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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/EU/986

Notification No.

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Notifying Member

Date of Notification

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Title

Draft Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of Vitamin A, Alpha-Arbutin and Arbutin and certain substances with potential endocrine disrupting properties in cosmetic products

Objective

Protection of human health or safety (TBT)

Product Covered

Cosmetics

Document Notification

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HSCODE

33 - ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS

ICSCODE

71.100.70 - Cosmetics. Toiletries

Keywords

Specific Regions

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 - CPR). Based on the latest scientific opinions by the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) the proposed measures aim at: - prohibiting the use of 4-MBC (i.e., delisting this UV-filter from Annex VI and introducing it in Annex II to the CPR);- establishing restrictions in Annex III for the substance 'Genistein', used as skin conditioning/protecting and antioxidant in cosmetic products;- establishing restrictions in Annex III for the substance 'Daidzein', used as skin conditioning/protecting and antioxidant in cosmetic products;- establishing restrictions in Annex III for the substance 'Kojic Acid', used as skin lightening/whitening or depigmenting agent in cosmetic products;- further restricting the use of the preservative 'Triclosan' in cosmetic products by amending the existing restrictions in Annex V;- further restricting the use of the preservative 'Triclocarban' in cosmetic products by amending the existing restrictions in Annex V; - establishing restrictions in Annex III for the Vitamin A compounds ‘Retinol’, ‘Retinyl Acetate’ and ‘Retinyl Palmitate’ used as skin conditioning agent in cosmetic products;- establishing restrictions in Annex III for the substance ‘Alpha-Arbutin’ used as skin bleaching and skin conditioning agents in cosmetic products;- establishing restrictions in Annex III for the substance ‘Arbutin’ used as skin bleaching and skin conditioning agents in cosmetic products.

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