Costus Root and Crude Peruvian Balsam Banned From Use In European Cosmetics

[Guest guest]

Passing this along from Martin ...

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

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INTERNATIONAL

FRAGRANCE ASSOCIATION

 

Matthias Vey, Dr.-Ing.

Scientific Director

49, Square Marie-Louise

B - 1000 BRUSSELS

...+32-2/238 99 04 - ..+32-2/230 02 65

 

Member Associations

Members of the SC

cc RIFM

Members of the JAG Client Associations

 

Information Letter 725 July 20, 2005

EU: Commission Directive 2005/42/EC Inclusion of Costus root oil,

7-Ethoxy-4-methylcoumarin, Hexahydrocoumarin and Peru balsam in Annex II

of

the European Cosmetics Directive (76/768/EEC)

 

Dear Members,

On June 21, 2005 Commission Directive 2005/42/EC of 20 June 2005

amending

Council Directive 76/768/EEC, concerning cosmetic products, for the

purpose

of adapting Annexes II, IV and VI to technical progress, was published

in

the Official Journal of the European Union. Beyond some other

ingredients 4

already IFRA banned fragrance ingredients are included into Annex II.

These

are Costus root oil (Saussurea lappa Clarke) (CAS No. 8023-88-9)

7-Ethoxy-4-methylcoumarin (CAS N0. 87-05-8)

Hexahydrocoumarin (CAS No. 700-82-3)

and Peru balsam (Myroxolon pereirae, CAS No. 8007-00-9).

 

Directive 2005/42/EG entered into force on 11th July 2005 and must be

transposed into national law by 31st December 2005. After 31st March

2006

cosmetic products containing the substances mentioned above must no

longer

be put on the market.

 

The complete legal text can be accessed via the following link:

 

<http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2005/l_158/l_158

20050621en00170019.pdf>

http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2005/l_158/l_1582

0050621e\

n00170019.pdf

 

In line with the underlying SCCP opinion (SCCNFP/0771/03, see IFRA IL

688

Version 2), IFRA interprets the ban of Peru balsam as a fragrance

ingredient to apply only to the crude balsam. Extracts and distillates

(albeit carrying the same CAS number) have a separate SCCP opinion

(SCCNFP/0392/00, final) declaring them as safe up to the IFRA permitted

use

level of 0.4% in a finished product. Because of the lack of consistency

between the Commission ruling and the SCCP opinions, EFFA, IFRA's

European

member association, in co-operation with COLIPA, will take this point up

with the respective departments of the European Commission.

 

Best regards,

Matthias Vey IL725 ATP of Cosmetics Directive - IFRA banned ingredients

July 20, 2005 1/1

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

with all of the bans going on, I am wondering the implications for US

sellers? If I have a personal care product (or products) with Tea Tree Oil

(or one of the following mentioned in this post) and sell it by my US based

company on my US-based website with the intended target of US consumers

(where these ingredients have not (as yet) been banned) ... if someone from

the EU comes along to purchase, do i have to deny the sale? what is the

protocol here?

 

.... not like i get that many international orders, but i can envision a

boost if these items are banned in EU but still available here. i'd hate to

have to remove all the international shipping stuff i just added in!!! BUT

on the other hand it's not like i can afford to have the EU coming after me

for selling 4 oz of baby diaper powder with a grand total of one drop of Tea

Tree oil in it!!! i suppose i could just say that orders from eu will be

made w/o the TT EO but, gosh this is getting confusing

 

also, is there a " definitive " list of oils banned in the EU and/or

elsewhere? is it possible or practical to keep up with this as a " cottage

industry " vendor?

 

perhaps, I should go back to just being a web developer??? oh, let me guess,

the EU is about to ban JavaScript now. LOL. better go check the developer

message boards!!

 

 

-

" Christine Ziegler " <chrisziggy

 

Tuesday, July 26, 2005 12:57 PM

Costus Root and Crude Peruvian Balsam Banned From

Use In European Cosmetics

 

 

Passing this along from Martin ...

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

INTERNATIONAL

FRAGRANCE ASSOCIATION

 

Matthias Vey, Dr.-Ing.

Scientific Director

49, Square Marie-Louise

B - 1000 BRUSSELS

...+32-2/238 99 04 - ..+32-2/230 02 65

 

Member Associations

Members of the SC

cc RIFM

Members of the JAG Client Associations

 

Information Letter 725 July 20, 2005

EU: Commission Directive 2005/42/EC Inclusion of Costus root oil,

7-Ethoxy-4-methylcoumarin, Hexahydrocoumarin and Peru balsam in Annex II

of

the European Cosmetics Directive (76/768/EEC)

 

Dear Members,

On June 21, 2005 Commission Directive 2005/42/EC of 20 June 2005

amending

Council Directive 76/768/EEC, concerning cosmetic products, for the

purpose

of adapting Annexes II, IV and VI to technical progress, was published

in

the Official Journal of the European Union. Beyond some other

ingredients 4

already IFRA banned fragrance ingredients are included into Annex II.

