Aerosol Dispensers

 

National legislation

Ordinance on aerosol dispensers

Official Gazette, No. 45/2014, 140/2014 and 117/2017
 

EU legislation

  1. Council Directive 75/324/EEC of 20 May 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to aerosol dispensers
  2. Commission Directive 94/1/EC of 6 January 1994 adapting some technicalities of Council Directive 75/324/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the relating Member States to aerosol dispensers
  3. Commission Directive 2008/47/EC of 8 April 2008 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Council Directive 75/324/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to aerosol dispensers (Text with EEA relevance)
  4. Commission Directive 2013/10/EU of 19 March 2013 amending Council Directive 75/324/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to aerosol dispensers in order to adapt its labelling provisions to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures Text with EEA relevance
  5. Commission Directive (EU) 2016/2037 of 21 November 2016 amending Council Directive 75/324/EEC as regards the maximum allowable pressure of aerosol dispensers and to adapt its labelling provisions to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (Text with EEA relevance )

 

Competent authority 

Ministry of Economy 
Email: mirta.pokrscanskilandeka@mingo.hr
Phone: 00385-1-610-9735
Web: https://gospodarstvo.gov.hr/

 

Scope of national rule

This Ordinance shall apply to aerosol dispensers as defined in Article 2 of this Ordinance, with the exception of those whose maximum volume does not exceed 50 ml, and those whose maximum volume exceeds the volume specified in items 3.1, 4.1.1, 4.2.1, 5.1 and 5.2 of the Annex to this Ordinance.

 

Main requirements that the business user needs to know about

Each aerosol dispenser must have a label attached with the following information written in visible, legible and indelible letters, unless the dispenser is too small (maximum capacity 150 ml or less) to be labeled:

a. Name and address or trademark of the person responsible for placing the aerosol dispenser on the market.

b. Mark »з« (inverted epsilon) confirming compliance with the requirements of this Ordinance.

c. Code mark that allows batch identification.

d. Information specified in item 2.2 of the Annex to the Ordinance.

e. Useful content expressed in units of mass and volume.

When an aerosol dispenser contains flammable components as defined in item 1.10 of the Annex to the Ordinance, but is not considered "flammable" or "extremely flammable" according to the criteria specified in item 1.11 of the Annex to the Ordinance, the amount of flammable substance contained in the aerosol dispenser must be clearly and indelibly marked the text »X% by mass of the contents is flammable.

Each aerosol dispenser must visibly bear the following legible and indelible marking:

(a) where the aerosol is classified as ‘non-flammable’ according to the criteria of point 1.9, the signal word ‘Warning’ and the other label elements for Aerosols Category 3 provided for in Table 2.3.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008;

(b) where the aerosol is classified as ‘flammable’ according to the criteria of point 1.9, the signal word ‘Warning’ and the other label elements for Aerosols Category 2 provided for in Table 2.3.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008;

(c) where the aerosol is classified as ‘extremely flammable’ according to the criteria of point 1.9, the signal word ‘Danger’ and the other label elements for Aerosols Category 1 provided for in Table 2.3.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008;

(d) where the aerosol dispenser is a consumer product, the precautionary statement P102 provided for in Part 1, Table 6.1 of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008;

(e) any additional operating precautions which alert consumers to the specific dangers of the product; if the aerosol dispenser is accompanied by separate instructions for use, the latter must also reflect such operating precautions.’

 

National rule

  • For the purpose of safe and correct use of aerosol dispensers in the territory of the Republic of Croatia, all instructions and data must be in the Croatian language and Latin script.
  • The technical documentation must be in Croatian and / or one of the official languages of the European Union or a certified copy must be available.
  • The person responsible for placing aerosol dispensers on the market must describe the method used to determine the calorific value in a document which must be easily accessible in Croatian and / or one of the official languages of the European Union at the address indicated on the label in accordance with point (a) paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Ordinance when the calorific value is used as a parameter in determining the flammability of aerosols and in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.

 

Market Surveillance Authority

State Inspectorate

pisarnica.dirh@dirh.hr

 

Link to the TRIS database

In the TRIS database you can look up the notification of the technical rule