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AerD Labelling & Packaging 10 min

AerD: Aerosol Dispensers Directive (Council Directive 75/324/EEC), explained

The Aerosol Dispensers Directive harmonises construction, filling, testing, flammability classification and labelling of aerosol dispensers from 50 ml, and requires the marketer to affix the inverted epsilon conformity symbol. Transposed by 21 November 1976, it was amended by Directive (EU) 2016/2037, whose 15 bar limit for compressed non-flammable propellants applies since 12 February 2018.

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Who it applies to

Covered by the act

  • Non-reusable containers made of metal, glass or plastic that contain a gas compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure, with or without a liquid, paste or powder, and are fitted with a release device that ejects the contents as particles in suspension in a gas, as a foam, paste or powder or in a liquid state
  • Dispensers with a maximum capacity of 50 ml or more and up to the Annex limits: 1 000 ml for metal, 220 ml for plastic-coated or otherwise protected glass, 150 ml for unprotected glass, and the same limits for plastic dispensers according to whether they can splinter on bursting
  • Everyday and professional aerosols such as deodorants, hair sprays, spray paints, lubricants, cleaning sprays, foams, gels and insecticides, whatever the contents, since the directive has no exclusion by product type
  • The person responsible for the marketing of the aerosol dispenser, who affixes the '3' (inverted epsilon) symbol and answers for the hazard analysis, the construction, the tests and the labelling
  • Both the pressure hazard (test and bursting pressures, filling limits, final tests) and the flammability hazard (classification as non-flammable, flammable or extremely flammable and the matching CLP label elements), plus inhalation risk in the hazard analysis

Derived and downstream products

  • The '3' (inverted epsilon) symbol is the directive's own conformity mark, affixed by the person responsible for marketing; the directive provides no CE marking, no EU declaration of conformity and no notified body, and Member States must prevent markings that could be confused with the symbol (Art. 3, Art. 8(1)(b) and Art. 9)
  • The directive is not aligned with the New Legislative Framework: it defines no manufacturer, importer or distributor and Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on a responsible economic operator in the Union does not apply to it, because Council Directive 75/324/EEC is not among the acts listed in Article 4(5) of that Regulation; market surveillance nonetheless follows Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, which lists the directive in its Annex I (point 4) and Annex II (Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, Art. 4(5), Annex I and Annex II)
  • Labelling applies without prejudice to the CLP Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008: the flammability class set by the Annex determines which CLP aerosol category label elements and signal word the dispenser carries, and P102 is added for consumer products (Art. 8(1) and Annex, point 2.2)
  • Aerosol dispensers covered by the directive are excluded from the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU (Directive 2014/68/EU, Art. 1(2)(d))
  • The Annex cites Directive 94/55/EC for the cold final test method and for the competent authority that approves alternative final tests; that Directive was repealed from 30 June 2009 by Directive 2008/68/EC on the inland transport of dangerous goods, so the references are read as the ADR provisions applied through Directive 2008/68/EC and the authority designated under it (Annex, points 6.1.4.1(c) and 6.1.4.3(e); Directive 2008/68/EC, Art. 12(1))
  • Member States may make marketing on their territory conditional on the label wording being in their national language or languages; Denmark requires Danish (Art. 8(2); executive order nr. 247 of 14 March 2014, § 5)

Roles under the act

Person responsible for the marketing of the aerosol dispenser

The directive's central duty-holder, not further defined: the person who affixes the '3' (inverted epsilon) symbol as proof of conformity, whose name and address or trade mark appear on the dispenser, who must analyse the hazards and design, construct and test the dispenser accordingly, who guarantees the tests in Annex point 6.1, and who keeps the heat-of-combustion method and any approval of an alternative final test available at the address on the label.

Source · Art. 3, Art. 8(1)(a), Annex, points 1.10, 2, 6.1 and 6.1.4.3
Manufacturer or filler of the aerosol dispenser

The directive does not define a manufacturer or filler: the Annex names the manufacturer only for the dropping test of protected glass containers (point 6.1.3), and Article 8(1)(c) requires code markings identifying the filling batch. A filler or can maker that markets the dispenser under its own name and address is the person responsible for marketing and carries every duty of that role; otherwise it performs the construction and tests that the person responsible for marketing must guarantee.

Source · Art. 3, Art. 8(1)(a) and (c), Annex, points 6.1.3 and 6.1
Importer

Not defined by the directive, which predates the New Legislative Framework. An importer whose name and address or trade mark go on the dispenser is the person responsible for marketing under Article 8(1)(a) and must be able to show that the hazard analysis, the tests and the labelling were carried out; the responsible-economic-operator duty of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 does not extend to aerosol dispensers, because the directive is not listed in Article 4(5) of that Regulation.

Source · Art. 3 and Art. 8(1)(a)Source · Art. 4(5)
Distributor (wholesaler or retailer)

Not defined by the directive, which addresses the person responsible for marketing. National transposing law reaches the rest of the chain: the Danish executive order applies to those responsible for placing aerosols on the market or making them available on the market and to other persons bound under its Annex 1, and allows aerosols to be placed on the market or made available only if they meet the Annex.

