Cosmetic ingredient database (Cosing) - List of substances which cosmetic products must not contain except subject to the restrictions laid down
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List of substances which cosmetic products must not contain except subject to the restrictions laid down from Annex III of the Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended.
The list contains the substance identification (Chemical name/INN, INCI name, CAS Number and EC number) and the restrictions of use with the maximum concentration in ready for use preparation of each restricted substance.
The data from Cosing are only provided for your information. They do not have a legal value. If you want to have the official content of the Annex III of the Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 as amended, you can find it in the Official Journal of the European Union – EUR-Lex (Links to the last amendments are available from <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/cosmetics/legislation/index_en.htm title="Amendments" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/cosmetics/legislation/index_en.htm</a>).
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