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Silver: the European Commission notifies a change to the restrictions

On 30 July 2026, the European Commission notified a draft Regulation, which is in fact a corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2026/78 (the 8th “CMR” Regulation), in order to bring the restrictions on silver into line with the latest Opinion of the SCCS. It is worth noting that its provisions apply from… 1 May 2026.

JACOP 2025: Results of the FPS tests

As part of the JACOP (Joint Actions on Compliance of Products) initiative launched in 2025, the European Commission funded a campaign to test SPFs and UVA protection factors. The results were released on 27 July 2026.

Reminder: entry into force of the latest version of the European Glossary of Cosmetic Ingredients

It sets out the names that must be used in the list of ingredients, which must appear on the labelling of cosmetic products. The latest version of this Glossary, published in July 2025, comes into force on 30 July 2026.

Regulation 2022/1181: full implementation on 31 July 2026

It comes into force for products made available on the market this 31 July. Regulation 2022/1181 of 8 July 2022 amended the preamble to Annex V (authorised preservatives) of Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009 to define the new threshold for labelling the presence of formaldehyde releasers.

"Deforestation-free" Regulation: the new European Commission's Guidance Document

On 20 July 2026, the Commission published a new edition of its “Guidance document for Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products” in the Official Journal of the European Union, replacing the 2024 version.

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Titanium dioxide [nano] in Annex VI in 2016

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The European Commission transmitted to WTO a draft regulation aimed to amend Annex VI to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009. On the agenda: the entry ...

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

ECHA asks registrants additional information for testing proposals

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To further ensure that testing on animals is only done as a last resort, ECHA has started requesting additional information from registrants who submi...

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Ethyl Lauroyl Arginate HCl: a EU notification to WTO

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The European Commission has just transmitted to WTO a draft regulation aimed to amend Annex V to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009. On the agenda: th...

Monday, November 2, 2015

CoRAP: ECHA's proposal for 2016-2018

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ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) has just published its proposal to update the Community rolling action plan (CoRAP). The draft plan contains 138 subs...

Monday, October 19, 2015

A corrigendum to the Cosmetics Regulation

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A typo had slipped into the French text of Regulation 2015/1190, amending Annex III of Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009, in particular for the condition...

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Chloroacetamide, Zinc Oxide: Consultations by European Commission

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On September 21, the European Commission has launched two public consultations on its proposals to make regulations evolve as regards two cosmetic ing...

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

ZnO and Carbon Black nano in the Annexes of the Cosmetics Regulation in 2016

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The European Commission transmitted to WTO a draft regulation aimed to amend two annexes to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009. On the agenda: the int...

Monday, August 24, 2015

The SCCS at the time of renewal

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Some changes to expect in the functioning and membership of Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS). The Decision of the European Commission on...

Thursday, August 6, 2015

MI: European consultation for minimum regulations

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Following the various warnings on its strong allergenic potential and the Opinions of the SCCS (Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety), which recom...

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Regulation 2015/1298: ban of UV filter 3-Benzylidene Camphor

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With this new regulation, published on 28 July 2015, the European Commission follows the opinion of SCCS (Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety) wh...

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Hair dyes: a regulation to limit nine substances

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The regulation 2015/1190 of 20 July 2015 is amending Annex III to Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009, dedicated to restricted substances. Nine hair dye in...

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

JRC published its options for the review of the EC nanomaterial definition

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On July 10, 2015, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published science-based options to improve the clarity and the practical application of the Euro...