Octocrylene in EU cosmetics: Annex VI, entry 10
Octocrylene: maximum concentration in ready for use preparation by product type: a) Propellant spray products b) Other products: a) 9 % b) 10 %. Annex VI, entry 10, Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated 18 May 2026.
- Annex
- VI: List of UV filters allowed in cosmetic products
- Reference number
- 10
- Chemical name/INN
- 2-Cyano-3,3-diphenyl acrylic acid, 2- ethylhexyl ester/Octocrylene (6) (7)
- Name of Common Ingredients Glossary
- Octocrylene
- CAS number
- 6197-30-4
- EC number
- 228-250-8
- Version
- Consolidated version of 18 May 2026
- Official source
- Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated text
Official wording: restrictions
- Product type, body parts: a) Propellant spray products b) Other products | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: a) 9 % b) 10 %
Notes referred to in this entry
- (6) However, cosmetic products containing that substance and complying with the restrictions set out in Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 as applicable on 27 July 2022 may be placed on the Union market until 28 January 2023 and be made available on the Union market until 28 July 2023.
- (7) Benzophenone as an impurity and/or degradation product of Octocrylene shall be kept at trace level.
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