Aluminium-containing ingredients in EU cosmetics: Annex III, entry 381
Aluminium-containing ingredients: the maximum concentrations and conditions are in the entry below. Annex III, entry 381, consolidated 18 May 2026.
- Annex
- III: List of substances which cosmetic products must not contain except subject to the restrictions laid down
- Reference number
- 381
- Chemical name/INN
- Aluminium-containing ingredients with the exception of those listed in entries 34, 50, 189, 190 and 192 of Annex III, in entries, 117, 118, 119, 121, 131, 150 of Annex IV, in entry 61 in Annex V, and entry 27a of Annex VI. (46)
- Later date in the text
- 1 January 2027, 1 July 2028
- Version
- Consolidated version of 18 May 2026
- Official source
- Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated text
Official wording: restrictions
- Product type, body parts: (a) Non-aerosol antiperspirants or deodorants | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (a) 7,73 % (as Al) | Other: For (q): Not to be used in sunscreen products that may lead to exposure of the end user’s lungs by inhalation.
- Product type, body parts: (b) Aerosol antiperspirants or deodorants | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (b) 3,24 % (as Al)
- Product type, body parts: (c) Toothpaste | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (c) 3,18 % (as Al)
- Product type, body parts: (d) Lip products | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (d) 14,62 % (as Al)
- Product type, body parts: (e) Body and face rinse-off products | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (e) 0,89 % (as Al)
- Product type, body parts: (f) Bar soap | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (f) 4 % (As AI)
- Product type, body parts: (g) Hair rinse-off products | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (g) 7,14 % (as Al)
- Product type, body parts: (h) Hair leave-on products that may lead to the exposure of the end user’s lungs by inhalation | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (h) 0,15 % (as Al)
- Product type, body parts: (i) All other hair leave-on products | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (i) 6,7 % (as Al)
- Product type, body parts: (j) Make-up products (except lip products, eye liner products, eye shadow, nail varnish and mascara) | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (j) 23 % (as Al)
- Product type, body parts: (k) Eye liner products | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (k) 15,76 % (as Al)
- Product type, body parts: (l) Eye shadow | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (l) 43,31 % (as Al)
- Product type, body parts: (m) Nail varnish | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (m) 3,61 % (as Al)
- Product type, body parts: (n) Mascara | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (n) 3,13 % (As Al)
- Product type, body parts: (o) Face leave-on products (except make-up products, eye liner products, eye shadow and mascara) | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (o) 10,59 % (as Al)
- Product type, body parts: (p) Hand leave-on products | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (p) 0,86 % (as Al)
- Product type, body parts: (q) Other leave-on skin products (except non-aerosol antiperspirants or deodorants, aerosol antiperspirants or deodorants, face leave-on products, hand leave-on products and talcum powder) | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (q) 3,81 % (as Al)
- Product type, body parts: (r) Talcum powder | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (r) 2,0 % (as Al)
Official wording: conditions of use and warnings
For (r): Keep powder away from children’s nose and mouth
Notes referred to in this entry
- (46) From 1 January 2027 cosmetic products containing these substances and not complying with the restrictions shall not be placed on the Union market. From 1 July 2028 cosmetic products containing these substances and not complying with the restrictions shall not be made available on the Union market.
Dates in the text that come after 5 November 2026
The consolidated text contains the following wording with a later date.
- From 1 January 2027 cosmetic products containing these substances and not complying with the restrictions shall not be placed on the Union market.
- From 1 July 2028 cosmetic products containing these substances and not complying with the restrictions shall not be made available on the Union market.
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