Toluene-2,5-Diamine, Toluene-2,5-Diamine Sulfate in EU cosmetics: Annex III, entry 9a
Toluene-2,5-Diamine, Toluene-2,5-Diamine Sulfate: the table gives no maximum concentration for this entry; the restrictions are in its conditions and wording. Annex III, entry 9a, 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
- 9a
- Chemical name/INN
- 1,4-Benzenediamine, 2-methyl-, 2,5-Diaminotoluene sulphate
- Name of Common Ingredients Glossary
- Toluene-2,5-Diamine, Toluene-2,5-Diamine Sulfate (1)
- CAS number
- 95-70-5, 615-50-9
- EC number
- 202-442-1, 210-431-8
- Version
- Consolidated version of 18 May 2026
- Official source
- Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated text
Official wording: restrictions
- Product type, body parts: (a) Hair dye substance in oxidative hair dye products | Other: (a) (i) General use (a) (ii) Professional use
- Product type, body parts: (b) Products intended for colouring eyelashes | Other: (b) Professional use For (a) and (b): After mixing under oxidative conditions the maximum concentration applied to hair or eyelashes must not exceed 2,0 % (calculated as free base) or 3,6 % (calculated as sulfate salt)
Official wording: conditions of use and warnings
(a) To be printed on the label: The mixing ratio.
‘ [pictogram in the official text] Hair colourants can cause severe allergic reactions. Read and follow instructions. This product is not intended for use on persons under the age of 16. Temporary “black henna” tattoos may increase your risk of allergy.
Do not colour your hair if:
- you have a rash on your face or sensitive, irritated and damaged scalp,
- you have ever experienced any reaction after colouring your hair,
- you have experienced a reaction to a temporary “black henna” tattoo in the past.
Contains phenylenediamines (toluenediamines)
(a) (i) Do not use to dye eyelashes.
(a) (ii) Wear suitable gloves.
For professional use only.’
(b) As from 3 March 2018, to be printed on the label: The mixing ratio.
‘ [pictogram in the official text] This product can cause severe allergic reactions. Read and follow instructions.
This product is not intended for use on persons under the age of 16. Temporary “black henna” tattoos may increase the risk of allergy.
Eyelashes shall not be coloured if the consumer:
- has a rash on the face or sensitive, irritated and damaged scalp,
- has experienced any reaction after colouring hair or eyelashes,
- has experienced a reaction to a temporary “black henna” tattoo in the past.
Rinse eyes immediately if product comes into contact with them.
Contains phenylenediamines (toluenediamines).
Wear suitable gloves.
For professional use only’.
Notes referred to in this entry
- (1) These substances may be used singly or in combination provided that the sum of the ratios of the levels of each of them in the cosmetic product expressed with reference to the maximum level authorised for each of them does not exceed 1.
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