Article 6

1. Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that dangerous substances cannot be placed on the market unless the labelling on their packaging satisfies the following requirements. 2. All packagings must be labelled with: - the name of the substance, the origin of the substance, the danger symbol and indication of danger involved in the use of the substance, a reference to the special risks arising from such dangers; the name of the substance must be one of the terms listed in Annex I to this Directive; the indication of origin must include the name and address of the manufacturer, the distributor or the importer; the following symbols and indications of danger are to be used: >PIC FILE= "T9000048"> The symbols must conform to those in Annex II to this Directive ; they shall be printed in black on an orange-yellow background. The nature of the special risks involved in using the substances must be indicated by one or more of the standard phrases which, in conformity with the references contained in the list in Annex I, are set out in Annex III to this Directive. 3. If the packaging is accompanied by advice on safety precautions relating to the use of the substances, the wording of this shall, in conformity with the references contained in the list in Annex I, be taken from Annex IV to this Directive.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-29 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.