag, outer packaging, or a reduced set).
Product information
Supplier details
CLP Article 17 · saved locallyYour logo is placed as supplemental information beside the supplier block. It must not obscure the mandatory elements (CLP Art. 25 / OSHA HCS App C.3.1).
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Free, no signup: a PDF at the exact physical size and an SVG for label software.
Disclaimer — please confirm before downloading:
Reference layout only. The supplier is responsible for CLP compliance. Only the electronic Official Journal is legally authentic.
Live preview · EU CLP
Print size: 101.6 × 50.8 mm
The preview is scaled to your screen — the real print size is shown above.
Up to 274% still fits 101.6 × 50.8 mm.
Compliance check · EU CLP
- Missing: product identifier
- No pictograms — correct only if the substance is not classified for that hazard
- No signal word — correct only if the substance is not classified for that hazard
- Missing: hazard statements
- Missing: precautionary statements
- Missing: supplier name, address and phone
- Mixtures subject to poison-centre notification need a UFI code on the label· CLP Annex VIII
CLP Art. 32(1) — pictograms, signal word and hazard statements are grouped together
01 · Size
Annex I, Table 1.3 — the only legally binding size table
Four tiers by container capacity. Both the label and the pictogram have a floor, and both must be met.
- ≤ 3 L — label at least 52 × 74 mm where possible; pictogram at least 10 × 10 mm, and 16 × 16 mm where possible
- > 3 L to ≤ 50 L — label at least 74 × 105 mm; pictogram at least 23 × 23 mm
- > 50 L to ≤ 500 L — label at least 105 × 148 mm; pictogram at least 32 × 32 mm
- > 500 L — label at least 148 × 210 mm; pictogram at least 46 × 46 mm
CLP Annex I, Table 1.3
A second rule sits on top of the table
Annex I §1.2.1 requires each pictogram to cover at least one fifteenth of the minimum label area, and in no case less than 1 cm². This is a separate constraint, not a restatement of the table: on an unusually wide, short label the table can be satisfied while the area rule is not.
The tool checks both and tells you which one is doing the work — a distinction that matters when you are arguing with a printer about why the diamond cannot be shrunk.
CLP Annex I §1.2.1
02 · Language
The language of the country you place the product on the market in
Article 17(2) requires the label to be in the official language or languages of the Member State where the substance or mixture is placed on the market, unless that Member State provides otherwise. More than one language is permitted, provided the same information appears in all of them.
In practice this is what drives multilingual labels across Europe: a product sold in Belgium needs Dutch and French; in Finland, Finnish and Swedish. The hazard and precautionary statements are not translated freely — the official wording for all 24 EU languages is fixed in Annex III (hazard statements and EUH statements) and Annex IV (precautionary statements).
CLP Art. 17(2)
03 · What else the label carries
UFI, EUH statements and supplemental information
UFI
The Unique Formula Identifier is required on the label of a mixture classified for health or physical hazards, under Annex VIII. It is a 16-character code generated from your VAT number and a formulation number and submitted with the poison centre notification.
CLP Annex VIII
EUH statements
EUH phrases are a European addition with no counterpart in the UN system and no counterpart in OSHA HazCom. EUH208 (“Contains … May produce an allergic reaction”) and EUH210 (“Safety data sheet available on request”) are the ones most often missed, because they attach to mixtures that are otherwise not classified at all.
CLP Annex II
Grouping
Article 32(1) requires the hazard pictograms, signal word, hazard statements and precautionary statements to be located together on the label. The layout this tool produces frames them as one block.
CLP Art. 32(1)
04 · What is changing
Regulation (EU) 2024/2865 adds formatting rules
The 2024 amendment introduces something CLP never had: minimum font sizes, minimum line spacing and character spacing, explicit rules for fold-out labels, and a framework for digital labelling through new Articles 34a and 34b. Application dates were subsequently adjusted by Regulation (EU) 2025/2439.
The application dates for these provisions are the one thing on this page we have not been able to verify to our own standard — EUR-Lex returned errors on the annexes during our last check. Read Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2024/2865 as amended by 2025/2439 before you plan a label change around a date.
Great Britain has not adopted the 2024 amendment. A label built for both markets will diverge from here on; the GB branch of this tool covers what differs today.
Language on this label
Set by the market you sell into
The label must be in the official language of the country where the product is placed on the market (Art. 17(2)). More than one language is allowed if all of them carry the same information.
The official wording of hazard statements is fixed in CLP Annex III and of precautionary statements in Annex IV, in all 24 EU languages; the United States uses the texts of 29 CFR 1910.1200 Appendix C, which are not identical. Statement texts are never paraphrased.
Questions
Frequently asked
What size must a CLP label be?
It depends on the capacity of the package, not on the amount of text. Annex I Table 1.3 sets four tiers: 52 × 74 mm up to 3 litres, 74 × 105 mm above 3 and up to 50 litres, 105 × 148 mm above 50 and up to 500 litres, and 148 × 210 mm above 500 litres. Each tier also sets a minimum pictogram side.
How big must the pictogram be?
Two rules apply at once. The tier in Table 1.3 sets a minimum side — 10 mm (16 mm where possible) for packages up to 3 litres, rising to 46 mm above 500 litres. Separately, Annex I §1.2.1 requires each pictogram to cover at least one fifteenth of the minimum label area and never less than 1 cm². Whichever is larger governs.
Does a small package get relief under CLP?
CLP handles small packaging through Article 29 and Annex I §1.5, which allow label elements to be omitted where the package is such that it is impossible to meet the requirements — a different mechanism from the fixed volume thresholds used by OSHA and WHMIS. This tool does not currently apply the Article 29 derogations automatically; it sizes and lays out the full label and shows you when the content will not fit.
Do I need a UFI on the label?
On a mixture classified for health or physical hazards placed on the EU market, yes — Annex VIII. Substances do not carry a UFI. Great Britain revoked Annex VIII with effect from 1 January 2024, so a GB label does not need one; Northern Ireland follows EU CLP and does.
Which languages must appear on the label?
Those of the Member State where the product is placed on the market. Multiple languages are allowed if all carry the same information. The official wording of hazard statements is in CLP Annex III and of precautionary statements in Annex IV, in all 24 EU languages — they are not translated at your discretion.
Is EUH208 required if my mixture is not classified?
It can be. EUH208 applies to a mixture that is not classified as a skin sensitiser but contains a sensitising substance above the concentration in Annex II §2.8 — one of the more common reasons an otherwise unclassified product still needs a label element.
Elsewhere in this section
Other label rules
Before you label
Sources
Reference layout only. The supplier is responsible for CLP compliance. Only the electronic Official Journal is legally authentic.