Titanium Dioxide (nano) in EU cosmetics: Annex VI, entry 27a
Titanium Dioxide (nano): the maximum concentration in ready for use preparation is 25 % (4). Annex VI, entry 27a, Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated 18 May 2026.
- Annex
- VI: List of UV filters allowed in cosmetic products
- Reference number
- 27a
- Chemical name/INN
- Titanium dioxide (2)
- Name of Common Ingredients Glossary
- Titanium Dioxide (nano)
- CAS number
- 13463-67-7/1317-70-0/1317-80-2
- EC number
- 236-675-5/215-280-1/215-282-2
- Version
- Consolidated version of 18 May 2026
- Official source
- Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated text
Official wording: restrictions
- Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: 25 % (4) | Other: Not to be used in applications that may lead to exposure of the end-user’s lungs by inhalation. Only nanomaterials having the following characteristics are allowed: - purity ≥ 99 %, - rutile form, or rutile with up to 5 % anatase, with crystalline structure and physical appearance as clusters of spherical, needle, or lanceolate shapes, - median particle size based on number size distribution ≥ 30 nm, - aspect ratio from 1 to 4,5, and volume specific surface area ≤ 460 m2/cm3, - coated with Silica, Hydrated Silica, Alumina, Aluminium Hydroxide, Aluminium Stearate, Stearic Acid, Trimethoxycaprylylsilane, Glycerin, Dimethicone, Hydrogen Dimethicone, Simethicone, or coated with one of the following combinations: - Silica at a maximum concentration of 16 % and Cetyl Phosphate at a maximum concentration of 6 %, - Alumina at a maximum concentration of 7 % and Manganese Dioxide at a maximum concentration of 0,7 % (not to be used in lip products), - Alumina at a maximum concentration of 3 % and Triethoxycaprylylsilane at a maximum concentration of 9 %, - photocatalytic activity ≤ 10 % compared to corresponding non-coated or non-doped reference, - nanoparticles are photostable in the final formulation.
Official wording: conditions of use and warnings
For face products containing Titanium Dioxide (nano) coated with the combination Alumina and Manganese Dioxide:
Not to be used on the lips.
Notes referred to in this entry
- (2) For use as a colorant, see Annex IV, No 143.
- (4) In case of combined use of Titanium Dioxide and Titanium Dioxide (nano), the sum shall not exceed the limit given in column g.
Same CAS number in other entries of the annexes
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