Prevention · precautionary statement
P220 — Keep away from clothing and other combustible materials.
Prevention statements describe how to keep the harm from happening at all. 1 substances with a harmonised EU classification carry this code.
01 · Wording
What P220 says
Keep away from clothing and other combustible materials.
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Does your label need P220? That depends on the hazard classes of your product, on whether it goes to the public or to professionals, and on what else is already on the label — Annex IV column 5 lets one statement remove another. Work it out from a classification →
02 · Languages
P220 in the 24 official EU languages
A label put on the market in an EU country must carry the wording of that country's own language version of CLP — not a translation of the English one. These 24 lines are quoted from the consolidated regulation, Annex IV, and are the text to print.
| Language | Official wording of P220 |
|---|---|
| BG български Bulgarian | Да се държи далеч от облекло и други горими материали. |
| ES español Spanish | Mantener alejado de la ropa y otros materiales combustibles. |
| CS čeština Czech | Uchovávejte odděleně od oděvů a jiných hořlavých materiálů. |
| DA dansk Danish | Holdes væk fra beklædningsgenstande og andre brændbare materialer. |
| DE Deutsch German | Von Kleidung und anderen brennbaren Materialien fernhalten. |
| ET eesti Estonian | Hoida eemal rõivastest ja muust süttivast materjalist. |
| EL ελληνικά Greek | Να φυλάσσεται μακριά από ενδύματα και άλλα καύσιμα υλικά. |
| EN English English | Keep away from clothing and other combustible materials. |
| FR français French | Tenir à l'écart des vêtements et d'autres matières combustibles. |
| GA Gaeilge Irish | Coimeád glan ar éadaí agus ar ábhair indóite eile. |
| HR hrvatski Croatian | Čuvati odvojeno od odjeće i drugih zapaljivih materijala. |
| IT italiano Italian | Tenere lontano da indumenti e altri materiali combustibili. |
| LV latviešu Latvian | Nepieļaut saskari ar apģērbu un citiem uzliesmojošiem materiāliem. |
| LT lietuvių Lithuanian | Laikyti atokiau nuo drabužių bei kitų degiųjų medžiagų. |
| HU magyar Hungarian | Ruhától és más éghető anyagoktól távol tartandó. |
| MT Malti Maltese | Żomm 'il bogħod mill-ħwejjeġ u materjali oħra li jaqbdu. |
| NL Nederlands Dutch | Verwijderd houden van kleding en andere brandbare materialen. |
| PL polski Polish | Trzymać z dala od odzieży i innych materiałów zapalnych. |
| PT português Portuguese | Manter afastado da roupa e de outras matérias combustíveis. |
| RO română Romanian | A se păstra departe de îmbrăcăminte și de alte materiale combustibile. |
| SK slovenčina Slovak | Uchovávajte mimo odevov a iných horľavých materiálov. |
| SL slovenščina Slovenian | Hraniti ločeno od oblačil in drugih vnetljivih materialov. |
| FI suomi Finnish | Pidä erillään vaatetuksesta ja muista syttyvistä materiaaleista. |
| SV svenska Swedish | Hålls åtskilt från kläder och andra brännbara material. |
Source: CELEX:02008R1272-20260501, Annex IV. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu — only the electronic Official Journal of the European Union is authentic. Irish is one of the 24 official languages and its H and P texts are printed inside the multilingual Annex tables, but no consolidated CLP has ever been published in Irish — which is why an Irish-primary label cannot be built here.
03 · Legal status
Where P220 is current
GHS is a United Nations model text, revised every two years, and each jurisdiction adopts a revision on its own timetable. A code can be legally current in one system and deleted in another — that is normal, not an error.
| Jurisdiction | Basis | Status of P220 |
|---|---|---|
| EU CLP | Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 CLP Annex IV, Part 2 (consolidated) | Current |
| US OSHA HazCom | 29 CFR 1910.1200 Appendix C UN GHS Rev.7 (final rule of 20 May 2024) | Current |
| US HazCom 2012 | legacy · GHS Rev.3 UN GHS Rev.3, Annex 3 | Current |
| UN GHS | Rev.11 (2025) UN GHS Rev.11, Annex 3 | Current |
Currently in force under: EU CLP, US OSHA HazCom, US HazCom 2012, UN GHS. Sources: EU CLP · US OSHA HazCom · US HazCom 2012 · UN GHS
04 · Substances
Substances carrying P220
Every entry whose harmonised CLP Annex VI classification includes this precautionary statement. Substances with a reference page here open on this site; the rest open on ghssymbols.com.
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All precautionary statements
The full list of P-codes with the jurisdiction switch lives on the precautionary statements hub. For the hazard side, see hazard statements (H-codes).
Wording quoted from the regulation named above. Substance counts come from harmonised classifications in CLP Annex VI — the statements on a real product also depend on the supplier's own classification. Always check the supplier safety data sheet.