Source · § 3 and § 4Source · Art. 3 and Art. 8

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  1. Aerosol dispenser with a maximum capacity below 50 ml (samples, travel sizes) · any · any Not in scope The directive does not apply to aerosol dispensers with a maximum capacity of less than 50 ml; general product safety and chemicals legislation may still apply to such products. Source · Art. 1
  2. Container above the Annex capacity limit for its material (metal above 1 000 ml, protected glass above 220 ml, unprotected glass above 150 ml) · any · any Not in scope Dispensers with a maximum capacity greater than the limit for their material, 1 000 ml for metal (point 3.1), 220 ml for protected glass (point 4.1.1), 150 ml for unprotected glass (point 4.2.1) and the corresponding limits for plastic (points 5.1 and 5.2), fall outside the directive; other pressure or transport legislation may then apply. Source · Art. 1 and Annex, points 3.1, 4.1.1, 4.2.1, 5.1 and 5.2
  3. Refillable or reusable pressurised container (rechargeable spray bottle, gas cartridge, cylinder) · any · any Not in scope An aerosol dispenser is by definition a non-reusable container; refillable or reusable pressurised containers are not aerosol dispensers within the directive and are assessed under the Pressure Equipment Directive, the transportable pressure equipment rules or the ADR instead. Source · Art. 2
  4. Metal aerosol dispenser (tinplate or aluminium can) with a total capacity of 50 ml to 1 000 ml, Plastic-coated or otherwise permanently protected glass aerosol dispenser of 50 ml to 220 ml, Unprotected glass aerosol dispenser of 50 ml to 150 ml filled with liquefied or dissolved gas, Plastic aerosol dispenser (treated as protected or unprotected glass depending on whether it can splinter on bursting), Medicinal, cosmetic, food or biocidal aerosol in a container within the directive's definition · Person responsible for the marketing of the aerosol dispenser, Manufacturer or filler of the aerosol dispenser, Importer · any In scope A non-reusable metal, glass or plastic container with a gas under pressure and a release device, of 50 ml or more and within the capacity limit for its material, is an aerosol dispenser whatever its contents; the person responsible for marketing (in practice the filler, brand owner or importer whose name is on the can) must analyse the hazards, meet the construction, pressure and filling rules, run the tests, classify the flammability, label per CLP and affix the '3' symbol. There is no company-size threshold. Source · Art. 1, Art. 2, Art. 3, Art. 8 and Annex, points 2, 2.1, 2.2, 3 to 6
  5. Aerosol with flammable contents or propellant (for example butane, propane, dimethyl ether or a flammable liquid), Aerosol with a compressed or dissolved non-flammable propellant (nitrogen, compressed air, carbon dioxide) · Person responsible for the marketing of the aerosol dispenser, Manufacturer or filler of the aerosol dispenser, Importer · any In scope The propellant decides the classification and the pressure limit, not the applicability: aerosols are classified as non-flammable, flammable or extremely flammable under Annex point 1.9 and labelled with the matching CLP aerosol category, and metal dispensers may reach 12 bar at 50 °C with a flammable liquefied gas, 13,2 bar with a non-flammable liquefied gas and 15 bar with a compressed or dissolved non-flammable gas. Source · Annex, points 1.8, 1.9, 2.2 and 3.1.2
  6. Metal aerosol dispenser (tinplate or aluminium can) with a total capacity of 50 ml to 1 000 ml, Plastic-coated or otherwise permanently protected glass aerosol dispenser of 50 ml to 220 ml, Unprotected glass aerosol dispenser of 50 ml to 150 ml filled with liquefied or dissolved gas, Plastic aerosol dispenser (treated as protected or unprotected glass depending on whether it can splinter on bursting), Aerosol with flammable contents or propellant (for example butane, propane, dimethyl ether or a flammable liquid), Aerosol with a compressed or dissolved non-flammable propellant (nitrogen, compressed air, carbon dioxide), Medicinal, cosmetic, food or biocidal aerosol in a container within the directive's definition · Distributor (wholesaler or retailer) · any It depends The directive itself addresses only the person responsible for marketing; whether a wholesaler or retailer carries duties depends on national transposing law. In Denmark the executive order covers those who make aerosols available on the market, so a distributor may only supply dispensers that meet the Annex and bear the required marking in Danish. Source · § 3, § 4 and § 5Source · Art. 3 and Art. 8(2)
  7. any · any · any It depends Whether the directive applies turns on the container being non-reusable and made of metal, glass or plastic with a gas under pressure and a release device, its maximum capacity being 50 ml or more and within the limit for its material, and which role the operator holds towards the marketing of the dispenser. Source · Art. 1, Art. 2 and Art. 3

Key dates

  1. Council Directive 75/324/EEC adopted; published in OJ L 147 of 9 June 1975 Source · title and signature block
  2. Notified to the Member States and in force; the transposition period of 18 months runs from this date Source · Art. 11(1) and the dates in the document information
  3. Deadline for Member States to bring into force the provisions necessary to comply with the directive Source · Art. 11(1) and the dates in the document information
  4. Directive 94/1/EC in force: flammability labelling and the Article 9a derogation for contents with no ignition risk (all later replaced); transposition by 1 October 1994, application from 1 April 1995 Source · Art. 2 and Art. 3
  5. Directive 2008/47/EC in force: hazard analysis, the new flammability classification and tests, the 90 % liquid-phase limit, the 12 bar and 13,2 bar pressure limits and alternative final tests; transposition by 29 October 2009 Source · Art. 2 and Art. 3
  6. National measures transposing Directive 2008/47/EC apply Source · Art. 2(1)
  7. Directive 2013/10/EU in force: labelling aligned to the CLP Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008; transposition by 19 March 2014 Source · Art. 3(1) and Art. 4
  8. CLP-aligned labelling applies to aerosol dispensers containing a substance Source · Art. 3(1)
  9. CLP-aligned labelling applies to aerosol dispensers containing mixtures; mixtures placed on the market before this date need not be relabelled until 1 June 2017 Source · Art. 2 and Art. 3(1)
  10. Directive (EU) 2016/2037 in force: 15 bar limit at 50 °C for compressed or dissolved non-flammable propellants and labelling wording aligned to the CLP aerosol categories; transposition by 12 December 2017 Source · Art. 2(1) and Art. 3
  11. National measures transposing Directive (EU) 2016/2037 apply in all Member States; this is the date of the current consolidated text Source · Art. 2(1)
  12. Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance applies; Council Directive 75/324/EEC is listed in its Annex I (point 4) and Annex II Source · Art. 44, Annex I, point 4, and Annex II

