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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 25 April 2024. Database contains 2528 unique substances/entries.
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A complex combination produced by desulfurization of gas oils with diethanolamine. It consists predominantly of hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen and aliphatic hydrocarbons having carbon numbers in the range of C1 through C5.
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295-397-2
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92045-15-3
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1542 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w 1,3-butadiene |
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A complex combination produced by desulfurization of gas oils with diethanolamine. It consists predominantly of hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen and aliphatic hydrocarbons having carbon numbers in the range of C1 through C5.
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295-397-2
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92045-15-3
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601 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substance contains > 0.1% (w/w) Butadiene |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained by the distillation of crude petroleum. It consists predominantly of aliphatic, aromatic and cycloaliphatic hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly higher than C25 and boiling above approximately 400°C (752°F).
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295-396-7
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92045-14-2
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962 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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295-394-6
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92045-12-0
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820 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substance contains > 3% (w/w) DMSO extract |
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202-204-7
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92-93-3
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686 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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202-199-1
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92-87-5
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26 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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202-196-5
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92-84-2
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320 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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202-177-1
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92-67-1
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726 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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202-156-7
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92-44-4
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1213 |
Hair dye products |
0 % |
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202-128-4
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92-13-7
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283 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons, obtained by solvent extraction from light vacuum petroleum gas oils and treated with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst. It consists predominantly of aromatic hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C13 through C30.
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295-342-2
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91995-79-8
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819 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substance contains > 3% (w/w) DMSO extract |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained by solvent extraction from light vacuum petroleum gas oil. It consists predominantly of aromatic hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C13 through C30.
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295-341-7
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91995-78-7
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984 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained by solvent extraction of a light paraffin distillate and treated with hydrogen to convert the organic sulfur to hydrogen sulfide which is eliminated. It consists predominantly of hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C15 through C40 and produces a finished oil with a viscosity of greater than 10cSt at 40°C.
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295-340-1
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91995-77-6
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818 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substance contains > 3% (w/w) DMSO extract |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained as a fraction of the distillation of an extract from the solvent extraction of light paraffinic top petroleum distillates that is subjected to a sulfuric acid refining. It consists predominantly of aromatic hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C16 through C32.
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295-339-6
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91995-76-5
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817 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substance contains > 3% (w/w) DMSO extract |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained by treating the extract, obtained from a solvent extraction process, with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst under conditions primarily to remove sulfur compounds. It consists predominantly of aromatic hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C15 through C30. This stream is likely to contain 5 wt.% or more of 4- to 6-membered condensed ring aromatic hydrocarbons.
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295-338-0
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91995-75-4
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816 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substance contains > 3% (w/w) DMSO extract |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained as the extract from solvent extraction of intermediate paraffinic top solvent distillate that is treated with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst. It consists predominantly of aromatic hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C16 through C36.
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295-335-4
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91995-73-2
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815 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substance contains > 3% (w/w) DMSO extract |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained as the extract from the solvent extraction of a catalytically reformed petroleum cut. It consists predominantly of aromatic hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C7 through C8 and boiling in the range of approximately 100°C to 200°C (212°F to 392°F).
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295-331-2
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91995-68-5
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1539 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene |
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The redistillate from the fractional distillation of dephenolated and debased methylnaphthalene oil obtained from bituminous coal high temperature tar and pyrolysis residual oils boiling in the approximate range of 220°C to 230°C (428°F to 446°F). It consists predominantly of unsubstituted and substituted dinuclear aromatic hydrocarbons.
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295-329-1
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91995-66-3
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1539 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene |
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The redistillate from the distillate, freed of tar acids and tar bases, from bituminous coal high temperature tar boiling in the approximate range of 90°C to 160°C (194°F to 320°F). It consists predominantly of benzene, toluene and xylenes.
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295-323-9
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91995-61-8
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1539 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained by treating a petroleum fraction with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst and removing the aromatic hydrocarbons by solvent extraction. It consists predominantly of naphthenic hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C15 through C30 and produces a finished oil with a viscosity of between 13-15cSt at 40°C.
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295-316-0
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91995-54-9
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814 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substance contains > 3% (w/w) DMSO extract |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained as the raffinates from a solvent extraction process of hydrotreated light distillate from steam-cracked naphtha.
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295-315-5
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91995-53-8
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1539 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained by treating a light distillate from steam-cracked naphtha. It consists predominantly of aromatic hydrocarbons.
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295-311-3
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91995-50-5
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1539 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene |
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A complex combination of organic compounds obtained as a filtrate from the crystallization of the naphthalene fraction from coal tar and boiling in the range of approximately 200°C to 230°C (392°F to 446°F). Contains chiefly naphthalene, thionaphthene and alkylnaphthalenes.
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295-310-8
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91995-49-2
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1541 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene or if they contain ≥ 0.005 % w/w benzo[a]pyrene |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained by debasing the methylnaphthalene fraction obtained by the distillation of coal tar and boiling in the range of approximately 230°C to 255°C (446°F to 491°F). Contains chiefly 1(2)-methylnaphthalene, naphthalene, dimethylnaphthalene and biphenyl.
