What is changing in the rules, what it means for your product, your municipality or your project, and who here handles it. In English and Portuguese.
Our monitoring reports record the changes to cosmetics rules in a given period, and we publish one each month. Each one is a dated publication: it reflects the rules on the date it was published and is not updated afterwards. For what applies today, read the latest briefings or ask us.
Ingredients: SILVER
Date of publication: 03/07/2024
On july 3 2024, the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) published the Final Opinion on the safety of Silver in cosmetic products.
Ingredients: 3-(4′-methylbenzylidene)-camphor; Genistein; Daidzein; Kojic Acid; Alpha-Arbutin; Arbutin; Retinol; Retinyl Acetate; Retinyl Palmitate
Date of publication: 04/04/2024
On April 4, 2024, the European Commission published Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/996, which brings new restrictions on several cosmetic ingredients.
Topic: COSMETIC INGREDIENTS ADDED TO THE GB MANDATORY CLASSIFICATION LIST
Date of publication: 12/03/2024
On March 12, 2024, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) added 25 chemical substances to the GB Mandatory Classification List (MCL). This introduces new mandatory classifications under Article 37 of the GB Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation for these substances.
Topic: BELGIUM PROPOSES PROPYLPARABEN TO BE CLASSIFIED AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR CATEGORY
Date of publication: 14/05/2024
On May 14, 2024, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced that Belgium plans to propose the harmonised classification and labelling of Propylparaben (Propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, CAS no: 94-13-3, EC no:202-307-7) as an endocrine disruptor for the environment.
Topic: UK INTRODUCES NEW PACKAGING LABELLING FOR RECYCLED MATERIALS
Date of publication: 01/05/2024
On May 1, 2024, the UK notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) about a draft regulation called The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024. This draft includes provisions which require UK packaging producers to implement recycling labels. The draft is open for comments until June 30, 2024, and is expected to come into force on January 1, 2025.
Ingredients: TITANIUM DIOXIDE (NANO)
Date of publication: 27/05/2024
On May 27 2024, the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) published the Preliminary Opinion on new coating for Titanium Dioxide (nano). The deadline for comments is set to July 22, 2024.
Topic: NEW RESTRICTIONS TO D4, D5 AND D6
Date of publication: 16/05/2024
On May 16, 2024, the European Commission published the Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1328 which amended Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), adding restrictions to octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4), decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) and dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane (D6).
Topic: DECO ALERT: HAIR CARE PACKAGING RESEMBLING CHILDREN'S FRUIT POUCHES Publication Date: 06/06/2024On June 6, 2024, the association DECO PROteste reported that the packaging of the new Fructis hair care range could be mistaken for children's fruit pouches and reminded that the law prohibits "dangerous imitations."
Ingredients: BIPHENYL-2-OL AND SODIUM 2-BIPHENYLOLATE
Date of publication: 28/02/2024
The European Commission has requested the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) to assess the safety of Biphenyl-2-ol and Sodium 2-biphenylolate. The SCCS approved this mandate on February 28 2024, and the Committee has now six months to deliver its Opinion.
Topic: UK PROPOSES BAN ON THE SUPPLY AND SALE OF WET WIPES CONTAINING PLASTIC
Date of publication: 24/04/2024
On April 24, 2024, the UK informed the World Trade Organization (WTO) about a proposed regulation called The Environmental Protection (Wet Wipes Containing Plastic) (England) Regulations 2024. This regulation aims to ban the supply and sale of wet wipes containing plastic, including those used for cosmetics. The draft is open for comments until June 23, 2024, and is expected to be adopted in September 2024.
Ingredient: CYCLAMEN ALDEHYDE
Date of publication: 8 June 2026
The Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) has accepted a mandate to assess the safety of Cyclamen Aldehyde, following potential classification as a reproductive toxicant under the CLP Regulation.
Topic: OMNIBUS ACT IX - COSMETICS REGULATION
Date of publication: 28 July 2026
The European Commission notified the WTO about the draft Omnibus Act IX, proposing amendments to Annexes II, III, and V of the EU Cosmetics Regulation.
Topic: NEW RESTRICTIONS ON COSMETIC INGREDIENTS
Date of publication: 13 January 2026
The European Commission published Commission Regulation (EU) 2026/78, which brings new restrictions on several cosmetic ingredients that were classified as Carcinogenic, Mutagenic or Toxic for Reproduction (CMR).
Ingredient: TALC
Date of publication: January 2026
The United Kingdom (UK) Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a technical report concluding that Talc does not warrant carcinogenicity classification, diverging from ECHA's Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) opinion supporting Category 1B classification.
A non-EU manufacturer needs an EU Authorised Representative; every manufacturer needs a PRRC. What each must do under the MDR, and what EUDAMED adds from 27 November 2026.
Class IIa, IIb and III devices need a periodic safety update report. How often, how to group devices, and where it goes while EUDAMED's vigilance module is pending.
Once software qualifies as a medical device, Rule 11 of MDR Annex VIII decides its class. How the rule works, and why so little software stays in class I.
A substantial change to an IVDR performance study must be notified within one week and cannot start for 38 days. Why the MDCG 2022-20 template still applies while EUDAMED's module is pending.
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