What you must do

Obligations by role

Person responsible for the marketing of the aerosol dispenser13
  • Analyse the hazards of your aerosol dispensers, including where appropriate the risk from inhaling the spray under normal and reasonably foreseeable use taking droplet size distribution and the physical and chemical properties of the contents into account, and design, construct and test the dispenser and draft any special statements on its use on the basis of that analysis. Annex, point 2
  • Build the filled dispenser so that it complies with the Annex under normal conditions of use and storage, with a valve that seals the dispenser virtually hermetically and is protected, for example by a cap, against unintentional opening and deterioration, and with a mechanical resistance that the contents cannot impair even in prolonged storage. Annex, points 2.1.1 to 2.1.3
  • Keep within the capacity, test-pressure and filling limits for the container material: metal up to 1 000 ml with a test pressure of at least 10 bar (or 50 % above the internal pressure at 50 °C where that pressure is 6,7 bar or more) and a pressure at 50 °C of at most 12 bar, 13,2 bar or 15 bar depending on the propellant; protected glass up to 220 ml and unprotected glass up to 150 ml with the test pressures and filling pressures of points 4.1 and 4.2; plastic treated as protected or unprotected glass; and a liquid phase at 50 °C of at most 90 % of the net capacity. Annex, points 2.3, 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1 and 5.2
  • Guarantee the tests of point 6.1: the hydraulic test on empty containers, a bursting pressure for empty metal containers at least 20 % above the test pressure, the dropping test for protected glass, and a final inspection of every filled dispenser by the hot water bath test or an approved hot or cold alternative method, rejecting any dispenser with visible permanent distortion or a leak. Annex, points 6.1.1 to 6.1.4
  • If you use an alternative hot or cold final test instead of the water bath, apply to a competent authority for approval of the method, with a technical file describing it. Annex, point 6.1.4.3
  • Keep the approval, the technical file on the alternative final test (in an official Union language or as a certified copy) and any control reports readily available at the address given on the label. Annex, point 6.1.4.3
  • Classify each aerosol as non-flammable, flammable or extremely flammable from its chemical heat of combustion and the mass content of flammable components, running the ignition distance, enclosed space or foam flammability test of point 6.3 where the thresholds of point 1.9 do not settle the class, and where you rely on the heat of combustion describe the method used in a document available in an official Union language at the label address. Annex, points 1.8, 1.9, 1.10 and 6.3
  • Mark each dispenser, or a label attached to it where it holds 150 ml or less, visibly, legibly and indelibly with the name and address or trade mark of the person responsible for marketing it. Art. 8(1)(a)
  • Affix the '3' (inverted epsilon) symbol to each dispenser, visibly, legibly and indelibly, to certify that it conforms to the directive and its Annex. Art. 3 and Art. 8(1)(b)
  • Mark each dispenser with code markings that identify its filling batch. Art. 8(1)(c)
  • Mark each dispenser with its net contents by weight and by volume. Art. 8(1)(e)
  • Label each dispenser with the point 2.2 elements: the signal word and CLP elements for Aerosols Category 1, 2 or 3 by flammability class, P102 for consumer products and any extra operating precautions, repeated in separate instructions; where flammable components do not make the aerosol flammable, state 'X % by mass of the contents are flammable'. Art. 8(1)(d), Art. 8(1a) and Annex, point 2.2
  • Use the language or languages a Member State requires for the label wording and never use markings or inscriptions that might be confused with the '3' symbol; in Denmark the marking must be in Danish. Art. 8(2) and Art. 9§ 5
Manufacturer or filler of the aerosol dispenser6
  • Make containers that withstand the hydraulic test pressure for 25 seconds without leakage or, for metal and plastic, visible or permanent distortion beyond the slight symmetrical distortion point 6.1.1.2 allows, and reject metal containers with asymmetrical or major distortions. Annex, points 1.2, 6.1.1.1 and 6.1.1.2
  • For protected glass containers, ensure the plastic or other coating prevents flying glass particles when the filled dispenser at 20 °C is dropped from 1,8 m onto a concrete floor, and verify it by the dropping test. Annex, points 4.1.2 and 6.1.3
  • Fill so that the pressure at 50 °C and the liquid phase stay within the limits for the container and propellant; Member States may test five containers from a homogeneous batch of 2 500 or one hour's production and declare the whole batch unsuitable if a retest fails. Annex, points 2.3, 3.1.2, 4.1.4, 4.2.3, 6.2.1 and 6.2.2
  • Apply code markings to each dispenser that let the filling batch be identified. Art. 8(1)(c)
  • Carry out the final inspection of every filled dispenser by the hot water bath or an approved alternative and, where the contents change their pressure characteristics after filling and before first use, apply a cold final test method. Annex, points 6.1.4.1 and 6.1.4.2
  • If you market the dispenser under your own name and address or trade mark, you are the person responsible for marketing and must affix the '3' symbol and carry every duty of that role. Art. 3 and Art. 8(1)(a) and (b)
Importer5
  • Where your name and address or trade mark go on the dispenser, you are the person responsible for marketing it and carry every duty of that role. Art. 3 and Art. 8(1)(a)
  • Affix the '3' symbol only after the hazard analysis, construction rules, tests, flammability classification and labelling of the Annex have been met, and be able to show that at the address on the label. Art. 3, Art. 8(1)(b) and Annex, points 1.10, 2, 6.1 and 6.1.4.3
  • Check before import that the dispensers respect the 50 ml minimum and the capacity limit for the material, the pressure and liquid-phase limits and the final inspection, and that the label carries the '3' symbol, the batch code, the net contents by weight and by volume and the CLP-based hazard elements for the flammability class. Art. 1, Art. 8(1) and Annex, points 2.2, 2.3, 3, 4, 5 and 6.1.4
  • Have the label wording in the language each Member State of sale requires, in Denmark Danish, and make sure nothing on the dispenser could be confused with the '3' symbol. Art. 8(2) and Art. 9§ 5
  • Cooperate with market surveillance under Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, which covers the directive through its Annex I, and take the corrective action, withdrawal or recall the authority requires; a compliant dispenser found to present a hazard can be provisionally banned or made subject to special conditions under the safeguard clause. Art. 16 and Annex I, point 4Art. 10
Distributor (wholesaler or retailer)3
  • Supply only dispensers that bear the '3' symbol, the name and address or trade mark of the person responsible for marketing, the batch code, the net contents and the flammability label elements; in Denmark aerosols may be made available on the market only if they meet Annex 1 of the executive order and the marking is in Danish. § 3, § 4 and § 5Art. 8(1)
  • Do not add markings or inscriptions that might be confused with the '3' symbol. Art. 9§ 5, stk. 2
  • Where a dispenser you supplied turns out to be non-compliant or hazardous, cooperate with the corrective action, withdrawal or recall required under Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and the Danish product act. Art. 16§ 2, stk. 1, nr. 8, and § 9

