Response · precautionary statement
P334 — Immerse in cool water or wrap in wet bandages.
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 P334 says
Immerse in cool water [or wrap in wet bandages]. The wording is incomplete on purpose. The square brackets mark an alternative: immerse in water, or wrap in wet bandages.
Immerse in cool water or wrap in wet bandages. 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
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 P334? 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
P334 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 P334 |
|---|---|
| BG български Bulgarian | Потопете в хладка вода [или сложете мокри компреси]. |
| ES español Spanish | Sumergir en agua fría [o envolver en vendas húmedas]. |
| CS čeština Czech | Ponořte do studené vody [nebo zabalte do vlhkého obvazu]. |
| DA dansk Danish | Hold under koldt vand [eller anvend våde omslag]. |
| DE Deutsch German | In kaltes Wasser tauchen [oder nassen Verband anlegen]. |
| ET eesti Estonian | Hoida jahedas vees [või panna peale niiske kompress]. |
| EL ελληνικά Greek | Βυθίστε σε δροσερό νερό [ή τυλίξτε με βρεγμένους επιδέσμους]. |
| EN English English | Immerse in cool water [or wrap in wet bandages]. |
| FR français French | Rincer à l'eau fraîche [ou poser une compresse humide]. |
| GA Gaeilge Irish | Tum in uisce fionnuar [nó cuir bréid fliuch air]. |
| HR hrvatski Croatian | Uroniti u hladnu vodu [ili omotati vlažnim zavojem]. |
| IT italiano Italian | Immergere in acqua fredda [o avvolgere con un bendaggio umido]. |
| LV latviešu Latvian | Iegremdēt vēsā ūdenī [vai ietīt mitros apsējos]. |
| LT lietuvių Lithuanian | Įmerkti į vėsų vandenį [arba apvynioti šlapiais tvarsčiais]. |
| HU magyar Hungarian | Hideg vízzel [vagy nedves kötéssel] kell hűteni. |
| MT Malti Maltese | Daħħal fl-ilma kiesaħ [jew kebbeb f'faxex imxarrbin]. |
| NL Nederlands Dutch | In koud water onderdompelen [of nat verband aanbrengen]. |
| PL polski Polish | Zanurzyć w zimnej wodzie [lub owinąć mokrym bandażem]. |
| PT português Portuguese | Mergulhar em água fria [ou aplicar compressas húmidas]. |
| RO română Romanian | Introduceți în apă rece [sau acoperiți cu o compresă umedă]. |
| SK slovenčina Slovak | Ponorte do studenej vody [alebo obviažte mokrými obväzmi]. |
| SL slovenščina Slovenian | Potopiti v hladno vodo [ali zaviti v mokre povoje]. |
| FI suomi Finnish | Upota kylmään veteen [tai kääri märkiin siteisiin]. |
| SV svenska Swedish | Skölj under kallt vatten [eller använd våta omslag]. |
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 P334 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 P334 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
P334 usually appears combined
CLP Annex IV defines combined statements as single label elements. P334 is a component of 2 of them — this is how you will actually see it printed.
| Code | Combined statement |
|---|---|
| P302+P334 | IF ON SKIN: immerse in cool water or wrap in wet bandages. CLP verbatim: IF ON SKIN: Immerse in cool water [or wrap in wet bandages]. |
| P302+P335+P334 | IF ON SKIN: brush off loose particles from skin. Immerse in cool water or wrap in wet bandages. CLP verbatim: IF ON SKIN: Brush off loose particles from skin. Immerse in cool water [or wrap in wet bandages]. |
05 · Substances
Substances carrying P334
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.