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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has listed a new entry within its Registry of Intentions with proposed Carcinogenic, Mutagenic and Reprotoxic (CMR) classifications. According to Article 15 of the UK and EU Cosmetics Regulations, if a cosmetic ingredient receives a CMR classification, specific safety information must be submitted to, and reviewed by, the authorities to allow the ingredient to continue being used. The objective of this ingredient defence is to secure an Annex III entry for sodium chlorite within the Cosmetics Regulation if it receives the below-proposed CMR classification.
Cosmetics Europe is interested to hear from companies regarding any cosmetic substances mentioned in the transfer-ATP with a proposed ENV classification
The deadline to respond to this usage check is shorter than usual:
- The inclusion of substances in Annex VI of CLP via the Transfer‑ATP triggers an obligation for registrants to update their REACH registration dossiers and, in particular, the Chemical Safety Report (CSR) and Safety Data Sheets (SDS), without undue delay.
- There could be concerns like with the linear siloxanes in which CE needs to get active: For recall, with the linear siloxanes the concern is that wide dispersive use combined with PBT/vPvB properties → need to demonstrate that overall environmental emissions remain as low as possible via CSR refinement.
Companies who are interested in contributing to the defence work for any ingredients mentioned, please contact CTPA at [email protected] by 23 June 2026.
