To date, a total of 337 substances have been banned and added to Annex II of the Cosmetics Regulation. 12 substances have been exempted from the ban and their conditions of use have been reviewed after the opinion of the SCCS and included in the other Annexes (III: restricted substances; IV: colorants; V: preservatives; VI: UV filters).
Even if the status of CMR substances is now clearly established, it is still difficult to be aware of the new regulations for each of them. The complete list is “split” into several regulatory texts and the annexes of the Cosmetics Regulation are not consolidated every day…
And it is all the more important today to be well informed on the subject as the competent authorities make tracking down substances banned from the market one of their recurrent control themes.
The authors
A graduate of the School of Journalism in Lille, Laurence Wittner is a freelance journalist specializing in the field of cosmetics. Co-founder of Monitor Cosmetics, she is the editor-in-chief of its supports.
A graduate of the European Institute of Journalism, Jasmine Salmi is a journalist specializing in the field of cosmetics. She joined the editorial team of CosmeticOBS-L’Observatoire des Cosmétiques in 2016. Her core areas of expertise are trends, eco-responsibility and the analysis of the beauty market.
Ebook 2024 “CMRs: the forbidden / the exempted”, english version, L’Observatoire des Cosmétiques’ edition (March 2024), 67 pages (ISBN : 978-24-93362-05-6), PDF format.
