UK and EU · CLP Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008
Candle and wax-melt label checker
A label checklist and a print-ready draft, built from the safety data sheet your fragrance supplier already gave you. It cannot tell you whether your candle is hazardous, and it will not pretend to.
Label checker
Your label file
Fill the form to build the checklist.
Required label elements
The checklist appears here as you fill the form. Every row names the provision it comes from.
Draft label
Placeholder text in [brackets]This block is a layout aid. The wording has to match your SDS exactly, and the label still has to be readable at its printed size.
What to verify before printing
How it works
The tool does one job: it turns the facts on a safety data sheet into the structure of a CLP label, and tells you which conditional rules might change that structure. It never guesses a classification.
Read the SDS, not the product page
Section 2 gives you the classification and the statement codes. Section 3 gives you the composition. Your fragrance house can also give you an allergen declaration and the finished-product percentages.
Enter only what is written there
Every hazard tick should be traceable to a line on the sheet. If the sheet does not say it, the checklist should not either. "It smells strong" is not a classification.
Take the draft to your authority
The draft is a starting point for a conversation with your supplier or trading standards, not a finished artwork. The page prints so you can mark it up by hand.
What this tool will not do
- It will not decide hazard categories, mixture classification or the 0.1 % threshold for you.
- It will not tell you that a product is compliant, exempt or safe.
- It will not substitute for the SDS, the CLP text or advice from your trading-standards authority.
- It will not store, send or remember anything you type. Close the tab and it is gone.
Questions people actually ask
Does my candle legally need a CLP label?
It depends on the classification of the mixture, which is not something this page can decide. CLP applies to substances and mixtures placed on the market. If the finished candle is classified as hazardous, the label elements in Article 17 apply. HSE puts the other side plainly: where the supplier concludes no hazardous properties have been identified, there is often nothing more to do.
Fragrance load matters. A wax melt with a high fragrance percentage is a different mixture from a plain pillar candle, even if they look similar on a shelf.
Where do I find the allergens for my fragrance oil?
Three places, in order of usefulness: section 3 of the fragrance oil's SDS, the allergen declaration or IFRA certificate from the fragrance house, and the finished-product percentage they will confirm in writing if you ask.
Be careful with units. An allergen at 3 % in the neat oil can land under 0.1 % in the finished candle once you account for the fragrance load, and the other way round for a concentrated melt. The number that matters is the one in the product you sell.
Why is the allergen list from cosmetics law in a candle tool?
Because CLP has no separate fragrance allergen panel. The legal trigger is a substance classified as a sensitiser present at 0.1 % or more (Annex II, section 2.8), which is why the tool asks you to confirm the level rather than assuming it.
The 26 names are the ones EU cosmetics labelling made suppliers declare, and they are the names fragrance houses still print on an allergen statement. Using them saves you translating between two vocabularies. They are not a candle-specific legal list, and nothing here says a candle must declare all 26.
Is a wax melt different from a candle under CLP?
Not in the labelling rules consulted for this page. Both are mixtures. What changes is the physical packaging: a clamshell has almost no flat space, and a jar has a curve. That is a design problem, and a reason the 125 ml small-package provision gets asked about so often.
That provision, Annex I section 1.5.2.1, only allows hazard and precautionary statements to be dropped for a closed list of hazard categories, and the pictogram still has to be there. It is not a general small-label exemption.
Do I need a UFI on a candle label?
In the EU, a hazardous mixture for consumer use has needed a UFI on the label since 1 January 2020, and the composition goes to the appointed body in the member state. In Great Britain, HSE describes the current NPIS collection scheme as voluntary, and says different arrangements apply in Northern Ireland.
This page does not decide which market you are in. It records your answer, flags the difference, and tells you to confirm. That is deliberate: getting this wrong is a market-access problem, not a typo.
Can I put the label on the gift box instead?
Article 31 says labels go on the packaging immediately containing the mixture, and must be readable horizontally when the package is set down normally. For a candle that normally means the jar or the wrapper around it, not an outer box that gets thrown away before use.
If you sell in more than one format, run the check once per format. The label follows the package, not the product name.
Does this page store anything?
No. There is no backend, no account, no cookie, no analytics and no third-party script. The page loads once and does all of its work in your browser. If you reload, the form resets, which is also why the print button exists.
Sources
Every regulatory claim on this page is tied to one of these documents. They were opened and read on2026-10-20. Where a point could not be confirmed from an official page, it was left out rather than guessed.
| Document | What it supports | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (CLP), OJ L 353, 31.12.2008 | Articles 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 29, 31 and Annexes I, II, III, IV, V. Full text also served at publications.europa.eu/resource/celex/32008R1272. | |
| Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/542 (adds Annex VIII: UFI and poison-centre information), OJ L 78, 23.3.2017 | Annex VIII Part A section 5: UFI creation and the duty to print or affix it on the label of a hazardous mixture. | |
| Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, Annex III (fragrance allergens), OJ L 342, 22.12.2009 | Source of the 26 fragrance allergen names and CAS numbers used in the picker. Cosmetics law, not candle law — see the note in the allergen section. | |
| Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/1545 (labelling of fragrance allergens in cosmetic products), OJ L 188, 27.7.2023 | Replaces 17 Annex III entries and extends the cosmetics allergen panel to 81 substances. | |
| Labelling and packaging (GB CLP guidance index) | GB CLP overview: hazard label, statements, pictograms, SDS, packaging. | |
| Telling others about the classification: the hazard label | What a GB hazard label is made of; when no hazardous properties are identified there is often nothing to do. | |
| Hazard pictograms (symbols) | Names of the nine GB CLP pictograms. | |
| Packaging, child resistant closures, and tactile warning devices | Packaging must prevent escape, resist the chemical and survive normal handling; some classifications also require child-resistant closures or tactile warnings (Annex II). | |
| National Poisons Information Service — submitting information for mixtures placed on the GB market | States that the current GB data-collection scheme is voluntary, and that different arrangements apply in Northern Ireland. | |
| Changes to the GB CLP Regulation | 2026 amendments, including removal of the GB substance-notification duty from 21 May 2026. | |
| Safety data sheets (SDS) | GB SDS requirements — where the supplier’s classification and composition information comes from. | |
| Hazard statements, precautionary statements and signal words | How the statement codes are used on a GB label. |
Consolidated versions of EU regulations change. The links above point at the official texts; check the consolidated version on EUR-Lex before you rely on a provision for a print run.