Article 17 General labelling requirements

1.   Detergents and surfactants that are made available on the market in individual packaging or through refill shall be accompanied by a label.

2.   An economic operator making a detergent or surfactant available on the market directly to an end-user through refill shall provide to the end-user the physical label and the data carrier referred to in Article 21(2), point (h), and shall ensure that the physical label and the data carrier are available for every packaging that is refilled with a detergent or surfactant.

3.   The label of detergents and surfactants shall contain the information specified in Part A of Annex V.

4.   In addition to the information referred to in paragraph 3, the label of consumer laundry detergents, consumer automatic dishwasher detergents and consumer detergents for surfaces shall contain dosage information in accordance with Part B of Annex V.

5.   The information referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 shall be in one or more languages which can be easily understood by end-users, as determined by the Member State concerned, and shall be legible, clear, understandable and intelligible. The label shall be accessible for inspection purposes where the detergent or surfactant is made available on the market.