Published: 02 October 2025  (Updated: 02 October 2025)

European Chemical Agency (ECHA) and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Update: October 2025

ECHA Updates

Regulatory Management

Chemical

Defence Status

Harmonised Classification and Labelling: New Intentions

Nerol, no entry in CPR Annexes, CMR reprotox (expected submission 31.12.26)

Interest in defence TBC

Ethanol, no entry in CPR, CMR 2 (repr) (expected date of submission 31.12.26)

TBC, Cosmetics Europe advocacy work ongoing

Methylparaben, Annex V entry 12, ED envi and HH (04.06.25)

ED HH already assessed

Glycol, no entry in CPR, CMR 2 (repr) (expected submission 31.12.27)

No interest in defence

Dimethyl Imidazolidinone, no entry in CPR, CMR1B (repr) (expected submission 31.12.25)

Interest in defence TBC

Potassium chlorate, Annex III entry 6, ED HH (10.06.25)

Interest in defence TBC

Silver chloride, Annex V entry 52, CMR 2 (mut) 1B (rep) (21.05.25)

Interest in defence TBC

Harmonised Classification and Labelling: Dossier Submitted

Rosin no entry in CPR Annexes, CMR 1B (legal deadline for opinion adoption 24.12.26)

Interest in defence TBC

Spearmint oil, no entry in CPR Annexes, CMR 2 (repr) (legal deadline for opinion adoption 23.12.26)

Defence led by IFRA

Carvone, no entry in CPR, CMR 2 (repr) (legal deadline for opinion adoption 23.12.26)

Defence led by IFRA

Sodium fluoride, Annex III entry 31, CMR 1B (repr)  ED HH 1 (submitted 23.05.25)

Cosmetics Europe defence

Trimethylolpropane (no entry in CPR, CMR 1B (repr) (submitted 05.08.25)

No interest in defence

Dimethylaminopropylamine, Annex III entry 62, CMR 1B (rep) (submitted 21.07.25)

No interest in defence

Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) Opinion Published

Talc, Annex III entry 59 of CPR, CMR 1B (carc) (20.09.24) (RAC opinion available online)

No interest in defence

REACH Restrictions

Octocrylene, Annex VI entry 10, restriction (environment) (submitted, date unspecified)

Cosmetics Europe TF responding to consultation

PFAS, no entry in CPR, Restriction proposal published (updated proposal 20.08.25)

N/A

SVHC Classification and Authorisation

Trisiloxane, no entry in CPR Annexes, Candidate List SVHC (vPvB) (21.01.25)

N/A

Linear siloxane decamethyltetrasiloxane (L4), no entry in CPR Annexes, SVHC proposal (vPvB) (included in Candidate List 25.06.25)

N/A

 

HSE Updates

Regulatory Management

Chemical

Defence Status

Mandatory Classification and Labelling

Tea tree oil CMR 1B (reprotox) withdrawn

Final opinion published

TBC

Acetophenone CMR 1B (reprotox)

Technical report published

No interest in defence

REACH Restrictions

N/A

N/A

SVHC Classification and Authorisation

 

N/A

N/A

 

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