Benzyl Alcohol in EU cosmetics: Annex III, entry 45
Benzyl Alcohol: the table gives no maximum concentration for this entry; the restrictions are in its conditions and wording. Annex III, entry 45, Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated 18 May 2026. The text states a later date: 31 July 2028.
- Annex
- III: List of substances which cosmetic products must not contain except subject to the restrictions laid down
- Reference number
- 45
- Chemical name/INN
- Benzyl alcohol (38)
- Name of Common Ingredients Glossary
- Benzyl Alcohol
- CAS number
- 100-51-6
- EC number
- 202-859-9
- Later date in the text
- 31 July 2028
- Version
- Consolidated version of 18 May 2026
- Official source
- Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated text
Official wording: restrictions
- Other: For purposes other than inhibiting the development of microorganisms in the product. This purpose has to be apparent from the presentation of the product. The presence of the substance shall be indicated in the list of ingredients referred to in Article 19(1), point (g), when its concentration exceeds: - 0,001 % in leave-on products - 0,01 % in rinse-off products.
Notes referred to in this entry
- (38) Cosmetic products containing that substance that do not comply with the restrictions may, provided that they comply with the restrictions applicable on 15 August 2023, be placed on the Union market until 31 July 2026 and made available on the Union market until 31 July 2028.
Dates in the text that come after 5 November 2026
The consolidated text contains the following wording with a later date.
- Cosmetic products containing that substance that do not comply with the restrictions may, provided that they comply with the restrictions applicable on 15 August 2023, be placed on the Union market until 31 July 2026 and made available on the Union market until 31 July 2028.
Same CAS number in other entries of the annexes
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