Dangerous substances: classification, packaging and labelling (amend. Directive 67/548/EEC)

OBJECTIVE: amending for the eighth time Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances, with a view to replacing the abbreviation 'EEC' with the abbreviation 'EC'. SUBSTANCE: - In Directive 67/548/EEC, the terms 'EEC number' and 'EEC label' are replaced by the terms 'EC number' and 'EC label' respectively; - However, Member States shall authorize the placing on the market of substances whose labels bear the 'EEC number' and the words 'EEC label' until 31 December 2000. �