Benzalkonium chloride, bromide and saccharinate in EU cosmetics: Annex III, entry 65
Benzalkonium chloride, bromide and saccharinate: the entry states a maximum concentration of 3 % (as benzalkonium chloride); its other lines add conditions, see below. Annex III, entry 65, Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated 18 May 2026.
- Annex
- III: List of substances which cosmetic products must not contain except subject to the restrictions laid down
- Reference number
- 65
- Chemical name/INN
- Benzalkonium chloride, bromide and saccharinate (8)
- Name of Common Ingredients Glossary
- Benzalkonium bromide; Benzalkonium chloride; Benzalkonium saccharinate
- CAS number
- 91080-29-4; 63449-41-2/68391-01-5/68424-85-1/85409-22-9; 68989-01-5
- EC number
- 293-522-5; 264-151-6/269-919-4/270-325-2/287-089-1; 273-545-7
- Version
- Consolidated version of 18 May 2026
- Official source
- Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated text
Official wording: restrictions
- Product type, body parts: Rinse-off hair (head) products | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: 3 % (as benzalkonium chloride) | Other: In the final products the concentrations of benzalkonium chloride, bromide and saccharinate with an alkyl chain of C14, or less must not exceed 0,1 % (as benzalkonium chloride)
- Other: For purposes other than inhibiting the development of micro-organisms in the product. This purpose has to be apparent from the presentation of the product
Official wording: conditions of use and warnings
Avoid contact with eyes
Notes referred to in this entry
- (8) For use as a preservative, see Annex V, No. 54.
Same CAS number in other entries of the annexes
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