Introduction to Health and Safety at Work

Chain of supply
The successive ownership of 
a chemical as it passes from 
manufacturer to its ultimate user
Table 17.2
Commonly used terms
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17.6 
Chemicals Regulations 2002 and 2005 amendment Regulations

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CHIP 3.1. The regulations bring into legal effect all the 
new entries, revisions, deletions and amendments to the 
classifi cation and labelling requirements of hazardous 
substances set out in the 29th Adaptation to Technical 
Progress (29th ATP) to the Dangerous Substances 
Directive (European Commission Directive 2004/73/2004).
Table 17.2 outlines a description of commonly used 
terms, and Figure 17.1 shows a summary of what needs 
to be done to comply.
17.6.2 Classifi cation – Regulation 4
The basic requirement for CHIP 3 is for the supplier to 
decide whether the chemical is hazardous. CHIP 3 with 
its Approved Classifi cation and Labelling Guide (ACLG), 
sets out the rules for this. They tell the supplier how to:
➤
decide what kind of hazard the chemical has; and
➤
explain the hazard by assigning a simple sen-
tence that describes it (known as a ‘risk phrase’ or 
Figure 17.1
Summary of what you need to do (Reproduced with courtesy of HSE).
Are you supppling a
chemical?
No duties under CHIP
Use conventional
method or ACLG criteria
to derive classification
Gather available data
and classify using
criteria in ACLG
Derive label
Does it need
additional
warning
information?
- decide on symbol (s)
- decide on R-phrases
- decide on S-phrases
- is additional warning
information required?
Is the chemical
exempted from CHIP?
Yes
No
No
Yes
Is the chemical a:
Is the substance in the
Approved Supply List?
Use ASL
classification
and label
Is it for professional use?
Is it dangerous?
Supply SDS
No further action required
Provide adequate information
Is it a preparation
containing certain
amounts of dangerous
substances and is for
professional use and SDS
has been requested?
Substance
Preparation
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No