Draft Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of Benzyl Salicylate, Triphenyl Phosphate, Ammonium Silver Zinc Aluminium Silicate, Aluminium, water-soluble zinc salts, Acetylated Vetiver Oil, Citral, HC Blue No. 18, HC Red No. 18, HC Yellow No. 16, Hydroxypropyl p-phenylenediamine and its dihydrochloride salt, and DHHB in cosmetic products
G/TBT/N/EU/1146
Date of arrival:
2025 July 16
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Final date for comments:
2025 September 14
Description
The measures proposed by the draft Commission Regulation are part of the on-going and regular adaptations of the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 (Cosmetics Regulation). Based on the latest scientific opinions by the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) the proposed measures aim at: - prohibiting in Annex II the use of ‘Triphenyl Phosphate’;- establishing further restrictions in Annex III for ‘Water-soluble zinc salts’;- establishing further restrictions in Annex III for ‘Citral, Geranial and Neral’;- establishing further restrictions in Annex III for ‘Benzyl Salicylate’;- establishing restrictions in Annex III for ‘Aluminium containing ingredients’;- establishing restrictions in Annex III for ‘Vetiveria zizanioides, ext., acetylated’- establishing restrictions in Annex III for ‘HC Blue 18’, used as hair dye;- establishing restrictions in Annex III for ‘Hydroxypropyl-p-phenylenediamine and Hydroxypropyl-p-phenylenediamine 2HCl (dihydrochloride salt)’, used as hair dye;- establishing restrictions in Annex III for ‘HC Yellow No. 16’, used as hair dye;- establishing restrictions in Annex III for ‘HC Red No. 18’, used as hair dye;- authorizing by listing in Annex V the substance ‘Ammonium Silver Zinc Aluminum Silicate' for use as a preservative in cosmetic products; and- establishing further restrictions in Annex VI for ‘Diethylamino Hydroxy benzoyl Hexyl Benzoate (DHHB)’, used as UV-filter.
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