Oxalic acid in EU cosmetics: Annex III, entry 3
Oxalic acid: maximum concentration in ready for use preparation by product type: Hair products: 5 %. Annex III, entry 3, 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
- 3
- Chemical name/INN
- Oxalic acid, its esters and alkaline salts
- Name of Common Ingredients Glossary
- Oxalic acid
- CAS number
- 144-62-7
- EC number
- 205-634-3
- Version
- Consolidated version of 18 May 2026
- Official source
- Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated text
Official wording: restrictions
- Product type, body parts: Hair products | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: 5 % | Other: Professional use
Official wording: conditions of use and warnings
For professional use only
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