Response · precautionary statement
P315 — Get immediate medical advice or attention.
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 P315 says
Get immediate medical advice/attention.
Get immediate medical advice or attention. How it usually reads on a label. We show it separately rather than presenting a filled-in blank as the regulation's own text.
Response · GHS revision 9
Does your label need P315? 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
P315 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 P315 |
|---|---|
| BG български Bulgarian | Незабавно потърсете медицински съвет/помощ. |
| ES español Spanish | Consultar a un médico inmediatamente. |
| CS čeština Czech | Okamžitě vyhledejte lékařskou pomoc/ošetření. |
| DA dansk Danish | Søg omgående lægehjælp. |
| DE Deutsch German | Sofort ärztlichen Rat einholen/ärztliche Hilfe hinzuziehen. |
| ET eesti Estonian | Pöörduda viivitamata arsti poole. |
| EL ελληνικά Greek | Συμβουλευθείτε/Επισκεφθείτε αμέσως γιατρό. |
| EN English English | Get immediate medical advice/attention. |
| FR français French | Consulter immédiatement un médecin. |
| GA Gaeilge Irish | Faigh comhairle/cúram liachta láithreach. |
| HR hrvatski Croatian | Hitno zatražiti savjet/pomoć liječnika. |
| IT italiano Italian | Consultare immediatamente un medico. |
| LV latviešu Latvian | Nekavējoties lūdziet palīdzību mediķiem. |
| LT lietuvių Lithuanian | Nedelsiant kreiptis į gydytoją. |
| HU magyar Hungarian | Azonnal orvosi ellátást kell kérni. |
| MT Malti Maltese | Ikkonsulta tabib minnufih. |
| NL Nederlands Dutch | Onmiddellijk een arts raadplegen. |
| PL polski Polish | Natychmiast zasięgnąć porady/zgłosić się pod opiekę lekarza. |
| PT português Portuguese | Consulte imediatamente um médico. |
| RO română Romanian | Consultați imediat medicul. |
| SK slovenčina Slovak | Okamžite vyhľadajte lekársku pomoc/starostlivosť. |
| SL slovenščina Slovenian | Takoj poiščite zdravniško pomoč/oskrbo. |
| FI suomi Finnish | Hakeudu välittömästi lääkäriin. |
| SV svenska Swedish | Sök omedelbart läkarhjälp. |
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 P315 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 P315 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
P315 usually appears combined
CLP Annex IV defines combined statements as single label elements. P315 is a component of one of them — this is how you will actually see it printed.
| Code | Combined statement |
|---|---|
| P336+P315 | Thaw frosted parts with lukewarm water. Do not rub affected area. Get immediate medical advice or attention. CLP verbatim: Thaw frosted parts with lukewarm water. Do not rub affected area. Get immediate medical advice/attention. |
05 · Substances
Substances carrying P315
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.