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295-309-2
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91995-48-1
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1541 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene or if they contain ≥ 0.005 % w/w benzo[a]pyrene |
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A complex combination of liquid hydrocarbons obtained by recrystallization of dewaxed hydrocracked solvent-refined petroleum distillates.
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295-306-6
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91995-45-8
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813 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substance contains > 3% (w/w) DMSO extract |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained by distillation of heat-soaked steam-cracked naphtha. It consists predominantly of hydrocarbons having carbon numbers in the range of C4 through C6, predominantly C5.
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295-302-4
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91995-41-4
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1539 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained from an intensive treatment of dewaxed distillate by hydrogenation in the presence of a catalyst. It consists predominantly of saturated hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C21 through C29 and produces a finished oil with a viscosity of approximately 13cSt at 50°C.
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295-301-9
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91995-40-3
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812 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substance contains > 3% (w/w) DMSO extract |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained from an intensive treatment of dewaxed distillate by hydrogenation in the presence of a catalyst. It consists predominantly of saturated hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C25 through C39 and produces a finished oil with a viscosity of approximately 44cSt at 50°C.
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295-300-3
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91995-39-0
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811 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substance contains > 3% (w/w) DMSO extract |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained as first runnings from the depentanizer column before hydrotreatment of the aromatic charges. It consists predominantly of hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C4 through C6, predominantly pentanes and pentenes, and boiling in the range of approximately 25°C to 40°C (77°F to 104°F).
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295-298-4
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91995-38-9
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1539 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene |
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The redistillate obtained from the fractional distillation of bituminous coal high temperature tar and pyrolysis residual oils and boiling in the range of approximately 190°C to 270°C (374°F to 518°F). Composed primarily of substituted dinuclear aromatics.
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295-295-8
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91995-35-6
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1539 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained from the distillation of a catalytically reformed petroleum cut. It consists predominantly of aromatic hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C10 through C16 and boiling in the range of approximately 200°C to 300°C (392°F to 572°F).
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295-294-2
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91995-34-5
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883 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted except if the full refining history is known and it can be shown that the substance from which it is produced is not a carcinogen |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained as a redistillate from the fractional distillation of bituminous coal high temperature tar and residual oils that are obtained by the pyrolytic production of alkenes and alkynes from petroleum products or natural gas. It consists predominantly of indene and boils in a range of approximately 160°C to 190°C (320°F to 374°F).
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295-292-1
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91995-31-2
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1539 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained from the evaporation of solvent under vacuum from polymerized hydrocarbon resin. It consists predominantly of aromatic hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C8 through C9 and boiling in the range of approximately 120°C to 215°C (248°F to 419°F).
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295-281-1
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91995-20-9
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1539 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene |
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295-279-0
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91995-18-5
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1539 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons from the distillation of anthracene obtained by crystallization of anthracene oil from bituminous high temperature tar and boiling in the range of approximately 290°C to 340°C (554°F to 644°F). It contains chiefly trinuclear aromatics and their dihydro derivatives.
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295-278-5
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91995-17-4
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1541 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene or if they contain ≥ 0.005 % w/w benzo[a]pyrene |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons from the distillation of anthracene obtained by crystallization of anthracene oil from bituminous coal high temperature tar and boiling in the approximate range of 350°C to 360°C (662°F to 680°F). It contains chiefly anthracene, carbazole and phenanthrene.
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295-276-4
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91995-16-3
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1541 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene or if they contain ≥ 0.005 % w/w benzo[a]pyrene |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons from the distillation of anthracene obtained by the crystallization of anthracene oil from bituminous high temperature tar and boiling in the range of 330°C to 350°C (626°F to 662°F). It contains chiefly anthracene, carbazole and phenanthrene.
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295-275-9
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91995-15-2
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1541 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene or if they contain ≥ 0.005 % w/w benzo[a]pyrene |
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294-843-3
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91770-57-9
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810 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substance contains > 3% (w/w) DMSO extract |
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294-302-1
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91697-41-5
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1460 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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The residue from toluene extraction of dried brown coal.
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294-285-0
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91697-23-3
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621 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substance contain > 0.005% (w/w) benzo[a]pyrene |
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293-901-5
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91648-39-4
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1660 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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213-022-2
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915-67-3
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1350 |
Hair dye products |
0 % |
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293-767-8
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91082-53-0
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1539 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene |
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293-766-2
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91082-52-9
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1539 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene |
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293-435-2
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91079-47-9
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1541 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene or if they contain ≥ 0.005 % w/w benzo[a]pyrene |
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202-110-6
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91-95-2
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1511 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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202-109-0
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91-94-1
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712 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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202-100-1
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91-81-6
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347 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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202-099-8
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91-80-5
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144 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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202-090-9
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91-68-9
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1223 |
Hair dye products |
0 % |
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