Prevention · precautionary statement
P232 — Protect from moisture.
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 P232 says
Protect from moisture.
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Does your label need P232? 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
P232 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 P232 |
|---|---|
| BG български Bulgarian | Да се пази от влага. |
| ES español Spanish | Proteger de la humedad. |
| CS čeština Czech | Chraňte před vlhkem. |
| DA dansk Danish | Beskyttes mod fugt. |
| DE Deutsch German | Vor Feuchtigkeit schützen. |
| ET eesti Estonian | Hoida niiskuse eest. |
| EL ελληνικά Greek | Προστετέψτε από την υγρασία. |
| EN English English | Protect from moisture. |
| FR français French | Protéger de l’humidité. |
| GA Gaeilge Irish | Cosain ar thaise. |
| HR hrvatski Croatian | Zaštititi od vlage. |
| IT italiano Italian | Proteggere dall’umidità. |
| LV latviešu Latvian | Aizsargāt no mitruma. |
| LT lietuvių Lithuanian | Saugoti nuo drėgmės. |
| HU magyar Hungarian | Nedvességtől védendő. |
| MT Malti Maltese | Ipproteġi mill-umdità. |
| NL Nederlands Dutch | Tegen vocht beschermen. |
| PL polski Polish | Chronić przed wilgocią. |
| PT português Portuguese | Manter ao abrigo da humidade. |
| RO română Romanian | A se proteja de umiditate. |
| SK slovenčina Slovak | Chráňte pred vlhkosťou. |
| SL slovenščina Slovenian | Zaščititi pred vlago. |
| FI suomi Finnish | Suojaa kosteudelta. |
| SV svenska Swedish | Skyddas från fukt. |
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 P232 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 P232 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 · On a label
P232 usually appears combined
CLP Annex IV defines combined statements as single label elements. P232 is a component of one of them — this is how you will actually see it printed.
| Code | Combined statement |
|---|---|
| P231+P232 | Handle and store contents under inert gas. Protect from moisture. CLP verbatim: Handle and store contents under inert gas/… Protect from moisture. |
05 · Substances
Substances carrying P232
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.