Glossary
Understanding the principles of CLP regulations

Distributor

Any natural or legal person established in the Community, including a retailer, who carries out only the operations of storing and placing on the market a substance, on its own or in a mixture, on behalf of third parties.

Manufacturer

Natural or legal person established in the Community who manufactures a substance there.

Supplier of a substance or mixture

A downstream user or distributor to whom a substance or mixture is supplied.

Importer

Any natural or legal person established in the Community who is responsible for the import.

Mix

A mixture or solution composed of two or more substances.

Chemical product

Generic term for both substances and mixtures of chemical substances. This term has no regulatory definition, as regulations refer specifically to substances and mixtures.

Substance

A chemical...