Response · precautionary statement
P380 — Evacuate area.
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 P380 says
Evacuate area.
Response · GHS revision 9
Does your label need P380? 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
P380 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 P380 |
|---|---|
| BG български Bulgarian | Евакуирайте зоната. |
| ES español Spanish | Evacuar la zona. |
| CS čeština Czech | Vykliďte _roctor. |
| DA dansk Danish | Evakuer området. |
| DE Deutsch German | Umgebung räumen. |
| ET eesti Estonian | Ala evakueerida. |
| EL ελληνικά Greek | Εκκενώστε την περιοχή. |
| EN English English | Evacuate area. |
| FR français French | Évacuer la zone. |
| GA Gaeilge Irish | Aslonnaigh gach duine as an limistéar. |
| HR hrvatski Croatian | Evakuirati područje. |
| IT italiano Italian | Evacuare la zona. |
| LV latviešu Latvian | Evakuēt zonu. |
| LT lietuvių Lithuanian | Evakuoti zoną. |
| HU magyar Hungarian | A területet ki kell üríteni. |
| MT Malti Maltese | Evakwa ż-żona. |
| NL Nederlands Dutch | Evacueren. |
| PL polski Polish | Ewakuować teren. |
| PT português Portuguese | Evacuar a zona. |
| RO română Romanian | Evacuați zona. |
| SK slovenčina Slovak | Priestory evakuujte. |
| SL slovenščina Slovenian | Izprazniti območje. |
| FI suomi Finnish | Evakuoi alue. |
| SV svenska Swedish | Utrym området. |
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 P380 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 P380 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
P380 usually appears combined
CLP Annex IV defines combined statements as single label elements. P380 is a component of 4 of them — this is how you will actually see it printed.
| Code | Combined statement |
|---|---|
| P370+P372+P380+P373 | In case of fire: explosion risk. Evacuate area. DO NOT fight fire when fire reaches explosives. CLP verbatim: In case of fire: Explosion risk. Evacuate area. DO NOT fight fire when fire reaches explosives |
| P370+P380+P375 | In case of fire: evacuate area. Fight fire remotely due to the risk of explosion. CLP verbatim: In case of fire: Evacuate area. Fight fire remotely due to the risk of explosion. |
| P371+P380+P375 | In case of major fire and large quantities: evacuate area. Fight fire remotely due to the risk of explosion. CLP verbatim: In case of major fire and large quantities: Evacuate area. Fight fire remotely due to the risk of explosion. |
| P370+P380+P375+P378 | In case of fire: evacuate area. Fight fire remotely due to the risk of explosion. Use the specified media to extinguish. CLP verbatim: In case of fire: Evacuate area. Fight fire remotely due to the risk of explosion. [Use … to extinguish]. |
05 · Substances
Substances carrying P380
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.