The United Nations’ Globally Harmonised System of classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS) is adopted in all EU Member States though the European Regulation EC 1272/2008 on Classification, Labelling and Packaging of substances and mixtures,(CLP), and came into force on 20th January 2009. 

REACH is a European Union regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals. It came into force on 1st June 2007 and replaced a number of European Directives and Regulations with a single system.