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Cosmetic Products Regulation, Annex II - Prohibited Substances

EU. Prohibited Substances: Annex II, Regulation 1223/2009/EC on Cosmetic Products, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/1490, OJ L 183, 20 July 2023

This list contains substances which are banned from use in any cosmetic products marketed for sale or use in the European Union.

Last updated 26 April 2024. Database contains 2528 unique substances/entries.

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Substance Name	EC No.	CAS No.	Ref No.	Product type, body parts	Maximum Threshold	Restriction(s)
Narcotics, natural and synthetic	-	-	306	All cosmetic products	0 %	All substances listed in Tables I and II of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs signed in New York on 30 March 1961	Details
Sympathicomimetic amines acting on the central nervous system	206-096-2	300-62-9	21	All cosmetic products	0 %	Any substance contained in the first list of medicaments which are subject to medical prescription and referred to in Resolution AP(69) 2 of the Council of Europe	Details
Radioactive substances	-	-	293	All cosmetic products	0 %	As defined by Directive 96/29/Euratom (OJ L 159, 29.6.1996, p. 1) laying down basic safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionising radiation.	Details
Diaminotoluene, technical product	246-910-3	25376-45-8	1144	All cosmetic products	0 %	For information on the individual ingredient 4-methyl-m-phenylene diamine see reference number 364 in Annex II For information on the individual ingredient 2-methyl-m-phenylene diamine see reference number 413 in Annex II	Details
Vaccines, toxins or serums defined as immunological medicinal products pursuant to Article 1 of Directive 2001/83/EC	-	-	323	All cosmetic products	0 %	For the individual ingredient see reference number 364 in Annex II.	Details
Tagetes erecta flower extract and oil Extractives and their physically modified derivatives such as tinctures, concretes, absolutes, essential oils, oleoresins, terpenes, terpene-free fractions, distillates, residues, etc., obtained from Tagetes erecta, Compositae.	290-353-9	90131-43-4	1383	All cosmetic products	0 %	From 1 May 2019 cosmetic products containing that substance shall not be placed on the Union market From 1 August 2019 cosmetic products containing that substance shall not be made available on the Union market	Details
2-Chloro-1,4-benzenediamine dihydrochloride	210-427-6	615-46-3	1384	Hair dye products, including eyebrow dye products, and eyelash dye products	0 %	From 22 November 2019 hair dye products, including eyebrow dye products, and eyelash dye products containing those substances shall not be placed on the Union market. From 22 February 2020 hair dye products, including eyebrow dye products, and eyelash dye products containing those substances shall not be made available on the Union market.	Details
2-Chloro-1,4-phenylenediamine sulphate (1:1)	262-915-3	61702-44-1	1384	Hair dye products, including eyebrow dye products, and eyelash dye products	0 %	From 22 November 2019 hair dye products, including eyebrow dye products, and eyelash dye products containing those substances shall not be placed on the Union market. From 22 February 2020 hair dye products, including eyebrow dye products, and eyelash dye products containing those substances shall not be made available on the Union market.	Details
2-Chlorobenzene-1,4-diamine	210-441-2	615-66-7	1384	Hair dye products, including eyebrow dye products, and eyelash dye products	0 %	From 22 November 2019 hair dye products, including eyebrow dye products, and eyelash dye products containing those substances shall not be placed on the Union market. From 22 February 2020 hair dye products, including eyebrow dye products, and eyelash dye products containing those substances shall not be made available on the Union market.	Details
2,6-Dihydroxy-4-methyl-benzaldehyde	801-750-9	526-37-4	1381	All cosmetic products	0 %	From 23 August 2019 cosmetic products containing that substance shall not be placed on the Union market From 23 August 2021 cosmetic products containing that substance shall not be made available on the Union market	Details
3-(4-Hydroxy-4-methylpentyl)cyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde	257-187-9	51414-25-6	1380	All cosmetic products	0 %	From 23 August 2019 cosmetic products containing that substance shall not be placed on the Union market From 23 August 2021 cosmetic products containing that substance shall not be made available on the Union market	Details
3-Chloro-2,6-Dihydroxy-4-methyl-benzaldehyde	801-751-4	57074-21-2	1382	All cosmetic products	0 %	From 23 August 2019 cosmetic products containing that substance shall not be placed on the Union market From 23 August 2021 cosmetic products containing that substance shall not be made available on the Union market	Details
4-(4-Hydroxy-4-methylpentyl)cyclohex-3-enecarbaldehyde	250-863-4	31906-04-4	1380	All cosmetic products	0 %	From 23 August 2019 cosmetic products containing that substance shall not be placed on the Union market From 23 August 2021 cosmetic products containing that substance shall not be made available on the Union market	Details
N,N'-Methylenedimorpholine	227-062-3	5625-90-1	1605	All cosmetic products	0 %	If the maximum theoretical concentration of releasable formaldehyde, irrespective of the source, in the mixture as placed on the market is ≥ 0.1 % w/w	Details
Reaction products of paraformaldehyde with 2-hydroxypropylamine (1:1)	-	-	1607	All cosmetic products	0 %	If the maximum theoretical concentration of releasable formaldehyde, irrespective of the source, in the mixture as placed on the market is ≥ 0.1 % w/w	Details
Reaction products of paraformaldehyde with 2-hydroxypropylamine (3:2)	-	-	1606	All cosmetic products	0 %	If the maximum theoretical concentration of releasable formaldehyde, irrespective of the source, in the mixture as placed on the market is ≥ 0.1 % w/w	Details
Category 1 material as defined in Article 4 of Regulation No. 1774/2002	-	-	419	All cosmetic products	0 %	Materials as defined in Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1), and ingredients derived therefrom.	Details
Category 2 material as defined in Articles 5 of Regulation No. 1774/2002	-	-	419	All cosmetic products	0 %	Materials as defined in Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1), and ingredients derived therefrom.	Details
Disperse Red 15	204-163-0	116-85-8	1241	All cosmetic products	0 %	Not permitted except as impurity in Disperse Violet 1	Details
Barium salts	-	-	46	All cosmetic products	0 %	Not permitted except for barium sulphide under the conditions laid down in Annex III, and barium sulphate, lakes, salts, and pigments prepared from colouring agents when listed in Annex IV	Details
1,4-Dihydroxybenzene	204-617-8	123-31-9	1339	All cosmetic products	0 %	Not permitted except for entry 14 in Annex III	Details
Safrole	202-345-4	94-59-7	360	All cosmetic products except products for dental and oral hygiene	100 ppm	Not permitted except for normal content in the natural essences used and provided the concentration does not exceed 100 ppm in the finished product	Details
Safrole	202-345-4	94-59-7	360	Products for dental and oral hygiene	50 ppm	Not permitted except for normal content in the natural essences used and provided the concentration does not exceed 50 ppm in the finished product and provided that is not present in toothpastes intended for children	Details
Selenium and its compounds with the exception of selenium disulphide under the conditions set out under reference No 49 in Annex III	-	-	297	All cosmetic products	0 %	Not permitted except for selenium disulphide under the conditions set out under reference no. 49 in Annex III	Details
Derivatives of thiourea	-	-	321	All cosmetic products	0 %	Not permitted except for the one listed in Annex III	Details

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