Prevention · precautionary statement
P283 — Wear fire resistant or flame retardant clothing.
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 P283 says
Wear fire resistant or flame retardant clothing.
Prevention · GHS revision 9
Does your label need P283? 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
P283 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 P283 |
|---|---|
| BG български Bulgarian | Носете огнеупорно или огнезащитно облекло. |
| ES español Spanish | Llevar ropa resistente al fuego o retardante de las llamas. |
| CS čeština Czech | Používejte ohnivzdorný oděv nebo oděv zpomalující hoření. |
| DA dansk Danish | Bær brandbestandig eller brandhæmmende beklædning. |
| DE Deutsch German | Schwer entflammbare oder flammhemmende Kleidung tragen. |
| ET eesti Estonian | Kanda tulekindlat või tule levikut aeglustavat rõivastust. |
| EL ελληνικά Greek | Να φοράτε αντιπυρικό ρουχισμό ή ρουχισμό με επιβραδυντικό φλόγας. |
| EN English English | Wear fire resistant or flame retardant clothing. |
| FR français French | Porter des vêtements résistant au feu ou à retard de flamme. |
| GA Gaeilge Irish | Caith éadaí dódhíonacha nó lasairmhoillitheacha. |
| HR hrvatski Croatian | Nositi odjeću otpornu na vatru ili nezapaljivu odjeću. |
| IT italiano Italian | Indossare indumenti completamente ignifughi o in tessuti ritardanti di fiamma. |
| LV latviešu Latvian | Izmantot ugunsizturīgu vai liesmas aizturošu apģērbu. |
| LT lietuvių Lithuanian | Dėvėti ugniai atsparius arba antipireninius drabužius. |
| HU magyar Hungarian | Tűzálló vagy lángkésleltető ruházat viselése kötelező. |
| MT Malti Maltese | Ilbes ħwejjeġ reżistenti għan-nar u retardanti tal-fjammi. |
| NL Nederlands Dutch | Vuurbestendige of vlamvertragende kleding dragen. |
| PL polski Polish | Nosić odzież ognioodporną lub opóźniającą zapalenie. |
| PT português Portuguese | Usar vestuário ignífugo ou retardador de chamas. |
| RO română Romanian | Purtați îmbrăcăminte rezistentă la foc sau ignifugă. |
| SK slovenčina Slovak | Noste ohňovzdorný odev alebo odev so zníženou horľavosťou. |
| SL slovenščina Slovenian | Nositi negorljiva oblačila ali oblačila, odporna proti ognju. |
| FI suomi Finnish | Käytä palosuojattua tai paloturvallista vaatetusta. |
| SV svenska Swedish | Använd brandsäkra eller flamhämmande kläder. |
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 P283 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 P283 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 P283
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.