On July 15 and 16, the meeting of the SCCS Working Group on cosmetic ingredients took place. The following was discussed at this meeting: Information from DG GROW: Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1099 of July 5, 2021, amending Annexes II and III of Regulation (EC) No....
Legal Cosmetic Area
Draft law amending annexes II, III and V of the Cosmetic Regulation
The Cosmetic Products Committee was consulted on the project amending annexes II, III and V of Regulation 1223/2009. The opinion of the committee regarding the approval consultation of the regulation project has been positive. We recall that this project aims to apply...
New Regulation amending Annex II and III to Regulation 1223/2009
The European Commission through Regulation (EU) 2021/1099 has modified annexes II and III of Regulation 1223/2009 on cosmetic products. As we saw earlier, the European Union submitted a draft regulation to the WTO. It was meant to ban Deoxyarbutin and introduce...
Methyl-N-methylanthranilate – New Draft Implementing Act amending Regulation 1223/2009
A new draft implementing act amending Regulation 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of Methyl-N-methylanthranilate (M-N-MA) in cosmetic products has been published. This New Draft Implementing Act amending Regulation has been...
Corrigenda to Regulation 2021/850 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/217
The European Commission has published a corrigenda to Regulation 2021/850 that introduced modifications and corrections to Annex II and modifications to Annexes III, IV and VI of Regulation 1223/2009 on cosmetic products by not assigning numbers to the entries...
SVHC – Europe proposed to identify resorcinol
As previously reported, the ECHA Member State Committee did not agree to identify Resorcinol as a Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) due to its endocrine disrupting properties. However, subsequently, the Member State Commission notes that medical case reports...
Recommendation 2011/696/EU on the definition of nanomaterial – Revision
The European Commission is working on a review process of its Recommendation 2011/696/EU on the definition of nanomaterial. As part of this process, the Commission is now launching an online targeted stakeholder consultation to update, test and verify the preliminary...
Draft Agenda – Working Group Meeting on Cosmetic Products
On June 18, the meeting of the working group on cosmetic products will take place. The points scheduled in this draft for the plenary meeting are the following: Outcome of written vote on CMRs Omnibus IV Endocrine disruptors Fragrance allergens labelling: Duty free...
New Regulation that corrects annex II and modifies annexes III, IV and VI of Regulation 1223/2009
The European Commission through Regulation (EU) 2021/850 has modified and corrected Annex II and modified Annexes III, IV and VI of Regulation 1223/2009 on cosmetic products. This Regulation applies to substances classified as CMR in accordance with Regulation (EC) No...
Request for information on potential Endocrine Disruptors in Cosmetic Products
The Comission requests information about the following cosmetic ingredients with potential endocrine disrupting properties. Since the day of its publication, the Comission will receive scientific information about the following ingredients used in cosmetic products:...
Draft regulation amending the annexes of the cosmetic regulation regarding the use of CMR Substances
The World Health Organization receives the draft regulation by which annexes II, III and V of Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 on cosmetic products are modified. The draft aims to apply Regulation 2020/1182 (15th ATP adaptation of the CLP Regulation) on the prohibition of...
Nitrosamines – New method for their determination
A new method for the determination of polar N-nitrosamines in cosmetic products has been published. Nitrosamines are included in Annex II, list of prohibited substances in cosmetic products, of Regulation 1223/2009. Furthermore, nitrosamine precursors are also...






