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Reference data from EU CLP Annex VI and published regulations — verify against your supplier's SDS before use.

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Prevention · precautionary statement

P280 — Wear protective gloves, protective clothing, eye protection and face protection.

Prevention statements describe how to keep the harm from happening at all. 3,171 substances with a harmonised EU classification carry this code.

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

01 · Wording

What P280 says

Official

Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection/hearing protection/ The wording is incomplete on purpose. Which protective equipment the product needs: gloves, clothing, eye, face or hearing protection.

Typical

Wear protective gloves, protective clothing, eye protection and face protection. 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 P280? 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

P280 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 P280
BG български Bulgarian Използвайте предпазни ръкавици/предпазно облекло/предпазни очила/предпазна маска за лице.
ES español Spanish Llevar guantes/prendas/gafas/máscara de protección.
CS čeština Czech Používejte ochranné rukavice/ochranný oděv/ochranné brýle/obličejový štít.
DA dansk Danish Bær beskyttelseshandsker/beskyttelsestøj/øjenbeskyttelse/ansigtsbeskyttelse
DE Deutsch German Schutzhandschuhe/Schutzkleidung/Augenschutz/Gesichtsschutz tragen.
ET eesti Estonian Kanda kaitsekindaid/kaitserõivastust/kaitseprille/kaitsemaski.
EL ελληνικά Greek Να φοράτε προστατευτικά γάντια/προστατευτικά ενδύματα/μέσα ατομικής προστασίας για τα μάτια/πρόσωπο.
EN English English Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection.
FR français French Porter des gants de protection/des vêtements de protection/un équipement de protection des yeux/du visage.
GA Gaeilge Irish Caith lámhainní cosanta/éadaí cosanta/cosaint súile/cosaint aghaidhe.
HR hrvatski Croatian Nositi zaštitne rukavice/zaštitno odijelo/zaštitu za oči/zaštitu za lice.
IT italiano Italian Indossare guanti/indumenti protettivi/Proteggere gli occhi/il viso.
LV latviešu Latvian Izmantot aizsargcimdus/aizsargdrēbes/acu aizsargus/sejas aizsargus.
LT lietuvių Lithuanian Mūvėti apsaugines pirštines/dėvėti apsauginius drabužius/naudoti akių (veido) apsaugos priemones.
HU magyar Hungarian Védőkesztyű/védőruha/szemvédő/arcvédő használata kötelező.
MT Malti Maltese Ilbes ingwanti protettivi/ilbies protettiv/protezzjoni għall-għajnejn/protezzjoni għall-wiċċ.
NL Nederlands Dutch Beschermende handschoenen/beschermende kleding/oogbescherming/gelaatsbescherming dragen.
PL polski Polish Stosować rękawice ochronne/odzież ochronną/ochronę oczu/ochronę twarzy.
PT português Portuguese Usar luvas de protecção/vestuário de protecção/protecção ocular/protecção facial.
RO română Romanian Purtați mănuși de protecție/îmbrăcăminte de protecție/echipament de protecție a ochilor/echipament de protecție a feței.
SK slovenčina Slovak Noste ochranné rukavice/ochranný odev/ochranné okuliare/ochranu tváre.
SL slovenščina Slovenian Nositi zaščitne rokavice/zaščitno obleko/zaščito za oči/zaščito za obraz.
FI suomi Finnish Käytä suojakäsineitä/suojavaatetusta/silmiensuojainta/kasvonsuojainta.
SV svenska Swedish Använd skyddshandskar/skyddskläder/ögonskydd/ansiktsskydd.

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 P280 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 P280
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 P280

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, 267 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).

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.

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