Editing Safety data sheet (section)

===European Union===
Safety data sheets have been made an integral part of the system of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 ([[Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals|REACH]]).<ref>Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC,פ2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30 December 2006, corrected version in OJ L136, 29 May 2007, p.3).</ref> The original requirements of REACH for SDSs have been further adapted to take into account the rules for safety data sheets of the Global Harmonised System (GHS)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/ghs/ghs_rev03/03files_e.html|title=GHS (Rev.3) (2009) - Transport - UNECE |website= Unece.org|access-date=22 December 2017}}</ref> and the implementation of other elements of the GHS into EU legislation that were introduced by Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (CLP)<ref>Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 353, 31 December 2008, p.1)</ref> via an update to Annex II of REACH.<ref>{{cite web|title = Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/830 of 28 May 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)|id = O.J. L132 |date =29 May 2015|pages = 8–31|url = https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32015R0830&from=DE }}</ref>

The SDS must be supplied in an official language of the Member State(s) where the substance or mixture is placed on the market, unless the Member State(s) concerned provide(s) otherwise (Article 31(5) of REACH).

The [[European Chemicals Agency]] (ECHA) has published a guidance document on the compilation of safety data sheets.

====Germany====
In Germany, safety data sheets must be compiled in accordance with REACH Regulation No. 1907/2006. The requirements concerning national aspects are defined in the Technical Rule for Hazardous Substances (TRGS) 220 "National aspects when compiling safety data sheets".<ref>{{cite web|title = TRGS 220 National aspects when compiling safety data sheets|publisher = BAuA |url =  https://www.baua.de/EN/Service/Legislative-texts-and-technical-rules/Rules/TRGS/pdf/TRGS-220.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2}}</ref> A national measure mentioned in SDS section 15 is as example the water hazard class (WGK) it is based on regulations governing systems for handling substances hazardous to waters (AwSV).<ref> Umweltbundesamt: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/421/dokumente/notification_draft_2015_394_d_en.pdf </ref>

====The Netherlands====
Dutch Safety Data Sheets are well known as [[:nl:veiligheidsinformatieblad|veiligheidsinformatieblad]] or Chemiekaarten. This is a collection of Safety Data Sheets of the most widely used chemicals. The Chemiekaarten boek is commercially available, but also made available through educational institutes, such as the web site offered by the [[University of Groningen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icsds.com/|title=ICSDS, Source of all your needs on GHS SDS for an affordable fee|website=Icsds.com|access-date=22 December 2017}}</ref>