ANNEX III
STANDARD PHRASES FOR HAZARD COMMUNICATION AND ATTRIBUTION CRITERIA
1. STANDARD PHRASES FOR HAZARDS TO HUMAN HEALTH (RSh) AND ATTRIBUTION CRITERIA
RSh 1: May cause photosensitisation.
The phrase shall be assigned where there is clear evidence from experimental systems or documented human exposure that the plant protection product show photosensitising effects. The phrase shall also be applied to plant protection products containing an active substance or formulation ingredient, which shows photosensitising effects in humans if the respective product contains this photosensitising component at a concentration of 1 % (w/w) or higher.
RSh 2: Contact with vapour causes skin burns and eyes damage and contact with liquid causes freezing.
The phrase shall be assigned to plant protection products formulated as liquefied gas, where appropriate, unless hazard statements H314 or H281 provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 are assigned.
2. STANDARD PHRASE FOR HAZARDS TO BEES (RShb), PICTOGRAM AND ATTRIBUTION CRITERIA
RShb: Hazardous to bees.
The phrase and the pictogram shall be assigned to any plant protection product:
— | for which a standard (1) test for acute contact toxicity or for acute oral toxicity on adult honeybees, bumble-bees or solitary bees is required according to Commission Regulation (EU) No 284/2013 (2) and shows that the acute LD50 value is equal or below 11 μg formulation /bee. In case there is more than one LD50 value for the formulation available, the one showing the lowest LD50 shall be considered, or |
— | to which any of the SPb 1, SPb 2, SPb 3, SPb 4 and SPb 5 phrases of Section 4.1 of Annex V has been assigned. |
The phrase and the pictogram shall be displayed in the label together with the SPb phrases as set out in Section 4.1 of Annex V.
Format of the hazard pictogram:
(a) | The pictogram shall have the shape of an equilateral triangle. |
(b) | The pictogram shall have a minimum dimension of 10 × 10 millimetres, corresponding to the height and width of the equilateral triangle. The frame of the triangle shall have a minimum width of 1,5 millimetres. |
(c) | The colours of the pictogram shall be: CMYK – cyan, magenta, yellow and black, following this example: 0,70,100,0: 0 % cyan, 70 % magenta, 100 % yellow, 0 % black. The frame of the triangle red (0,100,100,0). The background of the triangle 100% white. |
(d) | The pictogram shall include a black (0,0,0,100) and white symbol of a dead bee in the centre of the triangle. The symbol of the dead bee shall be the one in the figure shown in the present point. |
(1) OECD agreed test protocols.
(2) Commission Regulation (EU) No 284/2013 of 1 March 2013 setting out the data requirements for plant protection products, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (OJ L 93, 3.4.2013, p. 85, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/284/oj).