draft commission directive amending council directive 75 324 eec as regards the maximum allowable pressure of aerosol dispensers and to adapt its labelling provisions to regulation ec no 1272 2008 of the european parliament and of the council on classification labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures 5 pages in english this draft commission directive intends to increase the maximum allowable pressure in an aerosol dispenser from 13.2 to 15 bar at 50c when non-flammable propellants compressed gases are used. the maximum pressure provided currently by directive 75 324 eec limits the use of non-flammable propellants for some categories of aerosol dispensers. commission directive 2008 47 ec amending for the purposes of adapting to technical progress directive 75 324 eec increased the maximum allowable pressure from 12 to 13.2 bar which was at the time the maximum pressure limit allowing to guarantee safety. however further technical progress and innovation made possible a further increase of the maximum allowable pressure in the case of non-flammable propellants enabling thus to remedy a situation where the dro of the internal pressure during the use of the aerosol dispenser resulted in noticeable deterioration of its performance. the increase in pressure will therefore address this problem for some applications and will encourage industry to switch from flammable to non-flammable and thus more environmental friendly propellants. it will also allow a wider choice for manufacturers and also for consumers without however affecting the current safety levels. the draft directive also intends to adapt the labelling provisions of directive 75 324 eec to the latest modifications of the corresponding requirements of regulation ec no 1272 2008 of 16 december 2008 by commission regulation eu no 487 2013 of 8 may 2013 so as to improve legal clarity coherence and readability. the labelling requirements of regulation ec no 1272 2008 constitute the basis for the labelling requirements of directive 75 324 eec with regard to em non-flammable flammable and extremely flammable em aerosol dispensers. the intended modifications do not have any competitiveness or other impact as they do not affect the content of the requirements as those were already updated with commission directive 2013 10 eu of 19 march 2013 amending directive 75 324 eec in order to adapt its labelling provisions to regulation ec no 1272 2008. the provisions of directive 2013 10 eu also reflect the at the time on-going modification of the clp regulation which led to the subsequent adoption of commission regulation eu no 487 2013. however the adoption of the latter regulation enables a further simplification of the labelling provisions of directive 75 324 eec by less and more comprehensive legal references. the suggested adaptation will therefore also reduce the need for future modifications of the labelling provisions of directive 75 324 eec due to further updates of the corresponding provisions of regulation ec no 1272 2008.