Wrocław, Poland — March 2026 · Company News
AFL Laboratories, ELiX’s in-house regulatory laboratory and a specialist in EU chemical product safety and CLP compliance, has co-developed Valid Labels — an automated SaaS platform that enables chemical product manufacturers and distributors to translate, validate, and print CLP-compliant labels across all EU markets.
Companies selling classified chemical products in the EU — including air fresheners, cleaning products, fragrances, detergents, paints, and similar — can now generate legally-valid, print-ready CLP labels in all 24 official EU languages in hours rather than days, at a fraction of the cost of regulatory consultants.
The Problem Valid Labels Solves
Under EU Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (CLP), any company selling classified chemical products in the EU must label those products in the official language of each market. For businesses selling across multiple EU countries, managing this requirement manually is slow, expensive, and error-prone.
The typical alternative — using a regulatory consultant — costs around €40 per label and takes days or weeks per product. For companies with large SKU portfolios entering several EU markets simultaneously, compliance costs can quickly reach tens of thousands of euros before a single shipment leaves the warehouse.
Valid Labels removes this bottleneck. The platform takes existing Safety Data Sheet (SDS) documentation and automatically generates legally-validated, print-ready CLP labels — complete with the correct hazard statements, GHS pictograms, and supplier information in the required EU languages.
What the Platform Does
AFL Laboratories: The Regulatory Foundation
AFL Laboratories has provided regulatory compliance services to ELiX for over two decades, managing SDS documentation, CLP classification, and label accuracy for a product portfolio spanning hundreds of active SKUs across fifteen or more EU markets.
That accumulated experience — understanding where automated compliance tools fail, what makes a label legally defensible across different EU countries, and how the regulation evolves over time — forms the regulatory foundation of Valid Labels. The platform’s compliance logic is not generic software; it reflects years of practical enforcement experience in a real EU manufacturing operation.
Why the Timing Matters
New mandatory hazard classes for mixtures (endocrine disruptors, PMT/vPvM substances) take effect 1 May 2026. Digital labelling requirements and enhanced online sales standards follow shortly thereafter. The transition window for products already on the market closes 1 November 2026. Companies managing CLP labels manually face a growing compliance gap as these deadlines approach.
For manufacturers and distributors of fragrance products, cleaning solutions, laundry care, and household chemicals, the update window is now. Labels that were fully compliant twelve months ago may require review and regeneration to meet the new hazard class requirements.
Pricing and Availability
Valid Labels is available today with plans for businesses of all sizes:
- Up to 15 products
- 30 label translations/month
- All EU languages
- Unlimited products
- Zebra ZPL print output
- API access (ERP/WMS/PIM)
- Automatic reg. updates
Exclusive for ELiX & AFL Clients
Get a bonus when you sign up via ELiX
As an ELiX or AFL Laboratories client, you can sign up for Valid Labels through our dedicated referral link and receive a bonus on your account — plus priority support directly from the Valid Labels team.
- Exclusive bonus — unlocked automatically when you register via the link below
- Priority support — dedicated fast-track assistance from the Valid Labels team
- Backed by AFL — the same regulatory expertise that powers our own compliance
Use this link to register and claim your bonus:
Claim your bonus at Valid Labels →Or Start With a Free Account
No credit card required. Up to 15 products and 30 translations per month included in the free tier.
Learn more at validlabels.com →
