Classification, labelling and packaging (CLP): Council signs off postponing rules to 2028

On 17 November 2025, the Council of the EU approved pushing back the dates of entry into application of many provisions in the revised CLP regulation.

The newly adopted law ensures more time and legal certainty for businesses and will now enter into force in January 2028.

The legislation known as ‘Stop-the-clock’ is the first part of the Omnibus VI package submitted by the European Commission in July 2025.

Under this legislation, all the dates of application of transitional provisions will now fall on 1 January 2028 for:

• re-labelling
• mandatory formatting requirements
• advertisements
• online and distance sales, and
• labelling of fuel pumps

The co-legislators adopted the amendment without making any changes to the Commission’s proposal.

The new regulation also gives the European Parliament and the Council more time to finalise the second part of the Omnibus VI package, which covers further amendments to the CLP regulation.

This work is now in progress, following the Council’s agreement on a negotiating mandate on 5 November 2025.

The EU’s Official Journal published the legislative act on 3 December, which now enters into force 20 days after publication.

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