FAQ
Regarding the Product Safety Regulation
Manufacturer details
In accordance with the EU Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), manufacturers must provide their company name, registered trademark, postal address, and an electronic address (website or email) for contact purposes on the product or its packaging for products they place on the market. This information must also be made visible on online marketplaces to ensure traceability.
Hazard pictograms
Hazard pictograms provide information about dangers posed by hazardous substances, mixtures, and articles containing explosives.
Our products are marked with the following pictograms.
Our products are marked with the following pictograms.
Flammable GHS02
- Section 2.2 Flammable gases, hazard category 1A, 1B
- Section 2.3 Aerosols, hazard categories 1, 2
- Section 2.6 Flammable liquids, hazard categories 1, 2, 3
- Section 2.7 Flammable solids, hazard categories 1, 2
- Section 2.8 Self-reactive substances and mixtures, Types B, C, D, E, F
- Section 2.9 Pyrophoric liquids, hazard category 1
- Section 2.10 Pyrophoric solids, hazard category 1
- Section 2.11 Self-heating substances and mixtures, hazard categories 1, 2
- Section 2.12 Substances and mixtures which, in contact with water, develop flammable gases, hazard categories 1, 2, 3
- Section 2.15 Organic peroxides, Types B, C, D, E, F
- Section 2.17 Desensitised explosives/mixtures, hazard categories 1, 2, 3, 4
Batteries
The labelling requirement according to § 17 of the Battery Act applies to manufacturers. Manufacturers under the Battery Act are those who first place batteries and accumulators on the market in Germany, even if this occurs via import.
Corrosive GHS05
Section 2.16
Corrosive to metals, hazard category 1
Environment GHS09
Section 4.1
Hazardous to the aquatic environment
Hazardous to the aquatic environment
- Acute aquatic hazard: Category Acute 1
Long-term aquatic hazard: Categories
Chronic 1, Chronic 2
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