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Prevention · precautionary statement

P241 — Use explosion-proof electrical, ventilating and lighting equipment.

Prevention statements describe how to keep the harm from happening at all. 275 substances with a harmonised EU classification carry this code.

EU CLP: currentUS OSHA HazCom: currentUS HazCom 2012: currentUN GHS: current

01 · Wording

What P241 says

Official

Use explosion-proof [electrical/ventilating/lighting/…] equipment. The wording is incomplete on purpose. Which equipment has to be explosion-proof: electrical, ventilating, lighting, or others named by the supplier.

Typical

Use explosion-proof electrical, ventilating and lighting equipment. How it usually reads on a label. We show it separately rather than presenting a filled-in blank as the regulation's own text.

Category

Prevention · GHS revision 9

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 P241? 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

P241 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.

LanguageOfficial wording of P241
BG български Bulgarian Използвайте [електрическо/вентилационно/осветително/…] оборудване, обезопасено срещу експлозия.
ES español Spanish Utilizar material [eléctrico / de ventilación/iluminación / …] antideflagrante.
CS čeština Czech Používejte [elektrické/ventilační/osvětlovací/…] zařízení do výbušného prostředí.
DA dansk Danish Anvend eksplosionssikkert [elektrisk/ventilations-/lys-/…] udstyr.
DE Deutsch German Explosionsgeschützte [elektrische/Lüftungs-/Beleuchtungs-/…] Geräte verwenden.
ET eesti Estonian Kasutada plahvatuskindlaid [elektri-/ventilatsiooni-/valgustus-/…] seadmeid.
EL ελληνικά Greek Να χρησιμοποιείται αντιεκρηκτικός εξοπλισμός [ηλεκτρολογικός /εξαερισμού/φωτιστικός/…].
EN English English Use explosion-proof [electrical/ventilating/lighting/…] equipment.
FR français French Utiliser du matériel [électrique/de ventilation/d'éclairage/…] antidéflagrant.
GA Gaeilge Irish Bain úsáid as trealamh pléascdhíonach [leictreach/ aerála/soilsiúcháin/…].
HR hrvatski Croatian Rabiti [električnu/ventilacijsku/rasvjetnu/…] opremu koja neće izazvati eksploziju.
IT italiano Italian Utilizzare impianti [elettrici/di ventilazione/d'illuminazione/…] a prova di esplosione.
LV latviešu Latvian Izmantot sprādziendrošas [elektriskās/ventilācijas/apgaismošanas/…] iekārtas.
LT lietuvių Lithuanian Naudoti sprogimui atsparią [elektros/ventiliacijos/apšvietimo/…] įrangą.
HU magyar Hungarian Robbanásbiztos [elektromos/szellőztető/világító/…] berendezés használandó.
MT Malti Maltese Uża' tagħmir [elettriku / ta' ventilazzjoni / ta' dawl/…] li jiflaħ għal splużjoni.
NL Nederlands Dutch Explosieveilige [elektrische/ventilatie-/verlichtings-/…]apparatuur gebruiken.
PL polski Polish Używać [elektrycznego/wentylującego/oświetleniowego/…/] przeciwwybuchowego sprzętu.
PT português Portuguese Utilizar equipamento [elétrico/de ventilação/de iluminação/…] à prova de explosão.
RO română Romanian Utilizați echipamente [electrice/de ventilare/de iluminat/…] antideflagrante.
SK slovenčina Slovak Používajte [elektrické/ventilačné/osvetľovacie/…] zariadenie do výbušného prostredia.
SL slovenščina Slovenian Uporabiti [električno opremo/prezračevalno opremo/ opremo za razsvetljavo/…], odporno proti eksplozijam.
FI suomi Finnish Käytä räjähdysturvallisia [sähkö/ilmanvaihto/valaisin/…]laitteita.
SV svenska Swedish Använd explosionssäker [elektrisk/ventilations-/belysnings-/…]utrustning.

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.

Where P241 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.

JurisdictionBasisStatus of P241
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

Substances carrying P241

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. Of these, 8 are group entries such as “beryllium compounds” or “salts of hydrazine” — Annex VI gives them no CAS number, so they are listed by Index No and have no page of their own.

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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).

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