Methyl octine carbonate in EU cosmetics: Annex III, entry 173
Methyl octine carbonate: the maximum concentrations and conditions are in the entry below. Annex III, entry 173, consolidated 18 May 2026.
- Annex
- III: List of substances which cosmetic products must not contain except subject to the restrictions laid down
- Reference number
- 173
- Chemical name/INN
- Methyl octine carbonate; Methyl non-2-ynoate
- Name of Common Ingredients Glossary
- Methyl octine carbonate
- CAS number
- 111-80-8
- EC number
- 203-909-2
- Version
- Consolidated version of 18 May 2026
- Official source
- Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated text
Official wording: restrictions
- Product type, body parts: (a) Oral products
- Product type, body parts: (b) Other products | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: (b) 0,002 % when used alone. When present in combination with methyl heptine carbonate, the combined level in the finished product shall not exceed 0,01 % (of which methyl octine carbonate shall not be more than 0,002 %)
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