AerD in plain terms

The Aerosol Dispensers Directive (AerD), formally Council Directive 75/324/EEC, is the EU’s harmonised safety law for aerosol cans. It applies to aerosol dispensers as defined in Article 2, with the exception of those with a maximum capacity of less than 50 ml and those above the capacity limits of the Annex (Art. 1), and it makes one actor answerable for the product: the person responsible for the marketing of the aerosol dispenser, who affixes the symbol ‘3’ (inverted epsilon) as proof that the dispenser satisfies the directive and its Annex (Art. 3). Member States may not refuse, prohibit or restrict the marketing of a dispenser that complies (Art. 4).

The directive is one of the oldest EU product laws and predates the New Legislative Framework. It has no economic-operator chapter, no CE marking, no EU declaration of conformity and no notified bodies; its technical content lives in the Annex, which the Commission adapts to technical progress through the committee procedure (Art. 5 to Art. 7). As a directive it works through national law: Member States had to comply within 18 months of its notification on 21 May 1975 (Art. 11), and each amendment has carried its own transposition and application dates. The Acts of Accession of 1979 and 1985 extended it to Greece, Spain and Portugal.

Official text Read the directive on EUR-Lex: Council Directive 75/324/EEC (CELEX 31975L0324), or the consolidated text of 12 February 2018 that includes Directive (EU) 2016/2037.

Scope

An aerosol dispenser is any non-reusable container made of metal, glass or plastic and containing a gas compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure, with or without a liquid, paste or powder, and fitted with a release device allowing the contents to be ejected as solid or liquid particles in suspension in a gas, as a foam, paste or powder or in a liquid state (Art. 2). The contents do not matter: deodorants, hair sprays, paints, lubricants, cleaning sprays, foams and insecticides are all covered, and the directive has no exclusion for medicinal, cosmetic or food aerosols. Its labelling rules apply without prejudice to the CLP Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, which continues to govern the classification and labelling of the contents (Art. 8(1)).

Two size limits bound the scope. Dispensers with a maximum capacity of less than 50 ml are excluded (Art. 1). At the upper end, the total capacity may not exceed 1 000 ml for metal containers (Annex, point 3.1), 220 ml for plastic-coated or otherwise permanently protected glass (point 4.1.1) and 150 ml for unprotected glass (point 4.2.1); plastic dispensers that may splinter on bursting are treated as unprotected glass and those that cannot splinter as protected glass (points 5.1 and 5.2), and containers above these limits fall outside the directive (Art. 1). Refillable or reusable pressurised containers are not aerosol dispensers at all, because the definition requires a non-reusable container. Aerosol dispensers covered by the directive are in turn excluded from the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU (Directive 2014/68/EU, Art. 1(2)(d)).

The directive names only one duty-holder, the person responsible for marketing, whose name and address or trade mark appear on the dispenser (Art. 8(1)(a)) and who guarantees the tests (Annex, point 6.1). It does not define manufacturers, fillers, importers or distributors, and Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on a responsible economic operator in the Union does not extend to it, because the directive is not among the acts listed in Article 4(5) of that Regulation. In practice the filler, brand owner or importer whose name goes on the can is the person responsible for marketing, and national transposing law reaches the rest of the chain: the Danish executive order applies to those who place aerosols on the market or make them available and allows that only where the aerosols meet its Annex 1 (executive order nr. 247/2014, § 3 and § 4).

What you must do

Hazard analysis, construction and filling

The person responsible for marketing must analyse the hazards of the dispenser, including where appropriate the risk from inhaling the spray under normal and reasonably foreseeable use taking droplet size distribution and the physical and chemical properties of the contents into account, and must design, construct and test the dispenser and draft any special statements on its use accordingly (Annex, point 2). The filled dispenser must comply with the Annex under normal conditions of use and storage; the valve must seal it virtually hermetically and be protected, for example by a cap, against unintentional opening and deterioration; and the contents may not impair the mechanical resistance of the container even during prolonged storage (points 2.1.1 to 2.1.3). The volume of the liquid phase at 50 °C may not exceed 90 % of the net capacity (point 2.3).

