Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products (recast) (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 1223)

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ANNEX V U.K. LIST OF PRESERVATIVES ALLOWED IN COSMETIC PRODUCTS

Preamble U.K.

1. For the purposes of this list: U.K.

• ‘Salts’ is taken to mean: salts of the cations sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, ammonium and ethanolamines; salts of the anions chloride, bromide, sulphate, acetate.

• ‘Esters’ is taken to mean: esters of methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl, phenyl.

[F1 2. All finished products containing substances in this Annex and which release formaldehyde must be labelled with the warning ‘ contains formaldehyde ’ where the concentration of formaldehyde in the finished product exceeds 0,05 %] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/831 of 22 May 2019 amending Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products (Text with EEA relevance).