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Yes, this is possible. In July 2025, the EDQM began introducing a new primary label for European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) reference standards.

Scheduled to take place in several stages, this change will apply to new reference standards (batch 1) placed on the market from the end of July 2025. It will then be gradually rolled out to all other reference standards during 2026.

The new label has been designed to meet the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (CLP). It will allow additional information to be included, such as:

  • the CAS number of the substance (if available),
  • the chemical name,
  • safety pictograms (if any).

Other key information will of course remain, but in a clearer and more harmonised visual format.

Standards labelled before this date will not be relabelled. Two label layouts will therefore coexist for a certain period of time.


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