Commission Decision (EU) 2023/1540 of 25 July 2023 amending and correcting Decision (EU) 2021/1870 establishing EU Ecolabel criteria for cosmetic products and animal care products (notified under document C(2023) 4845) (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Decision (EU) 2023/1540
• Articles: 5

Article 1

Decision (EU) 2021/1870 is amended and corrected as follows:

Annex I is amended and corrected in accordance with Annex I to this Decision.

Annex II is amended and corrected in accordance with Annex II to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

This Decision shall apply from 26 July 2023.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

ANNEX I

Annex I to Decision (EU) 2021/1870 is amended and corrected as follows:

(1)

in the framework section, definition 1) is replaced by the following:

‘1)

‘active content’ (AC) means the sum of organic ingoing substances in the product, expressed in grams, calculated on the basis of the complete formulation of the final product, but without the water content of the ingredients and the organic rubbing/abrasive agents;’;

(2)

criterion 4, ‘Excluded and restricted substances’, is corrected as follows:

(a)

in point (4)(a)(i), the first paragraph is replaced by the following:

‘Unless stated otherwise in Table 5, or exempted in point (4)(a)(iii), the product shall not contain substances at or above the concentration of 0.0100 % weight by weight for rinse-off products and 0.0010% weight by weight for leave-on cosmetics that meet the criteria for classification with the hazard classes, categories and associated hazard statement codes listed in Table 4, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008.’;

(b)

in point (4)(b), first paragraph, the words ‘, nor as impurities’ are deleted;

(c)

in the Section ‘Assessment and Verification’, the content of footnote 12 is replaced by the following:

‘https://www.echa.europa.eu/candidate-list-table’;

(3)

criterion 5, ‘Packaging’, is amended and corrected as follows:

(a)

the first paragraph is replaced by the following:

‘The minimum volume for a liquid rinse-off product to be certified other than toothpaste shall be 150 ml.’;

(b)

in Table 8, second row, second column, the sixth hyphen is replaced by the following:

‘–

Any other plastic materials for sleeves/labels with a density < 1 g/cm 3 used with a PP or HDPE packaging (except for PP labels and polyolefins sleeves used in combination with a PP packaging or PE labels and PE sleeves used in combination with a HDPE packaging)’.

ANNEX II

ANNEX II

Annex II to Decision (EU) 2021/1870 is amended and corrected as follows:

(1)

in the framework section, definition 1) is replaced by the following:

‘1)

‘active content’ (AC) means the sum of organic ingoing substances in the product, expressed in grams, calculated on the basis of the complete formulation of the final product, but without the water content of the ingredients and the organic rubbing/abrasive agents;’;

(2)

criterion 3, Excluded and restricted substances, is corrected as follows:

(a)

point 3(b), first paragraph, is corrected as follows:

(i)

in the first sentence, the words ‘, nor as impurities’ are deleted;

(ii)

in the second sentence, the words ‘, nor as impurities’ are deleted;

(b)

the section ‘Assessment and Verification’ is corrected as follows:

(i)

in the second paragraph, point (i) is replaced by the following:

‘(i)

SDS of the final product and of any substance/mixture and its concentration in the final product’;

(ii)

the content of footnote 10 is replaced by the following:

‘https://www.echa.europa.eu/candidate-list-table’;

(3)

criterion 4, Packaging, is amended and corrected as follows:

(a)

the first paragraph is replaced by the following:

‘The minimum volume for a liquid animal care product to be certified shall be 150 ml.’;

(b)

in Table 7, second row, second column, the sixth hyphen is replaced by the following:

‘–

Any other plastic materials for sleeves/labels with a density < 1 g/cm 3 used with a PP or HDPE packaging (except for PP labels and polyolefins sleeves used in combination with a PP packaging or PE labels and PE sleeves used in combination with a HDPE packaging)’.