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Cosmetic Products Regulation, Annex II - Prohibited Substances
EU. Prohibited Substances: Annex II, Regulation 1223/2009/EC on Cosmetic Products, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2022/1531, OJ L 240, 16 September 2022
This list contains substances which are banned from use in any cosmetic products marketed for sale or use in the European Union.
Last updated 02 June 2023. Database contains 2490 unique substances/entries.
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202-345-4
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94-59-7
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360 |
All cosmetic products except products for dental and oral hygiene |
100 ppm |
Not permitted except for normal content in the natural essences used and provided the concentration does not exceed 100 ppm in the finished product |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained as a raffinate by treatment of a petroleum slack wax fraction with sulfuric acid treating process. It consists predominantly of saturated straight and branched chain hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly greater than C20.
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292-659-8
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90669-77-5
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895 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted except if the full refining history is known and it can be shown that the substance from which it is produced is not a carcinogen |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained by treatment of a petroleum slack wax fraction with natural or modified clay in either a contacting or percolation process. It consists predominantly of saturated straight and branched hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly greater than C20.
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292-660-3
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90669-78-6
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896 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted except if the full refining history is known and it can be shown that the substance from which it is produced is not a carcinogen |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained by treating slack wax with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst. It consists predominantly of saturated straight and branched chain hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly greater than C20.
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295-523-6
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92062-09-4
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897 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted except if the full refining history is known and it can be shown that the substance from which it is produced is not a carcinogen |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained from a petroleum fraction by solvent deparaffination. It consists predominantly of saturated straight and branched chain hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly greater than C12.
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295-524-1
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92062-10-7
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898 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted except if the full refining history is known and it can be shown that the substance from which it is produced is not a carcinogen |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained by the treatment of low-melting slack wax with activated carbon for the removal of trace polar constituents and impurities. It consists predominantly of saturated straight and branched chain hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly greater than C12.
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308-155-9
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97863-04-2
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900 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted except if the full refining history is known and it can be shown that the substance from which it is produced is not a carcinogen |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained by the treatment of low-melting petroleum slack wax with bentonite for removal of trace polar constituents and impurities. It consists predominantly of saturated straight and branched chain hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly greater than C12.
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308-156-4
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97863-05-3
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901 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted except if the full refining history is known and it can be shown that the substance from which it is produced is not a carcinogen |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained by treatment of low-melting petroleum slack wax with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst. It consists predominantly of saturated straight and branched chain hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly greater than C12.
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295-525-7
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92062-11-8
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899 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted except if the full refining history is known and it can be shown that the substance from which it is produced is not a carcinogen |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained by the treatment of low-melting petroleum slack wax with silicic acid for the removal of trace polar constituents and impurities. It consists predominantly of saturated straight and branched chain hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly greater than C12.
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308-158-5
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97863-06-4
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902 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted except if the full refining history is known and it can be shown that the substance from which it is produced is not a carcinogen |
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Substance obtained as a powdery cathodic precipitate during the electrolytic decoppering stage of copper refining electrolysis. Consists primarily of copper with antimony, arsenic, lead and nickel in metallic form as well as oxides and sulfates.
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305-433-1
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94551-87-8
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1423 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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Product obtained from recycling of the end electrolyte of copper refining electrolysis followed by evaporation to separate the residual sulfuric acid. Consists primarily of nickel and iron sulfates with small amounts of the sulfates of zinc, alkali earths and alkali metals.
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295-859-3
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92129-57-2
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1422 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained by treating a petroleum fraction with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst. It consists predominantly of cycloparaffinic hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C6 through C7 and boiling in the range of approximately 73°C to 85°C (163°F to 185°F).
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295-529-9
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92062-15-2
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1539 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene |
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201-988-8
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90-39-1
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299 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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293-901-5
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91648-39-4
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1660 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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619-394-6
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99105-77-8
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1557 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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202-388-9
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95-06-7
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753 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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Extractives and their physically modified derivatives such as tinctures, concretes, absolutes, essential oils, oleoresins, terpenes, terpene-free fractions, distillates, residues, etc., obtained from Tagetes erecta, Compositae.