For metal dispensers the test pressure is at least 10 bar where the filling pressure at 50 °C is below 6,7 bar, and 50 % above the internal pressure at 50 °C where it is 6,7 bar or more (point 3.1.1). The pressure at 50 °C may not exceed 12 bar with a liquefied gas that has a flammable range with air at 20 °C and 1,013 bar, 13,2 bar with a liquefied gas that has none, and 15 bar with compressed or dissolved gases that have none (point 3.1.2, as replaced by Directive (EU) 2016/2037). Protected glass containers may hold compressed, liquefied or dissolved gas, must withstand a test pressure of at least 12 bar (compressed or dissolved gas) or 10 bar (liquefied gas), and are filled to at most 9 bar at 50 °C with compressed gas, 8 bar with dissolved gas or the table values of point 4.1.4(c) at 20 °C with liquefied gas; their coating must stop flying glass when the filled dispenser at 20 °C is dropped from 1,8 m onto a concrete floor (points 4.1.2 to 4.1.4). Unprotected glass containers may be filled only with liquefied or dissolved gas, must withstand 12 bar, and are filled to at most 8 bar at 50 °C with dissolved gas or the table values of point 4.2.3(b) with liquefied gas (points 4.2 to 4.2.3).

Tests

The person responsible for marketing guarantees the tests in point 6.1: a hydraulic pressure test on empty containers, in which metal or plastic containers may show no leakage or visible or permanent distortion beyond the slight symmetrical distortion allowed in point 6.1.1.2; a bursting test showing that empty metal containers burst only at 20 % or more above the test pressure; the dropping test for protected glass; and a final inspection of every filled dispenser (points 6.1.1 to 6.1.4). The reference final test is the hot water bath, in which the internal pressure must reach the value the contents would exert at 50 °C and any dispenser with visible permanent distortion or a leak is rejected. Other hot methods giving the same pressure, temperature and detection precision, or a cold method in line with the ADR alternative to the water bath, may be used if a competent authority has approved the method on the basis of a technical file, and the approval, the file and any control reports must be kept readily available at the address on the label (points 6.1.4.1 and 6.1.4.3). The Annex cites Directive 94/55/EC for the cold method and the competent authority; that directive was repealed from 30 June 2009 by Directive 2008/68/EC on the inland transport of dangerous goods (Directive 2008/68/EC, Art. 12(1)), so the references are read as the ADR provisions applied through Directive 2008/68/EC. Member States may check batches themselves by testing five containers from a homogeneous batch of 2 500 or one hour’s production for 25 seconds and, if a retest of ten more fails, declaring the whole batch unsuitable, and by immersing filled dispensers in a water bath to 50 °C (points 6.2.1 and 6.2.2).

Flammability classification

Contents are flammable if they contain any component classified as a flammable liquid (flashpoint of not more than 93 °C), a flammable solid or a flammable gas; pyrophoric, self-heating or water-reactive substances may never be components of aerosol contents (point 1.8). An aerosol is extremely flammable if it contains 85 % or more flammable components and its chemical heat of combustion is 30 kJ/g or more, non-flammable if it contains 1 % or less flammable components and the heat of combustion is below 20 kJ/g, and otherwise either classified extremely flammable or tested (point 1.9). Spray aerosols with a heat of combustion below 20 kJ/g are flammable if the ignition distance test gives ignition at 15 cm or more but below 75 cm and extremely flammable at 75 cm or more; where no ignition occurs, the enclosed space test makes them flammable at a time equivalent of 300 s/m3 or less or a deflagration density of 300 g/m3 or less and otherwise non-flammable, while sprays at 20 kJ/g or more are extremely flammable at 75 cm or more and otherwise flammable (point 1.9.1). Foam aerosols are extremely flammable at a flame height of 20 cm or more lasting two seconds or more, or 4 cm or more lasting seven seconds or more, and flammable at 4 cm or more lasting two seconds or more (point 1.9.2). The heat of combustion is determined by acknowledged rules of technology or the calculation method in point 1.10, and the person responsible for marketing must describe the method in a document available in an official Union language at the label address. The test procedures are laid down in point 6.3.

Marking and labelling

Each dispenser, or a label attached to it where particulars cannot be put on the dispenser because of its small dimensions (maximum capacity of 150 ml or less), must bear in visible, legible and indelible characters the name and address or trade mark of the person responsible for marketing, the symbol ‘3’ (inverted epsilon), code markings enabling the filling batch to be identified, the details of point 2.2 of the Annex and the net contents by weight and by volume (Art. 8(1)). Point 2.2 requires, without prejudice to CLP, the signal word ‘Warning’ and the other label elements for Aerosols Category 3 where the aerosol is non-flammable, ‘Warning’ and the Category 2 elements where it is flammable, ‘Danger’ and the Category 1 elements where it is extremely flammable, each per Table 2.3.1 of Annex I to CLP, the precautionary statement P102 where the dispenser is a consumer product, and any additional operating precautions alerting consumers to the specific dangers, which separate instructions for use must also reflect. Where the contents contain flammable components but the aerosol is not classified flammable or extremely flammable, the label must state ‘X % by mass of the contents are flammable’ (Art. 8(1a)). Member States may require their national language for the label wording (Art. 8(2)) and must prevent markings that might be confused with the symbol (Art. 9).

Obligations by role

The person responsible for marketing owns the hazard analysis, the construction and filling limits, the tests of point 6.1, the flammability classification and the label, and affixes the ‘3’ symbol (Art. 3, Art. 8 and Annex, points 2 and 6.1). A filler or manufacturer that markets under its own name is that person; otherwise it carries out the construction and tests that the person responsible for marketing guarantees, with the Annex naming the manufacturer expressly for the dropping test (point 6.1.3) and the batch code identifying its filling (Art. 8(1)(c)). An importer whose name and address go on the can is likewise the person responsible for marketing. Distributors are reached through national law: in Denmark they may make available only aerosols that meet the executive order’s Annex 1 and bear the marking in Danish, and may not add markings resembling the symbol (executive order nr. 247/2014, § 3 to § 5).

