Your European customer said this. Here is what they mean, what it takes to satisfy it, and what it costs.
What they actually mean
The sheet travels with the paperwork. The label travels on the drum, and it is what an inspector sees first.
A label under CLP Articles 17–33 carries the product identifiers, the pictograms — each covering a defined minimum share of the label surface and never smaller than one square centimetre — the signal word, the hazard and precautionary statements, the supplemental EU information, the nominal quantity where the package goes to the general public, and the unique formula identifier where a hazardous mixture requires one. It also carries the name, address and telephone of a supplier established in the EU, which is a detail worth noticing: those are your customer’s or your representative’s details, not ours to supply.
We generate the artwork from the same classification record as the sheet, which is the only way to guarantee the two cannot contradict each other. We also flag, per substance, whether the packaging additionally needs a tactile warning of danger or a child-resistant fastening.
€25 per SKU. €990 for fifty.
How long this takes
A label is generated from a classification, so the honest answer depends on whether that classification already exists. If you hold a current safety data sheet for the substance, the artwork is produced directly from it. If you do not, the classification has to be established first — that is the safety data sheet, and the label follows it.
If your customer gave you a deadline, tell us what it is — we will say within one working day whether it is possible, rather than discovering it together on day three. If you are not sure which of the two you actually need, the comparison table names one per situation.
What we need from you
The CAS number. The destination country. The mode of transport. The commercial form and grade you actually ship. That is enough to start; anything else we need, we will ask for once.
Before you order, send us what you already have
One card per company, free, report in 14 calendar days. It costs you nothing to find out whether the document you hold can be repaired instead of replaced — and sometimes it can.
Questions people ask before they order
Does the label have to be in the language of the country it is sold in?
Yes. The label has to carry the required elements in the official language or languages of each member state where the product is placed on the market. A label that is correct in Germany is not automatically correct in France.
Who has to appear on the label as the supplier?
An entity established in the European Union, with its name, address and telephone number. That is not a formatting detail — if you have no such entity, the label cannot be completed, and it is the first thing an inspector reads.
How large do the pictograms have to be?
They are sized from the capacity of the package, not chosen for the design. We generate them from the classification and the surface rule, so a small bottle and a drum of the same substance get different label geometry.
Can you produce labels for a whole catalogue at once?
Yes. A single SKU is €25, ten are €225, fifty are €990, and an additional language for the same SKU is €9. The label is generated from the same classification as the safety data sheet, so the two cannot drift apart.