G/TBT/N/EU/869  
3 February 2022  
(22-0832) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Comm ission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tb t/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Cosmetics  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards the use in cosmetic products of certain 
substances classified as car cinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction and correcting 
that Regulation. (5 page(s), in English; 8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The draft measure is required to enact the prohibition to use 
as cosmetic ingredients substances class ified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for 
reproduction (CMR) by Commission Regulation (EU) No 2020/1182, which has been 
adopted based on the CLP Regulation and will apply from 17 December 2022. The 
adoption of this draft Regulation is, therefore, neede d to reflect in the Cosmetics 
Regulation the new CMRs classification provided by Commission Regulation (EU) No 
2020/1182. In addition, in order to ensure legal certainty and a high level of protection 
of human health, entry 1669 of Annex II to Regulation ( EC) No 1223/2009 has been 
deleted and entry 51 of Annex V has been corrected to reflect the wording used in notes 
8 and 9 to the CMR classification and the correct chemical name of the substance 'Sodium 
N-(hydroxymethyl)glycinate.  
7. Objective and ration ale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/EU/869  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 
November 2009 on Cosmetic Products ( OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 59 -209) 
http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1415977955828&uri=CELEX:32009R1223  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  3rd quarter 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
 
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://memb ers.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_1326_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_1326_01_e.pdf