On 24 June 2024, the European Commission notified a draft Regulation aimed at prohibiting the cosmetic use of substances classified as CMR by Regulation 2024/197 (21st ATP to CLP), published in January 2024. It will come into force on the same date as this ATP, September 1, 2025.
The key points of the draft Regulation
• This Regulation transposes the classification of substances as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction (CMR), adopted in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1973 (21st ATP to CLP), into Regulation Cosmetics 1223/2009.
• 21 substances are added to Annex II (Prohibited substances) of European Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.
• Two of these have INCI names, Trimethylbenzoyl Diphenylphosphine Oxide and Dimethyltolylamine.
• The industry has not submitted a dossier in defence of these substances.
• The Regulation will come into force on 1 September 2025.
Notification date
24 June 2024
Products covered
Cosmetics
Title of the notified document
Draft Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No.1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use in cosmetic products of certain substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction
Content
The draft measure is required to enact the prohibition to use, as cosmetic ingredients, substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction (CMR) by Commission Regulation (EU) No.2024/197, which has been adopted based on the CLP Regulation and will apply from 1 September 2025. The amendment of the Cosmetics Regulation is, therefore, needed to transpose the new CMRs classification provided by Commission Regulation (EU) …
