Ingredients:News

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.

Cuminaldehyde, p-Cymene: Requests for Opinions to the SCCS

On 29 July 2026, the SCCS (Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety) approved, by written procedure, two mandates from the European Commission to assess the safety of Cuminaldehyde, on the one hand, and p-Cymene, on the other. These two fragrance ingredients are threatened with CLH classification as substances toxic to reproduction and, consequently, with a possible ban as CMRs.

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.

Labeling of allergens: are you ready?

This is the first step in the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2023/1545: from 31 July 2026, all cosmetic products newly placed on the market in the European Union must include, in the list of ingredients on the labelling, the allergens featured on the list, which contains more than 80 such substances.

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Denmark calls the European Commission to maintain the automatic ban on CMRs in cosmetics

Since 2010 there has been an automatic ban on CMR substances in cosmetics throughout the European Union. According to the Danish Minister for Environm...

Monday, December 12, 2016

Preservatives: the cosmetics industry’s defence strategy

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For the second year in a row, Sylvie Cupferman, Member of Cosmetics Europe's Expert Team Product Preservation and Microbiology International Director ...

Monday, December 12, 2016

Ban on microbeads in France: decree sent to the WTO

France has just sent the WTO a draft decree defining the conditions for the application of the provisions to ban rinsed-off cosmetic products containi...

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Restriction of MI in rinse-off products in 2017

The European Union has just transmitted to WTO a draft regulation aimed at restricting the use of methylisothiazolinone as a preservative in rinse-off...

Monday, November 28, 2016

Coatings forTiO2 [nano]: Opinion of the SCCS

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The SCCS published its Opinion on the safety of three new coatings for Titanium dioxide (nano form) for their use in cosmetic products, adopted by wri...

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Furfural: Consultation by European Commission

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On 17 November 2016, the European Commission has launched a public consultation on its proposal to make regulations evolve as regard the cosmetic ingr...

Monday, November 21, 2016

European Commission calls for data on salts of o-Phenylphenol

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On November 11th, 2016, the European Commission published a call for data on salts of o-Phenylphenol (Sodium o-phenylphenate, Potassium o-phenylphenat...

Monday, November 21, 2016

HC Orange No.6: Opinion of the SCCS

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The SCCS has just published its Opinion on the new cosmetic hair dye ingredient HC Orange No. 6, adopted by written procedure on 7 November 2016 follo...

Monday, November 21, 2016

Canada bans plastic microbeads from 2018

Canada has just transmitted to WTO a draft regulation aimed to ban the manufacture, import, sale or offer for sale of toiletries that contain plastic ...

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Hair dye, UV-filter: two requests for Opinion to SCCS

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Hair dye Basic Blue 99 and UV-filter Methoxypropylamino Cyclohexenylidene Ethoxyethylcyanoacetate (S87): the safety of these two cosmetic ingredients ...

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Moringa extract, a transversal active

Leaves, fruit, seeds, bark, roots… all is good in moringa, and it is also endowed with an exotic charm! But what is more surprising is that it can be ...

Monday, October 31, 2016

CoRAP: ECHA's proposal for 2017-2019

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ECHA has just published its proposal to update the Community rolling action plan (CoRAP) for 2017-2019. The draft plan contains 117 substances propose...