Response · precautionary statement
P303 — IF ON SKIN (or hair):
Response statements describe what to do once exposure, a spill or a fire has happened. No substance with a harmonised EU classification carries this code.
01 · Wording
What P303 says
IF ON SKIN (or hair):
Response · GHS revision 9
Does your label need P303? 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
P303 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 P303 |
|---|---|
| BG български Bulgarian | ПРИ КОНТАКТ С КОЖАТА (или косата): |
| ES español Spanish | EN CASO DE CONTACTO CON LA PIEL (o el pelo): |
| CS čeština Czech | PŘI STYKU S KŮŽÍ (nebo s vlasy): |
| DA dansk Danish | VED KONTAKT MED HUDEN (eller håret): |
| DE Deutsch German | BEI BERÜHRUNG MIT DER HAUT (oder dem Haar): |
| ET eesti Estonian | NAHALE (või juustele) SATTUMISE KORRAL: |
| EL ελληνικά Greek | ΣΕ ΠΕΡΙΠΤΩΣΗ ΕΠΑΦΗΣ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΔΕΡΜΑ (ή με τα μαλλιά): |
| EN English English | IF ON SKIN (or hair): |
| FR français French | EN CAS DE CONTACT AVEC LA PEAU (ou les cheveux): |
| GA Gaeilge Irish | I gCÁS TEAGMHÁLA LEIS AN gCRAICEANN (nó le gruaig): |
| HR hrvatski Croatian | U SLUČAJU DODIRA S KOŽOM (ili kosom): |
| IT italiano Italian | IN CASO DI CONTATTO CON LA PELLE (o con i capelli): |
| LV latviešu Latvian | SASKARĒ AR ĀDU (vai matiem): |
| LT lietuvių Lithuanian | PATEKUS ANT ODOS (arba plaukų): |
| HU magyar Hungarian | HA BŐRRE (vagy hajra) KERÜL: |
| MT Malti Maltese | F'KAŻ TA' KUNTATT MAL-ĠILDA (jew ix-xagħar): |
| NL Nederlands Dutch | BIJ CONTACT MET DE HUID (of het haar): |
| PL polski Polish | W PRZYPADKU KONTAKTU ZE SKÓRĄ (lub z włosami): |
| PT português Portuguese | SE ENTRAR EM CONTACTO COM A PELE (ou o cabelo): |
| RO română Romanian | ÎN CAZ DE CONTACT CU PIELEA (sau părul): |
| SK slovenčina Slovak | PRI KONTAKTE S POKOŽKOU (alebo vlasmi): |
| SL slovenščina Slovenian | PRI STIKU S KOŽO (ali lasmi): |
| FI suomi Finnish | JOS KEMIKAALIA JOUTUU IHOLLE (tai hiuksiin): |
| SV svenska Swedish | VID HUDKONTAKT (även håret): |
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 P303 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 P303 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 · On a label
P303 usually appears combined
CLP Annex IV defines combined statements as single label elements. P303 is a component of one of them — this is how you will actually see it printed.
05 · Substances
Substances carrying P303
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.