2. Compare hazard classes common to harmonized classification and self-classification
You are obliged to apply the classifications and label elements listed in the harmonized entry in Annex VI of the CLP and not those of the self-classification. In fact, Article 4.3 of the CLP Regulation states that the substance must be classified in accordance with this annex, and that no classification is carried out for the hazard classes or categories covered by Annex VI.
However, in the case of minimum classification, self-classification may take precedence over harmonized classification. Indeed, for certain hazard classes, the classification carried out according to the criteria set out in the DSD directive does not correspond directly to the classification in a hazard class and category of the CLP regulation. In such cases, the classification given in Annex VI is considered as a minimum classification, i.e. the least restrictive hazard class between the two....
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Règlement (UE) n°286/2011 de la commission du 10 mars 2011 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification.
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