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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

P312 — Call a POISON CENTER or doctor if you feel unwell.

Response statements describe what to do once exposure, a spill or a fire has happened. 1,166 substances with a harmonised EU classification carry this code.

EU CLP: currentUS OSHA HazCom: currentUS HazCom 2012: currentUN GHS: withdrawn

01 · Wording

What P312 says

Official

Call a POISON CENTER/doctor/ if you feel unwell. The wording is incomplete on purpose. Whom to call — a POISON CENTER, a doctor, or another emergency contact the supplier names.

Typical

Call a POISON CENTER or doctor if you feel unwell. 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

Response · 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 P312? 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

P312 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 P312
BG български Bulgarian При неразположение се обадете в ЦЕНТЪР ПО ТОКСИКОЛОГИЯ/на лекар/…
ES español Spanish Llamar a un CENTRO DE TOXICOLOGÍA / médico/… si la persona se encuentra mal.
CS čeština Czech Necítíte-li se dobře, volejte TOXIKOLOGICKÉ INFORMAČNÍ STŘEDISKO / lékaře /… .
DA dansk Danish Kontakt GIFTLINJEN/læge/… i tilfælde af ubehag.
DE Deutsch German Bei Unwohlsein GIFTINFORMATIONSZENTRUM/Arzt/… anrufen.
ET eesti Estonian Halva enesetunde korral võtta ühendust MÜRGISTUSTEABEKESKUSEGA/arstiga/….
EL ελληνικά Greek Καλέστε το ΚΕΝΤΡΟ ΔΗΛΗΤΗΡΙΑΣΕΩΝ/γιατρό/…, αν αισθανθείτε αδιαθεσία.
EN English English Call a POISON CENTRE/doctor/… if you feel unwell.
FR français French Appeler un CENTRE ANTIPOISON/un médecin/… en cas de malaise.
GA Gaeilge Irish Cuir glao ar IONAD NIMHE/dochtúir/… má bhraitheann tú tinn.
HR hrvatski Croatian U slučaju zdravstvenih tegoba nazvati CENTAR ZA KONTROLU OTROVANJA / liječnika / …
IT italiano Italian In caso di malessere, contattare un CENTRO ANTIVELENI/un medico/… .
LV latviešu Latvian Sazinieties ar SAINDĒŠANĀS INFORMĀCIJAS CENTRU/ārstu/…, ja jums ir slikta pašsajūta.
LT lietuvių Lithuanian Pasijutus blogai, skambinti į APSINUODIJIMŲ KONTROLĖS IR INFORMACIJOS BIURĄ / kreiptis į gydytoją / …
HU magyar Hungarian Rosszullét esetén forduljon TOXIKOLÓGIAI KÖZPONTHOZ/orvoshoz/….
MT Malti Maltese Ikkuntattja ĊENTRU TAL-AVVELENAMENT / tabib / … jekk tħossok ma tiflaħx.
NL Nederlands Dutch Bij onwel voelen een ANTIGIFCENTRUM/arts/… raadplegen.
PL polski Polish W przypadku złego samopoczucia skontaktować się z OŚRODKIEM ZATRUĆ/ lekarzem/….
PT português Portuguese Caso sinta indisposição, contacte um CENTRO DE INFORMAÇÃO ANTIVENENOS/médico/… .
RO română Romanian Sunați la un CENTRU DE INFORMARE TOXICOLOGICĂ/un medic/… dacă nu vă simțiți bine.
SK slovenčina Slovak Pri zdravotných problémoch volajte NÁRODNÉ TOXIKOLOGICKÉ INFORMAČNÉ CENTRUM/lekára/… .
SL slovenščina Slovenian Ob slabem počutju pokličite CENTER ZA ZASTRUPITVE/ zdravnika/… .
FI suomi Finnish Ota yhteys MYRKYTYSTIETOKESKUKSEEN/lääkäriin/…, jos ilmenee pahoinvointia.
SV svenska Swedish Vid obehag, kontakta GIFTINFORMATIONSCENTRALEN/läkare… .

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 P312 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 P312
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 withdrawn Deleted without a direct replacement.

Currently in force under: EU CLP, US OSHA HazCom, US HazCom 2012. Sources: EU CLP · US OSHA HazCom · US HazCom 2012 · UN GHS

04 · On a label

P312 usually appears combined

CLP Annex IV defines combined statements as single label elements. P312 is a component of one of them — this is how you will actually see it printed.

CodeCombined statement
P301+P312 IF SWALLOWED: call a POISON CENTER or doctor if you feel unwell. CLP verbatim: IF SWALLOWED: Call a POISON CENTER/doctor/… if you feel unwell.

Substances carrying P312

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, 80 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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