Prevention · precautionary statement
P244 — Keep valves and fittings free from oil and grease.
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 P244 says
Keep valves and fittings free from oil and grease.
Prevention · GHS revision 9
Does your label need P244? 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
P244 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 P244 |
|---|---|
| BG български Bulgarian | Поддържайте вентилите и фитингите чисти от масло и смазка. |
| ES español Spanish | Mantener las valvulas y los racores libres de aceite y grasa. |
| CS čeština Czech | Udržujte ventily i příslušenství čisté — bez olejů a maziv. |
| DA dansk Danish | Hold ventiler og tilslutninger frie for olie og fedt. |
| DE Deutsch German | Ventile und Ausrüstungsteile öl- und fettfrei halten. |
| ET eesti Estonian | Hoida ventiilid ja liitmikud õlist ja rasvast puhtad. |
| EL ελληνικά Greek | Διατηρείτε τα κλείστρα και τους συνδέσμους καθαρά από λάδια και γράσα. |
| EN English English | Keep valves and fittings free from oil and grease. |
| FR français French | Ni huile, ni graisse sur les robinets et raccords. |
| GA Gaeilge Irish | Coinnigh comhlaí agus feistis saor ó ola agus ó ghréisc. |
| HR hrvatski Croatian | Spriječiti dodir ventila i spojnica s uljem i masti. |
| IT italiano Italian | Mantenere le valvole e i raccordi liberi da olio e grasso. |
| LV latviešu Latvian | Uzturēt ventiļus un savienojumus tīrus no eļļas un taukvielām. |
| LT lietuvių Lithuanian | Saugoti, kad ant vožtuvų ir jungiamųjų detalių nepatektų alyvos ir tepalų. |
| HU magyar Hungarian | A szelepeket és szerelvényeket zsírtól és olajtól mentesen kell tartani. |
| MT Malti Maltese | Żomm il-valvi u fittings ħielsa miż-żejt u l-grease. |
| NL Nederlands Dutch | Houd afsluiters en fittingen vrij van olie en vet. |
| PL polski Polish | Chronić zawory i przyłącza przed olejem i tłuszczem. |
| PT português Portuguese | Manter válvulas e conexões isentas de óleo e gordura. |
| RO română Romanian | Feriți valvele și racordurile de ulei și grăsime. |
| SK slovenčina Slovak | Udržujte ventily a príslušenstvo čisté, bez olejov a mazív. |
| SL slovenščina Slovenian | Preprečiti stik ventilov in opreme z oljem in mastjo. |
| FI suomi Finnish | Pidä venttiilit ja liittimet vapaana öljystä ja rasvasta. |
| SV svenska Swedish | Håll ventiler och anslutningar fria från olja och fett. |
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 P244 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 P244 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 P244
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.