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290-353-9
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90131-43-4
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1383 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
From 1 May 2019 cosmetic products containing that substance shall not be placed on the Union market From 1 August 2019 cosmetic products containing that substance shall not be made available on the Union market |
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A complex combination of organic compounds obtained from brown coal gasification. Composed primarily of C6-10 hydroxy aromatic phenols and their homologs.
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295-536-7
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92062-22-1
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1541 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene or if they contain ≥ 0.005 % w/w benzo[a]pyrene |
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The distillate from the acidification of alkaline washed lignite tar distillate boiling in the range of approximately 200°C to 230°C (392°F to 446°F). Composed primarily of m- and p-ethylphenol as well as cresols and xylenols.
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302-662-9
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94114-29-1
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1541 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene or if they contain ≥ 0.005 % w/w benzo[a]pyrene |
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A complex combination of organic compounds obtained from brown coal and boiling in the range of approximately 200°C to 230°C (392°F to 446°F). It contains chiefly phenols and pyridine bases.
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295-540-9
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92062-26-5
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1541 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene or if they contain ≥ 0.005 % w/w benzo[a]pyrene |
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A residue from the distillation of crude phenol from coal. It consists predominantly of phenols having carbon numbers in the range of C8 through C10 with a softening point of 60°C to 80°C (140°F to 176°F).
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306-251-5
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96690-55-0
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1541 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene or if they contain ≥ 0.005 % w/w benzo[a]pyrene |
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The distillation fraction boiling in the range of approximately 180°C to 200°C (356°F to 392°F) from the crude bases obtained by dephenolating and debasing the carbolated oil from the distillation of coal tar. It contains chiefly aniline, collidines, lutidines and toluidines.
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295-541-4
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92062-27-6
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1539 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene |
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The distillation fraction boiling in the range of approximately 181°C to 186°C (356°F to 367°F) from the crude bases obtained from the neutralized, acid-extracted base-containing tar fractions obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal tar. It contains chiefly aniline and collidines.
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295-543-5
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92062-28-7
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1539 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene |
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The distillation residue remaining after the distillation of the neutralized, acid-extracted base-containing tar fractions obtained by the distillation of coal tars. It contains chiefly aniline, collidines, quinoline and quinoline derivatives and toluidines.
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295-544-0
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92062-29-8
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1541 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene or if they contain ≥ 0.005 % w/w benzo[a]pyrene |
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293-766-2
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91082-52-9
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1539 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene |
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Pyridine bases boiling in the range of approximately 125°C to 160°C (257°F 320°F) obtained by distillation of neutralized acid extract of the base-containing tar fraction obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal tars. Composed chiefly of lutidines and picolines.
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295-548-2
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92062-33-4
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1539 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene |
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293-767-8
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91082-53-0
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1539 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substances contain ≥ 0.1 % w/w benzene |
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202-316-6
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94-24-6
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63 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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202-625-6
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97-99-4
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1576 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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Extractives and their physically modified derivatives such as tinctures, concretes, absolutes, essential oils, oleoresins, terpenes, terpene-free fractions, distillates, residues, etc., obtained from Thevetia neriifolia, Apocynaceae.
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290-446-4
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90147-54-9
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318 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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202-605-7
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97-74-5
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353 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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SQ28,646
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419-160-1
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90657-55-9
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1117 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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SQ 27,616
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416-020-1
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96314-26-0
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1191 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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213-608-8
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993-16-8
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1554 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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202-100-1
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91-81-6
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347 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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213-022-2
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915-67-3
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1350 |
Hair dye products |
0 % |
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Extractives and their physically modified derivatives such as tinctures, concretes, absolutes, essential oils, oleoresins, terpenes, terpene-free fractions, distillates, residues, etc., obtained from Veratrum album, Liliaceae.
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290-407-1
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90131-91-2
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333 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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The combination of wastes formed by the coking of bituminous coal tar pitch. It consists predominantly of carbon.
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295-549-8
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92062-34-5
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624 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
Not permitted if substance contain > 0.005% (w/w) benzo[a]pyrene |
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202-634-5
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98-07-7
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649 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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202-709-2
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98-87-3
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1126 |
All cosmetic products |
0 % |
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