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.

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Dichloromethane: a corrigendum to SCCS Opinion

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The SCCS has just published a Corrigendum to its Opinion of 25 March 2015 on Dichloromethane. The experts have modified their answer to the question a...

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 23, 2015

REACH: fourth round table on essential oil

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Friday, September 18, Prodarom (trade association of the industry of perfumery) and IFRA (International Fragrance Association) held a fourth round tab...

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Nano-TiO2 in sprays: a new request for Opinion to SCCS

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In July 2013 the SCCS was in the opinion that the use of nano titanium dioxide could not be considered as safe in spray products. The safety of this c...

Friday, September 18, 2015

Butylphenyl methylpropional: 'Not safe' for SCCS

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This Opinion of SCCS has been adopted on 12 August 2015 by written procedure and has just been published. Its conclusion: the cosmetic fragrance ingre...

Monday, September 14, 2015

Parabens as seen by consumers

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CosmeticOBS-L'Observatoire des Cosmétiques conducted a survey of its web users on controversial cosmetic ingredients in June 2015. Are parabens well-i...

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Hair dyes: 3 Opinions of the SCCS

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On June 25, 2015, during its 10th plenary meeting, the SCCS has adopted its Opinion on three hair dye cosmetic ingredients: 2,5,6-Triamino-4-pyrimidin...

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...

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Deoxyarbutin, UV filter S86: 2 Opinions of the SCCS

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The first one has been adopted on 25 June 2015 during the 10th plenary meeting of the SCCS, the second one by written procedure on 13 July 2015. These...

Monday, September 7, 2015

The consumer barometer for controversial ingredients

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CosmeticOBS conducted a survey of its web users on controversial ingredients in June 2015*. Which ones are the most easily identified, the most contro...

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Controversial cosmetic ingredients: what consumers think

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In June 2015, CosmeticOBS-L'Observatoire des Cosmétiques conducted a survey of its web users on controversial cosmetic ingredients*. Which ones are be...

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Is my cosmetic ingredient GMO-based?

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Sometimes, the GMO status of a cosmetic ingredient must be known to meet the requirements of certain organic standards or answer consumers’ questions,...