EU cosmetics regulation calendar

Deadlines ahead

Dates you still have to meet. They concern products already placed on the market — after that day they may no longer be made available.

Already in force

Acts that have taken effect, with the number of substances each added to the annexes. Our ingredient checker screens for every one of them.

What is coming

Before a substance is banned in cosmetics it first gets a classification under EU chemicals law. The cosmetics ban follows in a separate regulation, historically 12–18 months later. Below are the classifying acts our monitor has caught — the earliest signal that exists.

• 2025-04-02Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1222 of 2 April 2025 amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the harmonised classification and labelling of certain substances

  Substances classified by this act (18):

  • 2-ethylhexanoic acid, monoester with propane-1,2-diolCAS 85114-00-7Repr. 1B
  • α,α’-propylenedinitrilodi- o -cresolCAS 94-91-7Repr. 1B
  • ozoneCAS 10028-15-6Carc. 2, Muta. 2
  • dinitrogen oxideCAS 10024-97-2Repr. 1B
  • barium chromateCAS 10294-40-3Carc. 1B
  • barium bis[2-chloro-5-[(2-hydroxy-1-naphthyl)azo]toluene-4-sulphonate]; C.I. Pigment Red 53:1CAS 5160-02-1Carc. 2
  • 9-octadecenoic acid (Z)-, sulfonated, potassium salts [1]; Reaction products of fatty acids, C18 (unsaturated) alkyl with sulfur trioxide, potassium salts [2]; 9(or 10)-sulphooctadecanoic acid, potassium salt [3]CAS 68609-93-8 [1]; - [2]; 67968-63-2 [3]Repr. 1B
  • 2,3-epoxypropyl isopropyl etherCAS 4016-14-2Repr. 1B
  • tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylateCAS 2455-24-5Repr. 1B
  • trimethyl phosphateCAS 512-56-1Carc. 1B, Muta. 1B, Repr. 1B
  • fluoroethyleneCAS 75-02-5Carc. 1A, Muta. 2
  • 2-bromo-3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-eneCAS 1514-82-5Repr. 1B
  • 2,3-epoxypropyl o-tolyl etherCAS 2210-79-9Muta. 2
  • 2-phenylpropene; α-methylstyreneCAS 98-83-9Carc. 2
  • 1,1-dichloroethylene; vinylidene chlorideCAS 75-35-4Carc. 1B, Muta. 2
  • folpet (ISO); N -(trichloromethylthio)phthalimideCAS 133-07-3Carc. 2
  • captan (ISO); 1,2,3,6-tetrahydro- N -(trichloromethylthio)phthalimideCAS 133-06-2Carc. 2, Repr. 2
  • proquinazid (ISO); 6-iodo-2-propoxy-3-propylquinazolin-4(3 H )-oneCAS 189278-12-4Carc. 2

  Names and numbers are quoted verbatim from the act. These are chemical names, not the names printed on cosmetic labels — establishing whether one corresponds to an ingredient in a given product requires a separate assessment.

• 2024-10-23Regulation (EU) 2024/2865 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024 amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (Text with EEA relevance)