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On 8 May 2025, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) notified to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) an update to the UK Cosmetics Regulation, amending the entry for benzophenone-3 in Annex VI.
The Annex VI entry for benzophenone-3 is amended as below.
- Face products, hand products, and lip products, excluding propellant and pump spray products (a) at 6%.
- Body products, including propellant and pump spray products (b) at 2.2%.
- Other products at 0.5%.
- For product types (a) and (b), not to be used at more than 0.5% to protect product formulation. If used at 0.5% to protect product formulation, the levels used as UV filter must not exceed 5.5% for product type (a), or 1.7% for product type (b).
The ‘placing on the market’ deadline is 21 January 2026; the ‘making available' (off shelf) deadline is 21 July 2026.
The draft regulation is open for comments for 60 days from the date of notification.
