Storage · precautionary statement
P406 — Store in a corrosion-resistant container with a resistant inner liner.
Storage statements describe the conditions the container must be kept in. No substance with a harmonised EU classification carries this code.
01 · Wording
What P406 says
Store in corrosive resistant/… container with a resistant inner liner. The wording is incomplete on purpose. The container material that resists this substance, plus its inner liner.
Store in a corrosion-resistant container with a resistant inner liner. How it usually reads on a label. We show it separately rather than presenting a filled-in blank as the regulation's own text.
Storage · 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 P406? 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
P406 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 P406 |
|---|---|
| BG български Bulgarian | Да се съхранява в устойчив на разяждане съд/… съд с устойчива вътрешна облицовка. |
| ES español Spanish | Almacenar en un recipiente resistente a la corrosión /… en un recipiente con revestimiento interior resistente. |
| CS čeština Czech | Skladujte v obalu odolném proti korozi/… s odolnou vnitřní vrstvou. |
| DA dansk Danish | Opbevares i ætsningsbestandig/… beholder med modstandsdygtig foring. |
| DE Deutsch German | In korrosionsbeständigem/… Behälter mit korrosionsbeständiger Innenauskleidung aufbewahren. |
| ET eesti Estonian | Hoida sööbekindlas/…sööbekindla sisevooderdisega mahutis. |
| EL ελληνικά Greek | Αποθηκεύεται σε ανθεκτικό στη διάβρωση/… περιέκτη με ανθεκτική εσωτερική επένδυση. |
| EN English English | Store in a corrosion-resistant/… container with a resistant inner liner. |
| FR français French | Stocker dans un récipient résistant à la corrosion/… avec doublure intérieure. |
| GA Gaeilge Irish | Stóráil i gcoimeádán/ … frithchreimneach le líneáil fhrithchreimneach laistigh. |
| HR hrvatski Croatian | Skladištiti u spremniku otpornom na nagrizanje/ … s otpornom unutarnjom oblogom. |
| IT italiano Italian | Conservare in recipiente resistente alla corrosione/… provvisto di rivestimento interno resistente. |
| LV latviešu Latvian | Glabāt korozijizturīgā/… tvertnē ar iekšējo pretkorozijas izolāciju. |
| LT lietuvių Lithuanian | Laikyti korozijai atsparioje talpykloje/…, turinčioje atsparią vidinę dangą. |
| HU magyar Hungarian | Saválló/saválló bélésű … edényben tárolandó. |
| MT Malti Maltese | Aħżen f'post reżistenti għall-korrużjoni /… kontenitur li huwa infurrat minn ġewwa b'materjal reżistenti. |
| NL Nederlands Dutch | In corrosiebestendige/… houder met corrosiebestendige binnenbekleding bewaren. |
| PL polski Polish | Przechowywać w pojemniku odpornym na korozję /… o odpornej powłoce wewnętrznej. |
| PT português Portuguese | Armazenar num recipiente resistente à corrosão/… com um revestimento interior resistente. |
| RO română Romanian | A se depozita într-un recipient rezistent la coroziune/recipient din… cu dublură interioară rezistentă la coroziune. |
| SK slovenčina Slovak | Uchovávajte v nádobe odolnej proti korózii/… nádobe s odolnou vnútornou vrstvou. |
| SL slovenščina Slovenian | Hraniti v posodi, odporni proti koroziji/…, z odporno notranjo oblogo. |
| FI suomi Finnish | Varastoi syöpymättömässä/… säiliössä, jossa on kestävä sisävuoraus. |
| SV svenska Swedish | Förvaras i korrosionsbeständig/… behållare med beständigt innerhölje. |
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 P406 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 P406 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 P406
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.