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COMMISSION   
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COMMISSION DECISION (EU) …/…  
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establishing a glossary of common ingredient names for use in the labelling of cosmetic 
products  
(Text with EEA relevance)   EN 1  EN  COMMISSION DECISION (EU) …/…  
of XXX  
establishing a 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 Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products1, and in particul ar the first paragraph of 
Article 33 thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Article 19(1)(g) of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009  requires the labell ing information 
on cosmetic products to include a list of ingredients. The ingredients are to be 
expressed using the common ingredient name 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 Ingredients (INCI).  
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 repealed and replaced Council Directive 76/768/EEC2. 
The inventory of ingredients used in cosmetic products and the common ingredients 
nomenclature referred to in Articl es 5a and 7(2) of that Directive were established by 
Commission Decision 96/335/EC3 and updated in 2006 by Commission Decision 
2006/257/EC4. The inventory and n omenclature has since become outdated as a result 
of the high number of new ingredients introduced onto the market  every year . 
Moreover, the requirements set out in Article 5a of Directive 76/768/EEC for the 
content of the inventory go beyond the requirements set out in Article 33 of 
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 for the content of a glossary of common ingredient 
names.  Therefore, the list of ingredients contained in Decision 96/335/EC  should be 
replaced and adapted to cover new ingredients introduced onto  the market and to 
confine its content to the requirements of Article 33  of Regulation (EC) No 
1223/2009 .  
(3) 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  
                                                 
1 OJ L 342, 22.12.2009 , p. 59. 
2  Council Directive 76/768/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States 
relating to cosmetic products (OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 169).  
3 Commission Decision 96/335/EC of 8 May 1996 establishing an inventory and a common nomenclature 
of ingredients employed in cosmetic products  (OJ L 132, 1.6.1996, p. 1 ). 
Commission Decision 2006/257/EC of 9 February 2006 amending Decision 96/335/EC establishing an inventory 
and a common nomenclature of ingredient s employed in cosmetic products ( OJ L 97, 5.4.2006, p. 1 ). EN 2  EN  should therefore be listed as the common ingredient name for colorants other than 
colorants intended to colour the hair .  
(4) 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 these ingredients.  Therefore, for these ingredients, the 
glossary should list the perfuming names that have  previously  been used for them  in 
the Union .  
(5) The second paragraph of 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 products placed on the market , at the latest 12 months after 
public ation of the glossary in the Official Journal of the European Union . 
(6) In the interests of clarity and legal certainty, Decision 96/335/EC  should be repealed ,  
 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  
Article 1  
The glossary of common ing redient names required by Article  33 of Regulation (EC) No 
1223/2009 is set out in the Annex to this Decision.   
Article 2 
Decision 96/335/EC is repealed  with effect from [… OP: please insert date that is 12 months  
after the publication of this Decision ]. 
Article 3 
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth  day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union . 
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
  
  
  The President  
 Jean -Claude Juncker