Dihydroxyacetone in EU cosmetics: Annex III, entry 322
Dihydroxyacetone: maximum concentration in ready for use preparation by product type: (a) Hair dye substance in non-oxidative hair dye products (32) (b) Self-tanning products (32): (a) 6,25 % (b) 10 %. Annex III, entry 322, 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
- 322
- Chemical name/INN
- 1,3-Dihydroxy-2-propanone
- Name of Common Ingredients Glossary
- Dihydroxyacetone
- CAS number
- 96-26-4
- EC number
- 202-494-5
- Version
- Consolidated version of 18 May 2026
- Official source
- Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated text
Official wording: restrictions
- Product type, body parts: (a) Hair dye substance in non-oxidative hair dye products (32) (b) Self-tanning products (32) | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (a) 6,25 % (b) 10 %
Notes referred to in this entry
- (32) From 26 January 2022 hair dye and self-tanning products containing that substance and not complying with the restrictions shall not be placed on the Union market. From 22 April 2022 hair dye and self-tanning products containing that substance and not complying with the restrictions shall not be made available on the Union market.
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