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What it regulates

Approved the former notification, classification, packaging and labelling regime for dangerous substances, referenced by many prevention rules. This sheet explains those antecedents without presenting historical symbols, categories or safety data sheet rules as the current regime.

Who it applies to

Historical and transitional selection relevant to identifying and communicating chemical hazards at work. Administrative environmental cooperation in additional provision 4 is mentioned only to explain why the entire decree should not be labelled repealed.

Key provisions

Former definitions and categories explain historical references in OSH rules but do not replace the hazard classes, categories and statements under current CLP. Converting categories requires attention to the destination rule and its amendments.

Article 2

The 2008 amendment aligned the regulation with REACH, linked testing to article 13 of that European regulation and deleted extensive parts of the old notification system. The original 1995 title alone does not describe the content applicable after that reform.

Article 3

Articles 18–21 remain useful for reconstructing former packaging and labelling rules. The sole transitional provision of RD 717/2010 makes them inapplicable to substances from 1 December 2010 because CLP becomes mandatory; they must not be used today to require black symbols on an orange background.

Article 19

Former article 23 on safety data sheets and its annex XI were deleted in 2008. Deletion does not remove the need for safety information: the European REACH regime and professional-use prevention duties must be followed.

Article 23

Law 8/2010 repealed specified paragraphs of article 28 and established the REACH/CLP sanction regime. Partial repeal of that article must be distinguished from an automatic total repeal of this decree, which did not occur.

Article 28

History and versions

Initial publication: 05/06/1995 · Initial entry into force: 06/06/1995

BOE-A-1995-13535

Published on 5 June 1995 and effective from 6 June 1995. All eighteen subsequent relationships are retained: technical adaptations, the 2008 REACH reform, CLP transition and partial repeals in 2010, and additional provision 4 in 2017. The historical nature of much of the regime is stated without inventing a total repeal.

Order of 13 September 1995 amends annex I.

Publication: 19/09/1995 · Effective date: 09/10/1995

BOE-A-1995-20998

Order of 21 February 1997 amends annex I.

Publication: 10/03/1997 · Effective date: 30/03/1997

BOE-A-1997-5149

RD 700/1998 amends article 19.1.f and g on labelling.

Publication: 08/05/1998 · Effective date: 09/05/1998

BOE-A-1998-10726

Order of 30 June 1998 amends annexes I, III, V and VI.

Publication: 06/07/1998 · Effective date: 07/07/1998

BOE-A-1998-16039

Order of 11 September 1998 amends annexes I and V.

Publication: 17/09/1998 · Effective date: 16/12/1998

BOE-A-1998-21829

Order of 8 January 1999 classifies magnesium hexafluorosilicate under the article 27 mechanism; historical classification.

BOE-A-1999-851

Order of 16 July 1999 amends annexes I and V.

Publication: 27/07/1999 · Effective date: 31/10/1999

BOE-A-1999-16240

Order of 5 October 2000 amends annexes I, III, IV and VI.

Publication: 10/10/2000 · Effective date: 11/10/2000

BOE-A-2000-18244

Order of 5 April 2001 amends annexes I, IV, V, VI and IX.

Publication: 19/04/2001 · Effective date: 19/10/2001

BOE-A-2001-7617

RD 507/2001 amends article 13.1 of the former notification system.

Publication: 12/05/2001 · Effective date: 13/05/2001

BOE-A-2001-9096

Order PRE/2317/2002 amends annexes I–VIII.

Publication: 24/09/2002 · Effective date: 25/09/2002

BOE-A-2002-18438

RD 99/2003 amends article 23.1 and annex XI on safety data sheets, before their deletion in 2008.

Publication: 04/02/2003 · Effective date: 05/02/2003

BOE-A-2003-2211

RD 255/2003 repeals the first additional provision.

Publication: 04/03/2003 · Effective date: 05/03/2003

BOE-A-2003-4376

Order PRE/1244/2006 amends annexes I and V.

Publication: 28/04/2006 · Effective date: 29/04/2006

BOE-A-2006-7581

RD 1802/2008 adapts the regulation to REACH, changes its name and deletes, among other provisions, articles 4, 7–17 and 23 and annexes of the former system; it refers testing to the European regime.

Publication: 04/11/2008 · Effective date: 05/11/2008

BOE-A-2008-17630

Law 8/2010 repeals specified parts of the article 28 sanction regime; part of the repeal takes effect on 1 December 2010. It does not repeal the entire article or decree.

Publication: 01/04/2010 · Effective date: 02/04/2010

BOE-A-2010-5293

RD 717/2010 amends articles 5, 6.2 and 19 and deletes annex I. Its sole transitional provision makes articles 18–21 inapplicable to substances from 1 December 2010 when CLP becomes mandatory.

Publication: 08/06/2010 · Effective date: 09/06/2010

BOE-A-2010-9104

RD 773/2017 adds additional provision 4 on administrative cooperation in environmental quality. It does not revive the former labelling system or establish a new occupational classification of substances.

Publication: 31/08/2017 · Effective date: 01/09/2017

BOE-A-2017-10054

Text versions of the selected OSH provisions

The table is limited to the occupational safety and health provisions covered by this record. A text version may amend only other paragraphs of the same article; the history explains the occupational changes. Changes to other subjects can be consulted in the BOE.

Publication	Effective date	Official reference	Affected provisions
05/06/1995	06/06/1995	BOE-A-1995-13535	Article 2, Article 3, Article 5, Article 6, Article 18, Article 19, Article 20, Article 21, Article 23, Article 28
08/05/1998	09/05/1998	BOE-A-1998-10726	Article 19
04/02/2003	05/02/2003	BOE-A-2003-2211	Article 23
04/11/2008	05/11/2008	BOE-A-2008-17630	Article 2, Article 3, Article 6, Article 23
01/04/2010	02/04/2010	BOE-A-2010-5293	Article 28
08/06/2010	09/06/2010	BOE-A-2010-9104	Article 5, Article 6, Article 19

Transitional provisions and application notes

CLP repealed Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC from 1 June 2015 and established its own transitions. Those milestones do not amount to a literal complete repeal of RD 363/1995, nor permit continued use of old labelling today because it appears in a consolidated text.
Official reference
Additional provision 4 introduced in 2017 concerns environmental cooperation between administrations. It is retained as legal-status context without developing environmental duties outside OSH or attributing any revival of former categories to it.
Additional provision fourth
For a current occupational exposure assessment, check the current classification and safety data sheet, RD 374/2001 and, where applicable, RD 665/1997. A historical classification alone does not establish the risk or suitable measures for the current job.
Article 23

Official BOE legal relationships

This record covers the history of the selected occupational safety and health provisions. The official analysis also provides the relationships affecting other subjects in the legislation.

Official BOE legal relationships

Official sources

Official sources checked on 14/11/2026. Updating a database record does not by itself mean that the legislation has been amended.

Official sources checked on 14 November 2026. Consolidation, where available, is informative and has no legal force. Consult the official publication and check the applicable provision and date.

Sabentis editorial translation into English; it is not an official translation and does not replace the official text.

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