The regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, was published in the European Official Journal of 31 December 2008.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Titles II, III and IV shall apply in respect of substances from 1 December 2010 and in respect of mixtures from 1 June 2015. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.