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P308 — IF exposed or concerned:

Response statements describe what to do once exposure, a spill or a fire has happened. 1,253 substances with a harmonised EU classification carry this code.

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

01 · Wording

What P308 says

Official

IF exposed or concerned:

Category

Response · GHS revision 9

Does your label need P308? 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

P308 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 P308
BG български Bulgarian ПРИ явна или предполагаема експозиция:
ES español Spanish EN CASO DE exposición manifiesta o presunta:
CS čeština Czech PŘI expozici nebo podezření na ni:
DA dansk Danish VED eksponering eller mistanke om eksponering:
DE Deutsch German BEI Exposition oder falls betroffen
ET eesti Estonian Kokkupuute või kokkupuutekahtluse korral:
EL ελληνικά Greek ΣΕ ΠΕΡΙΠΤΩΣΗ έκθεσης ή πιθανής έκθεσης:
EN English English IF exposed or concerned:
FR français French EN CAS d’exposition prouvée ou suspectée:
GA Gaeilge Irish I gCÁS nochta nó má mheastar a bheith nochtaithe:
HR hrvatski Croatian U SLUČAJU izloženosti ili sumnje na izloženost:
IT italiano Italian IN CASO di esposizione o di possibile esposizione:
LV latviešu Latvian Ja saskaras vai saistīts ar:
LT lietuvių Lithuanian Esant sąlyčiui arba jeigu numanomas sąlytis:
HU magyar Hungarian Expozíció vagy annak gyanúja esetén:
MT Malti Maltese JEKK espost jew konċernat:
NL Nederlands Dutch NA (mogelijke) blootstelling:
PL polski Polish W PRZYPADKU narażenia lub styczności:
PT português Portuguese EM CASO DE exposição ou suspeita de exposição:
RO română Romanian ÎN CAZ DE expunere sau de posibilă expunere:
SK slovenčina Slovak Po expozícii alebo podozrení z nej:
SL slovenščina Slovenian PRI izpostavljenosti ali sumu izpostavljenosti:
FI suomi Finnish Altistumisen tapahduttua tai jos epäillään altistumista:
SV svenska Swedish Vid exponering eller misstanke om exponering:

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 P308 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 P308
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

P308 usually appears combined

CLP Annex IV defines combined statements as single label elements. P308 is a component of 2 of them — this is how you will actually see it printed.

CodeCombined statement
P308+P311 IF exposed or concerned: call a POISON CENTER or doctor. CLP verbatim: IF exposed or concerned: Call a POISON CENTER/doctor/…
P308+P313 IF exposed or concerned: get medical advice or attention. CLP verbatim: IF exposed or concerned: Get medical advice/attention.

Substances carrying P308

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, 31 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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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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