Enforcement and penalties

The directive contains no penalty article. It obliges Member States to prevent confusable markings (Art. 9) and gives them a safeguard clause: a Member State that finds, on a substantiated basis, that compliant dispensers present a hazard to safety or health may provisionally prohibit their sale on its territory or make it subject to special conditions, informing the other Member States and the Commission, which consults within six weeks, delivers its opinion and may adopt technical adaptations of the directive (Art. 10). Market surveillance otherwise follows Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, which lists the directive in its Annex I (point 4) and Annex II: authorities require corrective action to end the non-compliance or remove the risk, prevent the product from being made available, or have it withdrawn or recalled (Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, Art. 16), and Member States lay down effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties (Art. 41).

In Denmark, the directive is implemented by executive order nr. 247 of 14 March 2014 on the construction of aerosols, which reproduces the directive as its Annex 1, requires the marking in Danish and punishes breaches of its § 4 or § 5, of Annex 1 or of an order or prohibition with a fine, with corporate criminal liability (§ 1, § 5 and § 8). Executive order nr. 1336 of 29 November 2017 replaced Annex 1 to transpose Directive (EU) 2016/2037 and entered into force on 12 February 2018 (nr. 1336/2017, § 1 and § 2). The product act, LBK nr. 22 of 8 January 2026, covers the aerosol directive (§ 2(1) no. 8), names Erhvervsstyrelsen as the control authority (§ 9) and provides for fines and, on product areas including aerosols, imprisonment of up to 2 years in aggravating circumstances (§ 37). Sikkerhedsstyrelsen took over the control of aerosol dispensers from Arbejdstilsynet on 1 December 2018, with Arbejdstilsynet keeping products made to order or imported for offshore oil and gas activities, and from January 2026 Sikkerhedsstyrelsen is a department of Erhvervsstyrelsen named Markedsovervågning that carries out the same tasks.

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Penalties

Enforced by National market surveillance authorities enforce the national laws transposing the directive with the powers of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, which lists Council Directive 75/324/EEC in its Annex I (point 4) and Annex II; in Denmark the rules are executive order nr. 247 of 14 March 2014 on the construction of aerosols (as amended, most recently by nr. 1336 of 29 November 2017) and the product act, LBK nr. 22 of 8 January 2026, whose section 2(1) no. 8 covers the aerosol directive, and the control authority is Erhvervsstyrelsen, into which Sikkerhedsstyrelsen was merged in January 2026 as the department Markedsovervågning (Sikkerhedsstyrelsen took aerosol dispensers over from Arbejdstilsynet on 1 December 2018). The toolkit is the directive's safeguard clause (provisional sale bans or special conditions for compliant dispensers that present a hazard), corrective action, withdrawal and recall under Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, and national penalties: in Denmark fines under the executive order and, under the product act, fines or in aggravating circumstances imprisonment of up to 2 years.

The directive itself contains no penalty article: it obliges Member States to prevent markings that could be confused with the '3' symbol and gives them a safeguard clause under which a Member State that finds, on a substantiated basis, that compliant aerosol dispensers present a hazard to safety or health may provisionally prohibit their sale or make it subject to special conditions, informing the other Member States and the Commission, which consults within six weeks and may adopt technical adaptations. Enforcement otherwise runs through Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, which lists the directive in its Annex I and Annex II: authorities require corrective action to end non-compliance or remove the risk, prevent the product from being made available, or have it withdrawn or recalled, and Member States lay down effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties for infringements of the listed legislation. In Denmark, executive order nr. 247 of 14 March 2014 on the construction of aerosols punishes with a fine anyone who breaches its § 4 or § 5 or Annex 1 or fails to comply with an order or prohibition under it, with corporate criminal liability, and the product act (LBK nr. 22 of 8 January 2026), which covers the aerosol directive in § 2(1) no. 8 and names Erhvervsstyrelsen as the control authority in § 9, provides in § 37 for fines and, for product areas including aerosols, imprisonment of up to 2 years in aggravating circumstances such as danger to safety or health, an accident with serious injury or death, repeat offences or systematic breaches for financial gain.

Source · Art. 9 and Art. 10Source · Art. 16, Art. 41, Annex I, point 4, and Annex IISource · § 8Source · § 2, § 9 and § 37

What changed

Entry into force, amendments and Compliance Radar entries for AerD, newest first.

  1. Guidance

    Guide rewritten from the consolidated text of 12 February 2018

    The body was rewritten from the consolidated directive and its amending acts: the capacity limits, pressure and test figures, the flammability classification, the CLP-based label elements, the transposition and application dates of each amendment and the Danish legal basis (executive order nr. 247/2014 as amended by nr. 1336/2017, the product act LBK nr. 22/2026 and the transfer of control to Sikkerhedsstyrelsen on 1 December 2018 and to Erhvervsstyrelsen in January 2026) now come from the sources cited. The earlier text's undated 'subsequent amendments' section was replaced by the dated list.

    Source · Art. 1 to Art. 11 and Annex
  2. Applies

    Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 applies to aerosol dispensers

    The market surveillance regulation applies from 16 July 2021 and lists Council Directive 75/324/EEC in its Annex I (point 4) and Annex II, so the corrective-action, withdrawal and recall powers of Article 16 and the penalty rule of Article 41 cover aerosol dispensers; the directive is not among the acts in Article 4(5), so the responsible-economic-operator duty of Article 4 does not apply.

    Source · Art. 4(5), Art. 16, Art. 41, Art. 44, Annex I, point 4, and Annex II
  3. Applies

    15 bar limit for compressed non-flammable propellants applies

    The national measures transposing Directive (EU) 2016/2037 apply in all Member States: metal dispensers with compressed or dissolved gases that have no flammable range may reach 15 bar at 50 °C, and Annex point 2.2 refers to the CLP label elements for Aerosols Categories 1 to 3. In Denmark, executive order nr. 1336 of 29 November 2017 entered into force on the same date.

