Commission Regulation (EU) No 1004/2014 of 18 September 2014 amending Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products Text with EEA relevance

Regulation (EU) No 1004/2014 · Regulation · 4 articles

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Article 1

Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

From 16 April 2015 only cosmetic products which comply with this Regulation shall be placed on the Union market. From 16 October 2015 only cosmetic products which comply with this Regulation shall be made available on the Union market.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . It shall apply from 16 April 2015.

Supplementary provisions

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 is amended as follows: (1) entry 12 is replaced by the following: Substance Identification Conditions 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 ‘12 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid and its Methyl- and Ethyl- esters, and their salts 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid methylparaben potassium ethylparaben potassium paraben sodium methylparaben sodium ethylparaben ethylparaben sodium paraben potassium methylparaben calcium paraben 99-96-7 99-76-3 36457-19-9 16782-08-4 5026-62-0 35285-68-8 120-47-8 114-63-6 26112-07-2 69959-44-0 202-804-9 202-785-7 253-048-1 240-830-2 225-714-1 252-487-6 204-399-4 204-051-1 247-464-2 274-235-4 0,4 % (as acid) for single ester 0,8 % (as acid) for mixtures of esters’ (2) entry 12a is inserted: Substance Identification Conditions 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 ‘12a Butyl 4-hydroxybenzoate and its salts Propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate and its salts Butylparaben propylparaben sodium propylparaben sodium butylparaben potassium butylparaben potassium propylparaben 94-26-8 94-13-3 35285-69-9 36457-20-2 38566-94-8 84930-16-5 202-318-7 202-307-7 252-488-1 253-049-7 254-009-1 284-597-5 0,14 % (as acid) for the sum of the individual concentrations 0,8 % (as acid) for mixtures of substances mentioned in entry 12 and 12a, where the sum of the individual concentrations of butyl- and propylparaben and their salts does not exceed 0,14 % Not to be used in leave-on products designed for application on the nappy area of children under three years of age. For leave-on products designed for children under three years of age: “Do not use on the nappy area”’

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