Two Restrictions Added into Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 on Cosmetic Products

5 December 2017, the Official Journal of the European Union published the Directive （EU）2017/2228 to amend the Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 on cosmetics products.

Directive

In the table of Annex III, the following two entries are added:

Reference number	Substance identification				Restrictions			Wording of conditions of use and warnings
Reference number	Chemical name/INN	Name of Common Ingredients Glossary	CAS number	EC number	Product type, body parts	Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation	Other	Wording of conditions of use and warnings
a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i
306	Peanut oil, extracts and derivatives	Arachis Hypogaea Oil	8002-03-7	232-296-4			Maximum concentration of peanut proteins: 0.5 ppm
		Arachis Hypogaea Seedcoat Extract	8002-03-7	232-296-4
		Arachis Hypogaea Flour	8002-03-7	232-296-4
		Arachis Hypogaea Fruit Extract	8002-03-7	232-296-4
		Arachis Hypogaea Sprout Extract
		Hydrogenated Peanut Oil	68425-36-5	270-350-9
		Peanut Acid	91051-35-3	293-087-1
		Peanut Glycerides	91744-77-3	294-643-6
		Peanut Oil PEG-6 Esters	68440-49-3
		Peanutamide MEA	93572-05-5	297-433-2
		Peanutamide MIPA
		Potassium Peanutate	61789-56-8	263-069-8
		Sodium Peanutamphoacetate
		Sodium Peanutate	61789-57-9	263-070-3
		Sulfated Peanut Oil	73138-79-1	277-298-6
307	Hydrolyzed wheat protein	Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein	94350-06-8/222400-28-4/70084-87-6/100209-50-5	305-225-0			Maximum molecular weight average of the peptides in hydrolysates: 3.5 kDa
307	Hydrolyzed wheat protein	Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein	94350-06-8/222400-28-4/70084-87-6/100209-50-5	309-358-5

Cosmetic products containing one or more of the substances restricted by this Regulation and not complying with the restrictions laid down in this Regulation shall not be placed on the Union market from 25 September 2018 and shall not be made available on the Union market from 25 December 2018. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

C&K Testing remind enterprises to pay attention to the revised regulation on cosmetics products and strengthen the cooperation with professional testing agencies to ensure the product quality and prevent the subsequent risk in time.

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