    Source · Art. 1 and Art. 2(1)Source · § 2
  4. Amendment

    Directive (EU) 2016/2037 in force: maximum pressure and CLP wording

    The Commission directive of 21 November 2016 replaced Annex points 2.2 and 3.1.2, adding the 15 bar limit at 50 °C for compressed or dissolved non-flammable propellants alongside the 12 bar and 13,2 bar limits and aligning the label wording with the aerosol categories of CLP as amended by Regulation (EU) No 487/2013; transposition by 12 December 2017, application from 12 February 2018, no transitional period.

    Source · Art. 1, Art. 2 and Art. 3
  5. Applies

    CLP-aligned labelling applies to aerosol dispensers containing mixtures

    From 1 June 2015 the labelling of Directive 2013/10/EU applies to dispensers containing mixtures, the same day CLP replaced Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC; mixtures placed on the market before that date could be sold without relabelling until 1 June 2017.

    Source · Art. 2 and Art. 3(1)
  6. Applies

    CLP-aligned labelling applies to aerosol dispensers containing a substance

    Member States apply the transposing provisions of Directive 2013/10/EU from 19 June 2013 to dispensers containing a single substance.

    Source · Art. 3(1)
  7. Amendment

    Directive 2013/10/EU in force: labelling adapted to CLP

    The Commission directive of 19 March 2013 made Article 8(1) apply without prejudice to CLP, allowed an attached label for dispensers of 150 ml or less, added the CLP definitions of substance and mixture, and replaced the labelling and liquid-phase points of the Annex with CLP hazard and precautionary statements and signal words; transposition by 19 March 2014.

    Source · Art. 1, Art. 3 and Art. 4
  8. Applies

    Recast Annex of Directive 2008/47/EC applies

    Member States apply the transposing provisions from 29 April 2010: hazard analysis, the new flammability classification and tests, the 90 % liquid-phase limit, the 12 bar and 13,2 bar limits and the alternative final test methods.

    Source · Art. 2(1)
  9. Amendment

    Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 in force: regulatory procedure with scrutiny

    Articles 5, 7(2) and 10(3) now refer to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny of Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC for adapting the Annex to technical progress; Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 later repealed that Decision but maintained the effects of Article 5a for existing acts.

    Source · Art. 5, Art. 7(2) and Art. 10(3)Source · Art. 12
  10. Amendment

    Directive 2008/47/EC in force: hazard analysis, flammability tests, pressure and final inspection

    The Commission directive of 8 April 2008 added Article 8(1a), repealed Article 9a and rewrote the Annex with the hazard analysis duty, the definitions of flammable contents, the non-flammable, flammable and extremely flammable classes with the ignition distance, enclosed space and foam tests, the 90 % liquid-phase limit, the 12 bar and 13,2 bar limits, and alternative final test methods approved by a competent authority; transposition by 29 October 2009, application from 29 April 2010.

    Source · Art. 2, Art. 3 and Annex
  11. Amendment

    Regulation (EC) No 807/2003 in force: committee procedure

    The Council regulation of 14 April 2003 rewrote Article 7 so that the Commission is assisted by the Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directive on aerosol dispensers and deleted the procedural paragraphs of Article 6, without changing any technical requirement.

    Source · Art. 6, Art. 7 and the list of amending acts (M2)
  12. Applies

    Flammability labelling of Directive 94/1/EC applies

    Member States apply the transposing provisions of Directive 94/1/EC from 1 April 1995: flammable contents defined by reference to Directive 67/548/EEC, the flame symbol and warnings on the label and the Article 9a derogation, all since replaced by Directives 2008/47/EC and 2013/10/EU.

    Source · Art. 1, Art. 2 and Annex
  13. Amendment

    Directive 94/1/EC in force: flammability labelling after the move away from CFCs

    The Commission directive of 6 January 1994, adopted after a Member State used the safeguard clause against extremely flammable propellants replacing CFCs, replaced Article 8(1)(d), inserted Article 9a and rewrote Annex points 1.8, 2.2 and 2.3; transposition by 1 October 1994.

    Source · recitals, Art. 1, Art. 2 and Art. 3
  14. Applies

    Transposition deadline of Council Directive 75/324/EEC

    Member States had 18 months from the notification of 21 May 1975 to bring into force the provisions necessary to comply with the directive; Greece (1981) and Spain and Portugal (1986) were brought under it by their Acts of Accession.

    Source · Art. 11(1) and the dates and amending acts in the document information
  15. In force

    Council Directive 75/324/EEC notified and in force

    Adopted on 20 May 1975 and published in OJ L 147 on 9 June 1975, the directive took effect on its notification to the Member States on 21 May 1975; it harmonised the capacity, pressure, testing and marking rules for aerosol dispensers and introduced the '3' (inverted epsilon) conformity symbol.

    Source · Art. 3, Art. 11 and the dates in the document information

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What is the '3' (inverted epsilon) mark on aerosol cans?

It is the conformity symbol of the Aerosol Dispensers Directive. The person responsible for the marketing of the aerosol dispenser affixes it as proof that the dispenser satisfies the directive and its Annex, and Member States may not refuse, prohibit or restrict the marketing of a dispenser that complies, and must prevent any marking that could be confused with the symbol. It is not the CE marking: the directive provides no CE marking, no EU declaration of conformity and no notified body.

Source · Art. 3, Art. 4, Art. 8(1)(b) and Art. 9
Which aerosol dispensers does Directive 75/324/EEC cover, and which sizes are excluded?

Any non-reusable container made of metal, glass or plastic that contains a gas compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure, with or without a liquid, paste or powder, and has a release device that ejects the contents as a spray, foam, paste, powder or liquid. Dispensers with a maximum capacity of less than 50 ml are excluded, as are containers above the Annex limits: 1 000 ml for metal, 220 ml for plastic-coated or otherwise protected glass, 150 ml for unprotected glass, and the same limits for plastic dispensers according to whether they can splinter on bursting. The contents do not matter for applicability; the directive has no exclusion for medicinal, cosmetic or other product types.

