The Cosmetic Products Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 (Restriction of Chemical Substances) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026
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.
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12 Jan 2026
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the Cosmetic Regulation The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 31(1)(b), 31(1)(f) and 32(1) of Regulationof the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products(“”). (EC) No 1223/2009 In accordance with Article 31(1)(b) of the Cosmetic Regulation, the Secretary of State considers there is sufficient scientific evidence that there is a potential risk to human health arising from the use of 3-(4'-methylbenzylidene)-camphor in a cosmetic product and from the current threshold for warning labelling requirements for formaldehyde releasing preservatives listed in Annex 5 to the Cosmetic Regulation. In accordance with Article 31(1)(f) of the Cosmetic Regulation, the substances set out in the Schedule to these Regulations have been classified as CMRsubstances of category 1B or 2 under Regulationof the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures. (EC) No 1272/2008
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