Following advice from the Scientific Advisory Group on Chemical Safety of Non-Food and Non-Medicinal Consumer Products that there is a potential risk to human health from the use of certain chemical substances in cosmetic products, these Regulations amend Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 (“the Cosmetic Regulation”). Specifically, regulation 2(2) amends Annex 2 to the Cosmetic Regulation (list of substances prohibited in cosmetic products) (“Annex 2”) to prohibit the use of 3-(4'-methylbenzylidene)-camphor in cosmetic products. Regulation 2(4) amends the Preamble to Annex 5 (list of preservatives allowed in cosmetic products) to the Cosmetic Regulation to reduce the threshold for warning labelling requirements for formaldehyde releasing preservatives used in cosmetic products. These amendments apply from 15th July 2026.