Source · Art. 1, Art. 2 and Annex, points 3.1, 4.1.1, 4.2.1, 5.1 and 5.2
What must be printed on an aerosol dispenser?

Visibly, legibly and indelibly on the dispenser, or on an attached label where the dispenser holds 150 ml or less: the name and address or trade mark of the person responsible for marketing, the '3' symbol, code markings identifying the filling batch, the net contents by weight and by volume, and the Annex point 2.2 elements, that is the signal word and CLP label elements for Aerosols Category 3 (non-flammable, 'Warning'), Category 2 (flammable, 'Warning') or Category 1 (extremely flammable, 'Danger'), the precautionary statement P102 for consumer products and any additional operating precautions. Where the contents contain flammable components but the aerosol is not classified flammable, the label states 'X % by mass of the contents are flammable'. Member States may require their national language.

Source · Art. 8(1), Art. 8(1a), Art. 8(2) and Annex, point 2.2
How is the flammability of an aerosol classified?

By the chemical heat of combustion and the mass content of flammable components. An aerosol is extremely flammable if it contains 85 % or more flammable components and its heat of combustion is 30 kJ/g or more, and non-flammable if it contains 1 % or less flammable components and the heat of combustion is below 20 kJ/g. Every other aerosol is either classified extremely flammable or tested: spray aerosols by the ignition distance test (flammable if ignition occurs at 15 cm or more but below 75 cm, extremely flammable at 75 cm or more, and where no ignition occurs by the enclosed space test), with a stricter rule for heats of combustion of 20 kJ/g or more, and foam aerosols by the foam flammability test on flame height and duration.

Source · Annex, points 1.8, 1.9, 1.9.1, 1.9.2 and 6.3
What are the pressure limits for aerosol cans?

For metal dispensers the pressure at 50 °C may not exceed 12 bar with a liquefied gas that has a flammable range with air, 13,2 bar with a liquefied gas that has none, and 15 bar with compressed or dissolved gases that have none; the last figure was added by Directive (EU) 2016/2037 and applies since 12 February 2018 to favour nitrogen, compressed air and carbon dioxide propellants. The test pressure of a metal container is at least 10 bar, or 50 % above the internal pressure at 50 °C where that pressure is 6,7 bar or more, and the bursting pressure is at least 20 % above the test pressure. Glass and plastic dispensers have their own test pressures (at least 12 bar for glass filled with compressed or dissolved gas and at least 10 bar for protected glass filled with liquefied gas, points 4.1.3 and 4.2.2) and lower filling pressures (points 4.1.4 and 4.2.3), and the liquid phase at 50 °C may never exceed 90 % of the net capacity.

Source · Annex, points 2.3, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.2.2, 4.2.3 and 6.1.2Source · Art. 1(b) and Art. 2
Does every aerosol can have to go through a hot water bath?

Each filled aerosol dispenser must pass a final inspection. The reference method is the hot water bath, in which the internal pressure must reach the value the contents would exert at 50 °C and any dispenser with visible permanent distortion or a leak is rejected. Since Directive 2008/47/EC, hot final test methods giving the same pressure, temperature and detection precision, or a cold final test method in line with the ADR alternative, may be used instead if a competent authority has approved the method on the basis of a technical file; the approval, the file and any control reports must be kept at the address on the label. Contents that change their pressure characteristics after filling and before first use should be tested by a cold method.

Source · Annex, points 6.1.4.1 to 6.1.4.3Source · Annex, point 3(j)
How does the Aerosol Dispensers Directive relate to CLP and the Pressure Equipment Directive?

The directive's labelling rules apply without prejudice to the CLP Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008: the directive fixes the flammability class of the aerosol and points to the CLP label elements for Aerosols Category 1, 2 or 3, while CLP continues to govern the classification and labelling of the contents for health and environmental hazards. Since Directive 2013/10/EU the alignment has applied to dispensers containing a substance from 19 June 2013 and to mixtures from 1 June 2015. Aerosol dispensers covered by the directive are excluded from the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU, and refillable pressure containers, which are not aerosol dispensers, fall under that directive or the transportable pressure equipment rules instead.

Source · Art. 8(1) and Annex, point 2.2Source · Art. 3(1)Source · Art. 1(2)(d)
Who enforces the aerosol rules in Denmark and what are the penalties?

Since 1 December 2018 Sikkerhedsstyrelsen has been responsible for the control of aerosol dispensers, taking over from Arbejdstilsynet, and from January 2026 Sikkerhedsstyrelsen is a department of Erhvervsstyrelsen named Markedsovervågning with the same tasks; Arbejdstilsynet keeps products made to order or imported for offshore oil and gas activities. The Danish rules are executive order nr. 247 of 14 March 2014 on the construction of aerosols, amended by nr. 1336 of 29 November 2017 to transpose Directive (EU) 2016/2037 from 12 February 2018, and the product act, which lists the aerosol directive among the acts it covers. The executive order punishes breaches of its requirements or of an order or prohibition with a fine; the product act provides for fines and, in aggravating circumstances on product areas including aerosols, imprisonment of up to 2 years.

SourceSourceSourceSource · § 8Source · § 1 and § 2Source · § 2, § 9 and § 37

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  2. Council Directive 75/324/EEC as published in OJ L 147, 9 June 1975 (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:31975L0324
  3. Document information, dates and relationships for CELEX 31975L0324 (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:31975L0324
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  5. Council Regulation (EC) No 807/2003 adapting comitology provisions in Council acts (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32003R0807
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  7. Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 on the regulatory procedure with scrutiny (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32009R0219
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  21. Lov om produkter og markedsovervågning, LBK nr. 22 af 8. januar 2026 (retsinformation.dk) https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2026/22

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