The Regulation (EC) n° 790/2009 of the commission of 10 August 2009 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, was published in the European Official Journal of 5 September 2009.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Article 1 on additions, deletions and changes of substances in Table 3.1 Classification (GHS) and 3.2 (Classification 67/548/EEC) of Annex VI of the Regulation CLP (EC) No 1272/2008, shall apply from 1 December 2010. The harmonised classifications set out in Part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation EC (No) 1272/2008, as amended by this Regulation, may be applied before 1 December 2010.