IMPORTANT - Call for Interest

Cosmetics Europe’s Expert Team Ingredient Monitoring and Assessment (ET IMA) is responsible for monitoring cosmetic ingredients which are undergoing regulatory processes which could impact their use in cosmetic products.

Following the latest ET IMA meeting, please find below the new usage checks:

• Climbazole (CAS: 38083-17-9)
• Anti-microbial, preservative
• Scope: ED ENV
• Belgium
• Sorbitol (CAS: 50-70-4)
• Humectant, stabilize
• Scope: “To be further specified”
• Austria
• Active substance in Plant Protection Products
• Benzylhemiformal(did not find a CE/CAS number)
• Preservative
• Scope: Muta 2, Carc 1B
• Austria

• Butanone(CAS 78-93-3)

• Solvent, Perfuming
• Scope: proposed for CLH for developmental toxicity
• Sweden
• Ethyl 4-dimethylaminobenzoate(CAS 10287-53-3)
• Light stabilizer
• Scope: Reprotox 1B
• Spain
• Terpineol multiconstituents (2-(4-methylcyclohex-3-en-1-yl)propan-2-ol) (EC number: 701-188-3)
• Fragrance
• Scope: Reprotox, no specification yet
• France
• Terpineol isomers present in nature but not as reaction mass
• Terpineol is reported as an allergen, so the data on the allergen certificate will be a sum of all isomers.
• Terpinyl Acetate (EC number: 904-693-9)
• Fragrance
• Scope: Reprotox, no specification yet
• Belgium
• Terpinyl acetate present in nature but not as reaction mass

Companies who are interested in contributing to the defence work for these ingredients, please contact CTPA at [email protected] by 24 July 2026.