Diethylene glycol in EU cosmetics: Annex III, entry 186
Diethylene glycol: maximum concentration in ready for use preparation by product type: As traces in ingredients: 0,1 %. Annex III, entry 186, 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
- 186
- Chemical name/INN
- 2,2′-oxydiethanol, Diethylene glycol (DEG)
- Name of Common Ingredients Glossary
- Diethylene glycol
- CAS number
- 111-46-6
- EC number
- 203-872-2
- Version
- Consolidated version of 18 May 2026
- Official source
- Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated text
Official wording: restrictions
- Product type, body parts: As traces in ingredients | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: 0,1 %
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