G/TBT/N/EU/446  
 
20 January 201 7 
(17-0397) 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 ad dress (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 Commission  
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/tbt/   
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 not ified document:  Draft Commission 
Regulation amending Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council on cosmetic products (3 pages + Annex 5 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content:  The substance Methylene Bis -Benzotriazolyl 
Tetramethylbutylphenol (MBBT) is currently regulated in entry 23 of Annex VI of the 
Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 as an authorised U.V. filter with the maximum 
concentration of 10 % in cosmetic products. The safety of mentioned use cond itions was 
confirmed by the Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products and Non Food (SCCNPF) in 
1998 but this opinion did not cover the nano form. The Scientific Committee on Consumer 
Safety (SCCS) adopted on 25 March 2015 a scientific opinion which establi shed the safety 
of the nano form at a concentration up to 10 % in dermally applied cosmetics products. 
This draft Commission Regulation aims at authorising the use of MBBT nano as a UV -filter 
in cosmetic products.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the  nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Protection of human health or safety  
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 -20): 
http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1484754806471&uri=CELEX:32009R1223   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Third quarter 2017  
Proposed date of  entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the 
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  10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, 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 Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/   
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