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China to Adopt UN GHS Rev. 4 with 28 Compulsory Standards for Classification of Chemicals Approved

Recently, Standardization Administration of China (SAC) promulgated 28 GB standards (GB 30000.XX-2013) on classifications and labeling of chemicals, which will replace the current  26 GB standards from Nov 1st 2014. (SAC Notice No. 20 and 21(2013)). China adopted all the building blocks in the fourth revision of UN GHS, which also served as the most essential drafting reference. 

The official documents of GB 30000.2-2013 ~ GB 30000.29-2013 are already published by China Zhijian Publishing House.

Compared with the existing 26 GBs on chemical classifications and labling, GB 30000 system incorporates two more categories namely "aspiration hazard " and "hazardous to the ozone layer". This update coincides with the hazard categories incorporated in the newly released Inventory of Hazardous Chemical (Draft). For the classification of chemicals listed in the Inventory, specific guidance document will be issued later. The revision or replacement of the current “General rule for classification and hazard communication of chemicals” (GB 13690-2009) is obviously in need. Additionally, it is very possible that a standard concerning workplace safety warning signs drafted by SAWS is collected into this series of GBs.

The framework of GB 30000 system is supposed to consist of the following 30 substandards:

Ser. Standard No. Standard Tile
(Safety rules for classification and labeling of chemicals - )
Replaced Standard
1GB 30000.1-2013General rulesGB 13690-2009
2 GB 30000.2-2013 ExplosivesGB 20576-2006
3 GB 30000.3-2013 Flammable gasesGB 20577-2006
4 GB 30000.4-2013 AerosolsGB 20578-2006
5 GB 30000.5-2013 Oxidizing gasesGB 20579-2006
6 GB 30000.6-2013 Gases under pressureGB 20580-2006
7 GB 30000.7-2013 Flammable LiquidsGB 20581-2006
8 GB 30000.8-2013 Flammable SolidsGB 20582-2006
9 GB 30000.9-2013 Self-reactive substances and mixturesGB 20583-2006
10 GB 30000.10-2013 Pyrophoric liquidsGB 20585-2006
11 GB 30000.11-2013 Pyrophoric solidsGB 20586-2006
12 GB 30000.12-2013 Self-heating substances and mixturesGB 20584-2006
13 GB 30000.13-2013 Substances and mixtures, which in contact with water, emit flammable gasesGB 20587-2006
14 GB 30000.14-2013 Oxidizing liquidsGB 20589-2006
15 GB 30000.15-2013 Oxidizing solidsGB 20590-2006
16 GB 30000.16-2013 Organic peroxidesGB 20591-2006
17 GB 30000.17-2013 Corrosive to metalsGB 20588-2006
18 GB 30000.18-2013 Acute toxicityGB 20592-2006
19 GB 30000.19-2013 Skin corrosion/irritationGB 20593-2006
20 GB 30000.20-2013 Serious eye damage / eye irritationGB 20594-2006
21 GB 30000.21-2013 Respiratory or skin sensitizationGB 20595-2006
22 GB 30000.22-2013 Germ cell mutagenicityGB 20596-2006
23 GB 30000.23-2013 CarcinogenicityGB 20597-2006
24 GB 30000.24-2013 Reproductive toxicityGB 20598-2006
25 GB 30000.25-2013 Specific target organ toxicity - Single exposureGB 20599-2006
26 GB 30000.26-2013 Specific target organ toxicity - Repeated exposureGB 20601-2006
27 GB 30000.27-2013 Aspiration hazard  
28 GB 30000.28-2013 Hazardous to the aquatic environmentGB 20602-2006
29 GB 30000.29-2013 Hazardous to the ozone layer  
30GB 30000.30-2013Work safety warning signs  

Tips:

Building blocks in UN GHS Rev. 4 but not adopted in China Inventory of Hazardous Chemicals are:

  • Explosives: Division 1.5, 1.6;

  • Aerosols:  Category 2, 3;

  • Flammable Liquids: Category 4;

  • Self-reactive substances (and mixtures): Type F, G;

  • Organic peroxides: Type G;

  • Acute toxicity: Category 4, 5;

  • Skin corrosion/irritation: Category 3;

  • Acute aquatic toxicity: Category 3;

  • Chronic aquatic toxicity: Category 4. 

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