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 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX   
[…](2022) XXX  draft  
 
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) …/…  
of XXX  
laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards the glossary of common ingredient names for 
use in the labelling of cosmetic products  
(Text with EEA relevance)   EN 1  EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) …/…  
of XXX  
laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards the glossary of common ingredient names for 
use in the labelling of cosmetic products  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union , 
Having regard to Regula tion (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products1, and in particular  Article 33 , first 
paragraph,  thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Article 19(1) , point (g), of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 requires the labellin g 
information on cosmetic products to include a list of ingredients. The ingredients are 
to be expressed using the common ingredient name s set out in a glossary to be 
compiled and updated by the Commission pursuant to Article 33 of that Regulation. 
The glossary is required to take account of internationally recognised nomenclatures 
including the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredi ents (INCI).  
(2) Commission Decision 2019/701 set out the glossary of common ingredient names in 
accordance with Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009. A large number of 
amendments are to be made to that glossary in order to take into account new 
ingredie nt names that are currently in use for cosmetic products placed on the Union 
market. Decision 2109/701 should therefore, in the interests of clarity, be replaced  
(3) For the purpose of updating the glossary, the Commission has used, in particular, the 
new INCI names as published by the Personal Care Product Council and has also 
corrected existing ingredient names that were erroneously reported or omitted.    
(4) Article 19( 1) of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 provides that, for colorants other than 
colorants intended to colour the hair, the CI (Colour Index) nomenclature is to be used, 
where applicable, for the purposes of labelling cosmetic products. The CI number 
should ther efore be listed as the common ingredient name for colorants other than 
colorants intended to colour the hair.  
(5) Some ingredients used in perfume and aromatic compositions do not have an INCI 
name. So -called “perfuming names” have been used in the Union for the labelling of 
cosmetic products containing th ose ingredients. Therefore, for th ose ingredients, the 
glossary should list the perfuming names that have previously been used for them in 
the Union.  
(6) Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 provides that the common ingredient 
names listed in the glossary are to be applied, for the purpose of labelling cosmetic 
                                                 
1 OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 59.  EN 2  EN products placed on the market, at the latest 12 months after publication of the glossary 
in the Official Journal of the European Union. In the inter ests of clarity and legal 
certainty, the application of this Decision should therefore be deferred for a period of 
12 months with a possibility for the economic operators to immediately start applying 
the new glossary,   
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  
Article 1 
The glossary of common ing redient referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 
1223/2009 is set out in the Annex to this Decision.  
Article 2  
Decision 2019/701 is repealed . 
Article 3  
From [… OP please insert the date = the date of publication of this Decision]  until [… OP 
please insert the date = the day before the date 12 months after the publication of this 
Decision] , the economic operators may use the common ingredient names set out in the 
Annex to this Decision for the purpose of compliance with [t he labelling requirements set out 
in] Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.  
Article 4 
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union . 
It shall apply from [… OP please insert  the date = 12 months after the date of publication of 
this Decision] . 
 
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
 Ursula von der Leyen