Prevention · precautionary statement
P230 — Keep wetted with water.
Prevention statements describe how to keep the harm from happening at all. No substance with a harmonised EU classification carries this code.
01 · Wording
What P230 says
Keep wetted with … The wording is incomplete on purpose. What the substance must be kept wet with — usually water, sometimes a phlegmatiser.
Keep wetted with water. How it usually reads on a label. We show it separately rather than presenting a filled-in blank as the regulation's own text.
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Reading the official wording. … is a blank the supplier fills in — not a truncated sentence.· [square brackets] mark a part printed only when it applies. · A slash offers a choice, as in POISON CENTER/doctor.
Does your label need P230? 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
P230 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 P230 |
|---|---|
| BG български Bulgarian | Да се държи навлажнен с… |
| ES español Spanish | Mantener humedecido con… |
| CS čeština Czech | Uchovávejte ve zvlhčeném stavu… |
| DA dansk Danish | Holdes befugtet med… |
| DE Deutsch German | Feucht halten mit … |
| ET eesti Estonian | Niisutada …-ga. |
| EL ελληνικά Greek | Να διατηρείται υγρό με … |
| EN English English | Keep wetted with… |
| FR français French | Maintenir humidifié avec… |
| GA Gaeilge Irish | Coimeád fliuchta le… |
| HR hrvatski Croatian | Čuvati navlaženo s … |
| IT italiano Italian | Mantenere umido con… |
| LV latviešu Latvian | Vienmēr samitrināt ar … |
| LT lietuvių Lithuanian | Laikyti sudrėkintą (kuo) |
| HU magyar Hungarian | …-val/-vel nedvesítve tartandó. |
| MT Malti Maltese | Żommu mxarrab bi … |
| NL Nederlands Dutch | Vochtig houden met… |
| PL polski Polish | Przechowywać produkt zwilżony… |
| PT português Portuguese | Manter húmido com… |
| RO română Romanian | A se păstra umezit cu… |
| SK slovenčina Slovak | Uchovávajte zvlhčené … |
| SL slovenščina Slovenian | Hraniti prepojeno z … |
| FI suomi Finnish | Säilytä kostutettuna … |
| SV svenska Swedish | Ska hållas fuktigt med… |
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 P230 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 P230 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 P230
No substance with a harmonised classification in CLP Annex VI carries this code. That does not mean it is unused — suppliers apply it to their own mixtures.
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.