The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 1989 (S.I.1989/2233) (“the Principal Regulations”) as amended by the Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 (S.I.1990/1812), the Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I.1991/447) and the Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1525).

They implement Commission Directive 92/86/EEC (O.J.No L325, 11.11.92, p. 18) byamending the Principal Regulations to—

1. Prohibit 12 substances from use in cosmetic products, the substances being Bis(hydroxyalkyl)amines, not further N-substituted (secondary dialkanolamines); colouring agent CI 15585; 2-(2,4-Diaminophenyl)ethanol and itssalts; 1,2-Epoxybutane; 4-Ethoxy-m-phenylenediamine and its salts; Nitrosamines; Pramocaine (INN); Pramoxine; Pyrocatechol; Pyrogallol; Strontium lactate; Strontium nitrate; and Strontium polycarboxylate (regulation 2(b)).

2. Delete certain of the warning labelling requirements in respect of certain Phenylenediamines, Methylphenylenediames and their N-substituted derivatives and salts, and Diaminophenols (regulation 2(c)(i)).

3. Permit, subject to restrictions, the use of Hydrogen peroxide in oral hygiene products (regulation 2(c)(iii)).

4. Permit, subject to restrictions, the use of Strontium chloride hexahydrate and Strontium acetate hemihydrate in toothpaste, impose labelling requirements in respect of talcum powders intended to be used for children under 3 years of age,and permit, subject to restrictions, the use of Fatty acid dialkanolamides,Monoalkanolamines and Trialkanolamines in cosmetic products (regulation 2(c)(iv)).

5. Delete the provisional use of 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (regulation 2(d)).

6. Permit, subject to restrictions, the use of colouring agent CI 26100 (regulation 2(e)).

7. Delete from the list of provisionally approved colouring agents Solvent Yellow 98, CI 73900 and CI 74180 (regulation 2(f)).

8. Permit as a preservative in cosmetic sunscreen products the use of 1,2-Dibromo-2,4-dicyanobutane at a maximum concentration of 0.025 per cent, and permit ona permanently approved basis the use subject to limitation as a preservative of Hexamidine (INN).Extend the allowed use of 7 provisionally allowed preservatives until 30th June 1993 and permit provisionally subject to restrictions the use of 2 others (regulation 2(g) and (h)).

9. Delete three provisionally permitted UV filters, N-propoxylated ethyl 4-bisaminobenzoate, mixed isomers; Glycerol 1-(4-aminobenzoate); and Mexenone (INN) (regulation 2(i)(i)).

10. Extend subject to restrictions the permitted use of 13 UV filters in cosmetic products until 30th June 1993 (regulation 2(i)(ii)).

The Colour Index referred to in these Regulations may be obtained from the Society of Dyers and Colorists, PO Box No 224, 82, Grafton Road, Bradford, BD1 2JB.