The European Commission has just published an amendment to Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures.
After the 1st of June 2017, you should only find product labels with the new pictograms in the shops while the products with the old orange pictograms should be off the shelves.
After the late pre-registration period ends in May 2017, the only way for companies to get in contact with existing registrants to share data and have access to the joint registration is through an inquiry.
The Minister of the Environment Carole Dieschbourg, who was heading the Luxembourgish delegation, participated in the triple conference of the parties (COP) of the Basel convention on the 4th and 5th of May 2017.