Storage · precautionary statement
P405 — Store locked up.
Storage statements describe the conditions the container must be kept in. No substance with a harmonised EU classification carries this code.
01 · Wording
What P405 says
Store locked up.
Storage · GHS revision 9
Does your label need P405? 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
P405 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 P405 |
|---|---|
| BG български Bulgarian | Да се съхранява под ключ. |
| ES español Spanish | Guardar bajo llave. |
| CS čeština Czech | Skladujte uzamčené. |
| DA dansk Danish | Opbevares under lås. |
| DE Deutsch German | Unter Verschluss aufbewahren. |
| ET eesti Estonian | Hoida lukustatult. |
| EL ελληνικά Greek | Φυλάσσεται κλειδωμένο. |
| EN English English | Store locked up. |
| FR français French | Garder sous clef. |
| GA Gaeilge Irish | Stóráil faoi ghlas. |
| HR hrvatski Croatian | Skladištiti pod ključem. |
| IT italiano Italian | Conservare sotto chiave. |
| LV latviešu Latvian | Glabāt slēgtā veidā. |
| LT lietuvių Lithuanian | Laikyti užrakintą. |
| HU magyar Hungarian | Elzárva tárolandó. |
| MT Malti Maltese | Aħżen f'post imsakkar. |
| NL Nederlands Dutch | Achter slot bewaren. |
| PL polski Polish | Przechowywać pod zamknięciem. |
| PT português Portuguese | Armazenar em local fechado à chave. |
| RO română Romanian | A se depozita sub cheie. |
| SK slovenčina Slovak | Uchovávajte uzamknuté. |
| SL slovenščina Slovenian | Hraniti zaklenjeno. |
| FI suomi Finnish | Varastoi lukitussa tilassa. |
| SV svenska Swedish | Förvaras inlåst. |
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 P405 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 P405 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 · Substances
Substances carrying P405
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.