Every month, the Regulation Checklist reviews key information from the world of regulations in Europe and Worldwide: the essentials you shouldn’t miss, compiled and summarised here by the CosmeticOBS editorial team.
European regulations
• 24th ATP of the CLP
On 27 November, the European Union notified a draft Regulation which constitutes the 24th ATP (Adaptation to Technical and Scientific Progress) of the CLP (Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances) Regulation. It involves a total of 14 substances that can be used in cosmetics, including eight with a new CMR classification, which ultimately threatens their use in cosmetic products.
-> Notification of the 24th ATP of the European CLP (01/12)
• Directive on urban wastewater treatment
On 10 December, alongside the presentation of its “Environmental Omnibus,” the European Commission published its updated estimate of the costs associated with urban wastewater treatment under Directive (EU) 2024/3019, broadly similar to that of 2022. Cosmetics Europe said it was “profoundly disappointed.”
-> Urban wastewater treatment: the European Commission’s new costs study (11/12)
• One substance, one assessment
On 12 December, two Regulations and a Directive were published in the Official Journal of the European Union. This marks the implementation of the “One Substance, One Assessment” initiative, with the creation of a common data platform on chemicals and the reallocation of scientific and technical tasks to ECHA.
-> Implementation of the “One …
