The European Commission has requested ECHA to collect information on the potential risk to human health and the environment from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) additives and PVC itself, including aspects relating to the circular economy.
European Commission presented (through its REACH committee) the first legislative proposal on the limitation of synthetic polymer microparticles in the common market. Taking into account the Annex XV dossier, the opinions of RAC and SEAC, the RAC supplementary opinion, the socio-economic impact, and the availability of alternatives, the Commission considers Read more…
On 29 August 2022, ECHA announced that it has received new harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) proposals. The proposals concern eight fragrance cosmetic ingredients and were submitted by Sweden.
Below is a summary of what happened in the EU cosmetics regulatory framework during the summer of 2022 as well as what is expected to happen in the near future.
Wipes producers and the suppliers of wet wipes are concerned about the serious problem caused by marine litter and are aware that the industry can help to tackle this problem. To that end, the industry is committed to communicating to consumers when the toilet is not an appropriate disposal route Read more…
From 21 August 2022, only compliant cosmetic products containing the fragrance ingredient Methyl-N-methylanthranilate (M-N-MA) (CAS No 85-91-6) shall be placed on the Union market.
On 18 and 19 July 2022, the SCCS meeting of the Working Group (WG) on cosmetic ingredients in cosmetic products was held.
On 22 July 2022, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) invited any interested parties, including academia, manufacturers of cosmetic products, producers of the substances concerned, and consumer associations to submit any scientific information relevant to the safety assessment of six cosmetic ingredients with endocrine disrupting properties.
On 8 July 2022, Regulation (EU) 2022/1181 was published in the Official Journal of the European Union amending the preamble of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 with regard to the threshold for the labelling of the warning “releases formaldehyde” in cosmetic products.
On 7 July 2022, Regulation (EU) 2022/1176 was published in the Official Journal of the European Union amending Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 regarding the use of Octocrylene (CAS no 6197-30-4) and Benzophenone-3 (CAS no 131-57-7) as UV filters in cosmetic products.