HC Orange No 6 in EU cosmetics: Annex III, entry 317
HC Orange No 6: maximum concentration in ready for use preparation by product type: Hair dye substance in non-oxidative hair dye products: As from 3 June 2021: 0,5 %. Annex III, entry 317, 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
- 317
- Chemical name/INN
- Di-[2-[(E)-2-[4-[bis(2-hydroxyethyl)aminophenyl]vinyl]pyridin-1-ium]-ethyl]disulphide dimethanesulfonate
- Name of Common Ingredients Glossary
- HC Orange No 6
- CAS number
- 1449653-83-1
- Version
- Consolidated version of 18 May 2026
- Official source
- Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated text
Official wording: restrictions
- Product type, body parts: Hair dye substance in non-oxidative hair dye products | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: As from 3 June 2021: 0,5 % | Other: Methanesulfonates impurities, in particular ethyl methanesulfonate shall not be present.
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