REGULATION (EU) 2025/2439 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 26 November 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2024/2865 as regards dates of application and transitional provisions (Text with EEA relevance)

Article 1

Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2024/2865

Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2024/2865 is amended as follows:

(a)

paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2. Article 1, point (3)(b), Article 1, points (4) to (7), Article 1, point (12)(a), Article 1, point (13), Article 1, points (15)(a) and (b), Article 1, points (17), (18), (22) and (23), points (4), (8), (10) and (11) of Annex I and point (1) of Annex II shall apply from 1 July 2026.’

;

(b)

paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3. Article 1, points (1) and (9), Article 1, points (24)(b) and (d) and Annex IV shall apply from 1 January 2027’

;

(c)

the following paragraph is inserted:

‘3a. Article 1, points (14), (15)(c), (26) and (27), points (2) and (3) of Annex I and point (2) of Annex II shall apply from 1 January 2028’

;

(d)

paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

‘4. By way of derogation from Article 5, Article 6(3) and (4), Article 9(3) and (4), Article 10, Article 25(3), Article 29, Article 31(1), Article 35, Article 40(1) and (2), Article 42(1), third subparagraph of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, section 1.2.1, section 1.5.1.2 and section 1.5.2.4.1 of Annex I and Part 3 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, as applicable on 9 December 2024, substances and mixtures may until 30 June 2026 be classified, labelled and packaged in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 as amended by Article 1, points (4) to (7), Article 1, point (12)(a), Article 1, point (13), Article 1, point (15)(a) and (b), Article 1, points (18) and (22), Article 1, point (23)(a) of this Regulation and points (4), (8) and (10) of Annex I and point (1) of Annex II to this Regulation.’

;

(e)

paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:

‘5. By way of derogation from Article 1(1), 18(3)(b), Article 45(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and part A, section 1 of Annex VIII, part A, section 2.1, of Annex VIII, part A, the first subparagraph of section 2.4 of Annex VIII, Part B, section 1 of Annex VIII, Part B, the third paragraph of section 3.1 of Annex VIII, Part B, section 3.6 of Annex VIII, Part B, the first row of Table 3 of section 3.7 of Annex VIII, Part B, the first paragraph of section 4.1 of Annex VIII, Part C, sections 1.2 and 1.4 of Annex VIII, and Part D, sections 1, 2 and 3 of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, as applicable on 9 December 2024, substances and mixtures may until 31 December 2026 be classified, labelled and packaged in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 as amended by Article 1, points (1) and (9), Article 1, point (24)(b) and (d) of this Regulation and Annex IV to this Regulation.’

;

(f)

the following paragraph is added:

‘6. By way of derogation from Article 30, Article 31(3), Article 48 of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, section 1.2.1 of Annex I and Part 5 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, as applicable on 9 December 2024, substances and mixtures may until 31 December 2027 be classified, labelled and packaged in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 as amended by Article 1, points (14), (15)(c) and (26) of this Regulation and points (2) and (3) of Annex I and point (2) of Annex II to this Regulation.’.