These

are Costus root oil (Saussurea lappa Clarke) (CAS No. 8023-88-9)

7-Ethoxy-4-methylcoumarin (CAS N0. 87-05-8)

Hexahydrocoumarin (CAS No. 700-82-3)

and Peru balsam (Myroxolon pereirae, CAS No. 8007-00-9).

 

Directive 2005/42/EG entered into force on 11th July 2005 and must be

transposed into national law by 31st December 2005. After 31st March

2006

cosmetic products containing the substances mentioned above must no

longer

be put on the market.

 

The complete legal text can be accessed via the following link:

 

<http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2005/l_158/l_158

20050621en00170019.pdf>

http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2005/l_158/l_1582

0050621e\

n00170019.pdf

 

In line with the underlying SCCP opinion (SCCNFP/0771/03, see IFRA IL

688

Version 2), IFRA interprets the ban of Peru balsam as a fragrance

ingredient to apply only to the crude balsam. Extracts and distillates

(albeit carrying the same CAS number) have a separate SCCP opinion

(SCCNFP/0392/00, final) declaring them as safe up to the IFRA permitted

use

level of 0.4% in a finished product. Because of the lack of consistency

between the Commission ruling and the SCCP opinions, EFFA, IFRA's

European

member association, in co-operation with COLIPA, will take this point up

with the respective departments of the European Commission.

 

Best regards,

Matthias Vey IL725 ATP of Cosmetics Directive - IFRA banned ingredients

July 20, 2005 1/1

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Bonnie,

 

Whatever is restricted in Europe does not directly affect the USA,

but you can bet it will in time. The way such restrictions directly

affect you is that producers will stop supplying the materials if

their main markets are destroyed. I have heard that already some

Australian growers of tea trees are considering pulling out of the

market ahead of any regulations. The Australian growers are trying

to challenge the proposed restrictions, but normally these idiot

scientific advisory committees in the EEC get their own way.

 

If you sell any product into European Union countries containing

ingredients covered by their regulations, then in theory you have to

comply with them. However, in practice the EEC do not have a

centralised policing system to enforce their laws. Few suppliers of

essential oils in the UK are complying with the sensitisers labelling

regulations which have been in place a few years. Only a handful of

local Trading Standards departments here are doing anything about it.

Kind of doubt they would come after a small US supplier, but who

knows.

 

>is there a " definitive " list of oils banned in the EU<

Currently very few are banned, but they seem to going at it hard to

increase the number. This latest ban is on peru balsam not the oil.

They rarely ban an oil, instead you have the sensitisers regulations

which are based on chemicals that occur in oils and affect most of

our common oils. Those regulations are simply mad but they are law!

I have copies of most of the European laws relating to oils. Rather

than people keep asking me for copies, it might be an idea to post

them in the links section. Chris you listening??

 

>is it possible or practical to keep up with this as a " cottage<

>industry " vendor?<

Almost impossible because the EEC has always revolved around big

companies. Their regulations are supposed to " harmonise " trade

throughout the community. That activity can only increase the power

of the multi nationals to produce and sell products in all member

countries. The only small outfits the EEC commission care about are

small French farmers!

 

Martin Watt

http://www.aromamedical.com

 

, " Bonnie Walker " <webgrrl@w...>

wrote:

> with all of the bans going on, I am wondering the implications for

US

> sellers? If I have a personal care product (or products) with Tea

Tree Oil

> (or one of the following mentioned in this post) and sell it by my

US based

> company on my US-based website with the intended target of US

consumers

> (where these ingredients have not (as yet) been banned) ... if

someone from

> the EU comes along to purchase, do i have to deny the sale? what

is the

> protocol here?

>

> ... not like i get that many international orders, but i can

envision a

> boost if these items are banned in EU but still available here. i'd

hate to

> have to remove all the international shipping stuff i just added

in!!! BUT

> on the other hand it's not like i can afford to have the EU coming

after me

> for selling 4 oz of baby diaper powder with a grand total of one

drop of Tea

> Tree oil in it!!! i suppose i could just say that orders from eu

will be

> made w/o the TT EO but, gosh this is getting confusing

>

> also, is there a " definitive " list of oils banned in the EU and/or

> elsewhere? is it possible or practical to keep up with this as

a " cottage

> industry " vendor?

>

> perhaps, I should go back to just being a web developer??? oh, let

me guess,

> the EU is about to ban JavaScript now. LOL. better go check the

developer

> message boards!!

>

>

> -

> " Christine Ziegler " <chrisziggy@e...>