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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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Response · precautionary statement

P305 — IF IN EYES:

Response statements describe what to do once exposure, a spill or a fire has happened. 902 substances with a harmonised EU classification carry this code.

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

01 · Wording

What P305 says

Official

IF IN EYES:

Category

Response · GHS revision 9

Does your label need P305? 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

P305 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 P305
BG български Bulgarian ПРИ КОНТАКТ С ОЧИТЕ:
ES español Spanish EN CASO DE CONTACTO CON LOS OJOS:
CS čeština Czech PŘI ZASAŽENÍ OČÍ:
DA dansk Danish VED KONTAKT MED ØJNENE:
DE Deutsch German BEI KONTAKT MIT DEN AUGEN:
ET eesti Estonian SILMA SATTUMISE KORRAL:
EL ελληνικά Greek ΣΕ ΠΕΡΙΠΤΩΣΗ ΕΠΑΦΗΣ ΜΕ ΤΑ ΜΑΤΙΑ:
EN English English IF IN EYES:
FR français French EN CAS DE CONTACT AVEC LES YEUX:
GA Gaeilge Irish I gCÁS TEAGMHÁLA LEIS NA SÚILE:
HR hrvatski Croatian U SLUČAJU DODIRA S OČIMA:
IT italiano Italian IN CASO DI CONTATTO CON GLI OCCHI:
LV latviešu Latvian IEKĻŪSTOT ACĪS:
LT lietuvių Lithuanian PATEKUS Į AKIS:
HU magyar Hungarian SZEMBE KERÜLÉS ESETÉN:
MT Malti Maltese JEKK JIDĦOL FL-GĦAJNEJN:
NL Nederlands Dutch BIJ CONTACT MET DE OGEN:
PL polski Polish W PRZYPADKU DOSTANIA SIĘ DO OCZU:
PT português Portuguese SE ENTRAR EM CONTACTO COM OS OLHOS:
RO română Romanian ÎN CAZ DE CONTACT CU OCHII:
SK slovenčina Slovak PO ZASIAHNUTÍ OČÍ:
SL slovenščina Slovenian PRI STIKU Z OČMI:
FI suomi Finnish JOS KEMIKAALIA JOUTUU SILMIIN:
SV svenska Swedish VID KONTAKT MED ÖGONEN:

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 P305 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 P305
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

P305 usually appears combined

CLP Annex IV defines combined statements as single label elements. P305 is a component of one of them — this is how you will actually see it printed.

CodeCombined statement
P305+P351+P338 IF IN EYES: rinse cautiously with water for several minutes. Remove contact lenses, if present and easy to do. Continue rinsing. CLP verbatim: IF IN EYES: Rinse cautiously with water for several minutes. Remove contact lenses, if present and easy to do. Continue rinsing.

05 · Substances

Substances carrying P305

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, 106 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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