Benzyl Salicylate in EU cosmetics: Annex III, entry 75
Benzyl Salicylate: the maximum concentrations and conditions are in the entry below. Annex III, entry 75, consolidated 18 May 2026.
- Annex
- III: List of substances which cosmetic products must not contain except subject to the restrictions laid down
- Reference number
- 75
- Chemical name/INN
- 2-hydroxybenzoic acid phenylmethyl ester (46)
- Name of Common Ingredients Glossary
- Benzyl Salicylate
- CAS number
- 118-58-1
- EC number
- 204-262-9
- 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) Fragrance products (hydroalcoholic and non-hydroalcoholic, spray and non-spray) | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (a) 4 % | Other: 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.
- Product type, body parts: (b) Rinse-off skin and hair products (except shower gel/bath products) | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (b) 0,5 %
- Product type, body parts: (c) Shower gel/bath products | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (c) 1,3 %
- Product type, body parts: (d) Leave-on skin and hair products (non-spray/non-aerosol) (except body lotion) | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (d) 0,5 %
- Product type, body parts: (e) Leave-on hair products (spray/aerosol) | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (e) 0,5 %
- Product type, body parts: (f) Body lotion | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (f) 0,7 %
- Product type, body parts: (g) Face make-up and make-up remover products | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (g) 0,2 %
- Product type, body parts: (h) Oral products | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (h) 0,004 %
- Product type, body parts: (i) Deodorant products (spray/aerosol) | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (i) 0,91 %
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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