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Feature release date: Summer 2025
Restriction – 01.07.2025
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Homosalate concentration amended in Annex VI
Maximum use level: 7.34%
Area of application: Face
Exception: Propellant sprays
Restriction – 31.10.2025
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Triclocarbon concentration amended in Annex V
Maximum use level: 0.2%
Product types: All cosmetics
Exception: Toothpastes intended for children under 6
Purity criteria: 3,3′,4,4′-tetrachloroazobenzene ≤ 1 ppm, 3,3′,4,4′-tetrachloroazoxybenzene ≤ 1 ppm
Restriction -31.10.2025
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Triclosan concentration amended in Annex V
Maximum use level: 0.3%
Product types: Toothpastes, hand soaps, body soaps/shower gels, deodorants (non-spray), face powders and blemish concealers, nail products for cleaning the fingernails and toenails before the application of artificial nail systems
Exception: Toothpastes intended for children under 3
Restriction – 01/11/2025
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Kojic Acid added to Annex III
Maximum use level: 1%
Area of application: Face & hands
Restriction – 01/11/2025
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Genistein added to Annex III
Maximum use level: 0.007%
Product types: All cosmetics
Restriction – 01/11/2025
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Arbutin added to Annex III
Maximum use level: 7% (face)
Product types: Face
Restriction – 01/11/2025
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Daidzein added to Annex III
Maximum use level: 0.02%
Product types: All cosmetics
Prohibition – 01/11/2025
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4-Methylbenzylidene Camphor added to Annex II
Restriction – 01/11/2025
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Alpha Arbutin added to Annex III
Maximum use level: 2% (face), 0.5% (body)
Product types: Face & body lotions
Restriction – 01/11/2025
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Hydroxyapatite (nano) added to Annex III
Maximum use level: 20% (toothpaste), 0.465% (mouthwash)
Product types: Toothpastes & mouth washes
Required Characteristics: Composed of rod-shaped particles of which at least 95.8 % (in particle number) have an aspect ratio less than 3, and the remaining 4.2 % have an aspect ratio not exceeding 4.9; the particles are not coated or surface modified.
Prohibition – 01/11/2025
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Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer (nano)
Sodium Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer (nano)
Copper (nano)
Colloidal Copper (nano)
Colloidal silver (nano)
Gold (nano)
Colloidal Gold (nano)
Gold Thioethylamino Hyaluronic Acid (nano)
Acetyl heptapeptide-9 Colloidal gold (nano)
Platinum (nano)
Colloidal Platinum (nano)
Acetyl tetrapeptide-17 Colloidal Platinum (nano)
Above listed ingredients added to Annex II
Labelling – 31.07.2026
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Annex V Amended to add warnings to formaldehyde-releasing preservatives
Warning Required: ‘releases formaldehyde’
Exceptions: Total concentration of formaldehyde released in the finished product is below 0,001 % (10 ppm)
Restriction – 01.05.2027
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Retinol, Retinyl Acetate & Retinyl Palmitate added to Annex III
Maximum use level: 0.05% (body lotions), 0.3% (other cosmetics)
Product types: Body lotions & other cosmetics
Calculated As: Concentration of retinol equivalent (RE)
Warning Required: ‘Contains Vitamin A. Consider your daily intake before use’
Labelling – 31.07.2028
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Additional allergens are being added to the required list of declarable allergens
Threshold: 0.01% (rinse off), 0.001% (leave-on)
Labelling Required: Allergens
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