BG RCI (the organisation behind GisChem) can only provide assistance to employers or their authorised representatives who use the "GHS converter" module to classify and label the substances or preparations, hereinafter referred to as mixtures, in use at their companies in line with the GHS Regulation. Responsibility for classification and labelling of substances and preparations (mixtures) shall remain with the company manufacturing or marketing the chemicals. When using classification and labelling as part of the hazard assessment in line with the GefStoffV (German Ordinance on Hazardous Substances) and quoting them, for example, in operating instructions, responsibility shall also remain with the employer.

The GHS converter program is based on the EU’s Regulation 1272/2008 relating to the GHS Regulation, in particular the translation table in Annex VII and the harmonised classification and labelling list for certain hazardous substances in Annex VI (1. ATP from September 2009). It was not possible to take into account the changes resulting from modified classification criteria in either the translation table or Annex VI, and conversion is not always possible. In such cases, the GHS converter offers possible selections together with helpful information.

The GHS converter is intended to help users at companies familiarise themselves with GHS. Given that the GHS Regulation is currently still a proposal and it is not possible to take into account all the changes to criteria in a software application, the proposed classification and label details are provided by way of an indication only.

The risk phrases and symbols entered by the user, the UN number and, possibly, the packing group or classification code play a key role in the GHS converter's classification and labelling result. This information can normally be found in the safety data sheets. Responsibility for this data being correct and complete lies with the company manufacturing or marketing the chemicals. If the safety data sheets do not contain sufficient information on certain aspects or this information is contradictory, the user is obliged to obtain all the necessary details from the company marketing the chemicals in order to ensure that all the necessary information is provided.

Express reference is made to the fact that BG RCI provides no guarantee as to the correctness of the classification and label details provided by the GHS converter. The GisChem disclaimer shall also apply here in its entirety.