Storage · precautionary statement
P407 — Maintain air gap between stacks or pallets.
Storage statements describe the conditions the container must be kept in. No substance with a harmonised EU classification carries this code.
01 · Wording
What P407 says
Maintain air gap between stacks or pallets.
Storage · GHS revision 9
Does your label need P407? 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
P407 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 P407 |
|---|---|
| BG български Bulgarian | Да се остави въздушно пространство между купчините или палетите. |
| ES español Spanish | Dejar un espacio de aire entre las pilas o bandejas. |
| CS čeština Czech | Mezi stohy nebo paletami ponechte vzduchovou mezeru. |
| DA dansk Danish | Opbevares med luftmellemrum mellem stakkene/pallerne. |
| DE Deutsch German | Luftspalt zwischen Stapeln oder Paletten lassen. |
| ET eesti Estonian | Jätta virnade või kaubaaluste vahele õhuvahe. |
| EL ελληνικά Greek | Να υπάρχει κενό αέρος μεταξύ των σωρών ή παλετών. |
| EN English English | Maintain air gap between stacks or pallets. |
| FR français French | Maintenir un intervalle d'air entre les piles ou les palettes. |
| GA Gaeilge Irish | Coimeád bearna aeir idir cruacha nó idir pailléid. |
| HR hrvatski Croatian | Osigurati razmak između polica ili paleta. |
| IT italiano Italian | Mantenere uno spazio libero tra gli scaffali o i pallet. |
| LV latviešu Latvian | Saglabāt gaisa spraugu starp krāvumiem vai paletēm. |
| LT lietuvių Lithuanian | Palikti oro tarpą tarp eilių arba palečių. |
| HU magyar Hungarian | A rakatok vagy raklapok között térközt kell hagyni. |
| MT Malti Maltese | Ħalli l-arja tgħaddi bejn l-imniezel jew il-palits. |
| NL Nederlands Dutch | Ruimte laten tussen stapels of pallets. |
| PL polski Polish | Zachować szczelinę powietrzną pomiędzy stosami lub paletami. |
| PT português Portuguese | Respeitar as distâncias mínimas entre pilhas ou paletes. |
| RO română Romanian | Păstrați un spațiu gol între stive sau paleți. |
| SK slovenčina Slovak | Medzi regálmi alebo paletami ponechajte vzduchovú medzeru. |
| SL slovenščina Slovenian | Ohraniti zračno režo med skladi ali paletami. |
| FI suomi Finnish | Jätä pinojen tai kuormalavojen väliin ilmarako. |
| SV svenska Swedish | Se till att det finns luft mellan staplar eller pallar. |
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 P407 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 P407 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 P407
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.