Prevention · precautionary statement
P263 — Avoid contact during pregnancy and while nursing.
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 P263 says
Avoid contact during pregnancy and while nursing.
Prevention · GHS revision 9
Does your label need P263? 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
P263 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 P263 |
|---|---|
| BG български Bulgarian | Да се избягва контакт по време на бременност и при кърмене. |
| ES español Spanish | Evitar todo contacto con la sustancia durante el embarazo y la lactancia. |
| CS čeština Czech | Zabraňte styku během těhotenství a kojení. |
| DA dansk Danish | Undgå kontakt under graviditet/amning. |
| DE Deutsch German | Berührung während Schwangerschaft und Stillzeit vermeiden. |
| ET eesti Estonian | Vältida kokkupuudet raseduse ja imetamise ajal. |
| EL ελληνικά Greek | Αποφεύγετε την επαφή στη διάρκεια της εγκυμοσύνης και της γαλουχίας. |
| EN English English | Avoid contact during pregnancy and while nursing. |
| FR français French | Éviter tout contact avec la substance au cours de la grossesse et pendant l'allaitement. |
| GA Gaeilge Irish | Seachain teagmháil le linn toirchis agus fad agus atá an chíoch á tabhairt. |
| HR hrvatski Croatian | Izbjegavati dodir tijekom trudnoće i dojenja. |
| IT italiano Italian | Evitare il contatto durante la gravidanza e l'allattamento. |
| LV latviešu Latvian | Izvairīties no saskares grūtniecības laikā un barojot bērnu ar krūti. |
| LT lietuvių Lithuanian | Vengti kontakto nėštumo metu/maitinant krūtimi. |
| HU magyar Hungarian | Terhesség és szoptatás alatt kerülni kell az anyaggal való érintkezést. |
| MT Malti Maltese | Evita l-kuntatt waqt it-tqala u t-treddigħ. |
| NL Nederlands Dutch | Bij zwangerschap of borstvoeding aanraking vermijden. |
| PL polski Polish | Unikać kontaktu w czasie ciąży i podczas karmienia piersią. |
| PT português Portuguese | Evitar o contacto durante a gravidez e o aleitamento. |
| RO română Romanian | Evitați contactul în timpul sarcinii și alăptării. |
| SK slovenčina Slovak | Zabráňte kontaktu počas tehotenstva a dojčenia. |
| SL slovenščina Slovenian | Preprečiti stik med nosečnostjo in dojenjem. |
| FI suomi Finnish | Vältä kosketusta raskauden ja imetyksen aikana. |
| SV svenska Swedish | Undvik kontakt under graviditet och amning. |
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 P263 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 P263 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 P263
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.