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 ZINC ZEOLITE (INCI AMMONIUM SILVER ZINC ALUMINIUM SILICATE)
Date of publication: 04/04/2023
On 4 April 2023, the SCCS published its Preliminary Opinion on Silver Zinc Zeolite. The deadline for comments was set for 5 June 2023.
Ingredients: SODIUM BROMOTHYMOL BLUE (C186)
Date of publication: 23/03/2023
On 23 March 2023, the SCCS published its final opinion on the safety of the hair dye Sodium Bromothymol Blue (C186). The SCCS is of the opinion that the safety of Sodium Bromothymol Blue cannot be assessed in light of the information provided.
Ingredients: FULLERENES (NANO)
Date of publication: 24/04/2023
On 24 April 2023, the SCCS published the preliminary opinion on Fullerenes, Hydroxylated Fullerenes, and hydrated forms of Hydroxylated Fullerenes (nano) (CAS No. 99685-96-8, 11538-22-7, 182024-48 42-6). The deadline for comments was set for 12 June 2023.
Ingredients: BENZOPHENONE-1
Date of publication: 17/04/2023
The European Commission has requested the SCCS to assess the safety of Benzophenone-1. The SCCS approved this mandate on 17 April 2023, and the Committee has now nine months to deliver its Opinion.
Ingredients: BENZOPHENONE-4
Date of publication: 17/04/2023
The European Commission has requested the SCCS to assess the safety of Benzophenone-4. The SCCS approved this mandate on 17 April 2023, and the Committee has now nine months to deliver its Opinion.
Update on CLP Regulation hazard classification
Date of publication: 31/03/2023
On March 31, 2023, the European Commission published the delegated act ammending the CLP Regulation with regard to hazard classes and criteria for the classification, labeling and packaging of substances and mixtures, and introducing several new classification criteria to identify endocrine disrupting chemicals and persistent and mobile substances.
Ingredients: TRIPHENYL PHOSPHATE
Date of publication: 17/04/2023
The European Commission has requested the SCCS to assess the safety of Triphenyl Phosphate. The SCCS approved this mandate on 17 April 2023, and the Committee has now nine months to deliver its Opinion.
Proposal of new EU Deforestation-Free Supply Chain Regulation
Date of publication: 06/12/2022
The European Commission approved a first-of-its-kind EU Deforestation-Free Supply Chain Regulation (EUDR), signaling that the European supply chains of cocoa, coffee, soy, wood, palm oil, rubber, and cattle need to prepare for closer due diligence.
Ingredients: DIMETHYLTOLYLAMINE, TRIMETHYLBENZOYL DIPHENYLPHOSPHINE OXIDE
Date of draft publication: 02/03/2023
On 2 March 2023, the EU notified the WTO of the 19th ATP to CLP Regulation, potentially impacting a total of 16 substances that can be used in cosmetics, including 2 with new CMR classifications, which ultimately threatens their use in cosmetic products.
Proposal of new EU Green Claims Directive
Date of publication: 22/03/2023
On 22 March 2023, the European Commission proposed a new Green Claims Directive to tackle the growing issue of greenwashing. These new requirements will add to the already implemented Regulation (EU) No. 655/2013 laying down common criteria for the justification of claims used in relation to cosmetic products.
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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