CLP REACH Guidelines – Operational Impacts 2025

The Action Plan for the Chemical Industry, published on July 8, 2025, launches an Omnibus package aimed at simplifying the CLP Regulation and renewing the REACH Regulation.

These updates create the opportunity to make labeling, safety data sheets, and compliance processes leaner and more digitalized.

CLP Simplification: Labeling and Digital Formats

The 6th Omnibus Proposal introduces:

• Simplified formatting rules (exemptions for font size, spacing, and packaging requirements).

• Digital contact points on labels to improve communication and traceability.

• Streamlined rules for hazard communication in advertising and distance selling.

Operational impact:

• Immediate review of label layouts.

• Updating graphic templates to include the digital contact point.

• Aligning marketing materials with the new requirements.

REACH Revision Process: Digital SDS and New Scopes

By the end of 2025, REACH will undergo a recast to:

• Extend the Generic Risk Approach to new classes of substances (PBT, PMT) and professional uses.

• Introduce Digital Safety Data Sheets (SDS) integrated into the Digital Product Passport.

• Broaden notification and registration obligations, with a focus on polymers and emerging substances.

Operational impact:

• Implementation of platforms for digital SDS.

• Updating HSE document management systems.

• Internal training on new formats and information flows.