{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-amendment-regulations-1999/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1552",
  "legislation_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-amendment-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 1996 are amended as follows–\n(a) in regulation 2(1), in the definition of “the Directive”, by deleting the word “and” before “Commission Directive 98/16/EC” and by adding the words “, and Commission Directive 98/62/EC” at the end of that definition;\n(b) in Schedule 1–\n(i) by the insertion after entry number 136 of the following–\n“\n136A\n1-tert-Butyl-3,4,5-trimethyl-2,6-dinitrobenzene\n489A\n422\n”;\n(ii) by the insertion after entry number 488 of the following–\n“\n488A\nMoskene\n543A\n421\n”;\n(iii) by the insertion after entry number 489 of the following–\n“\n489A\nMusk tibetene\n136A\n422\n”;\n(iv) by the insertion after entry number 543 of the following–\n“\n543A\n1,1,3,3,5,-Pentamethyl-4,6-dinitroindane\n488A\n421\n”;\n(c) in Part I of Schedule 2 by the substitution for entry number 57 of the following–\n“\n57\nStrontium chloride hexahydrate\n(a) Toothpaste\n3.5 per cent calculated as strontium. When mixed with other permitted strontium compounds the total strontium content must not exceed 3.5 per cent.\n—\nContains strontium chloride. Frequent use by children is not advisable.\n(b) Shampoo and face care products\n2.1 per cent calculated as strontium. When mixed with other permitted strontium compounds the total strontium content must not exceed 2.1 per cent.\n—\n–\n”;\n(d) in Part I of Schedule 4, by adding the following entry after entry number 53–\n“\n54\nBenzalkonium chloride, bromide and saccharinate\nAll products\n0.1 per cent calculated as benzalkonium chloride\nA\n—\nAvoid contact with the eyes\n”;\n(e) in Part II of Schedule 4–\n(i) by the deletion of entry number 16;\n(ii) in entry number 21 by the substitution for “30.6.1998” of “30.6.1999”;\n(iii) by the substitution for entry number 29 of the following–\n“\n29\n3-Iodoprop-2-ynyl butylcarbamate [Iodopropynyl butylcarbamate]\nNot to be used in oral hygiene and lip products\n0.05 per cent\n—\n—\n30.06.1999\n”;\n(f) in Part I of Schedule 5–\n(i) by adding the following entries after entry number 12–\n“\n13\nEthoxylated ethyl-4-aminobenzoate\n10 per cent\n–\n–\n[PEG-25 PABA]\n14\nIsopentyl 4-methoxycinnamate\n10 per cent\n–\n–\n[Isoamyl p-methoxycinnamate]\n15\nTris(2-ethylhexyl) 4,4',4''-(1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triyltriimino)tribenzoate\n5 per cent\n–\n–\n[Octyl triazone]\n”;\n(ii) by adding the following after new entry 15–\n“\n16\n2-(2H-Benzotriazol-2-yl)-4-methyl-6-{2-methyl-3-[1,3,3,3-tetramethyl-1-(trimethylsilyloxy)-disiloxan-1-yl]propyl}phenol [Drometrizole trisiloxane]\n15 per cent\n–\n–\n17\nBis(2-ethylhexyl) 4,4'-[6-(tert-butylcarbamoylanilino)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diyldiimino]dibenzoate\n10 per cent\n–\n–\n”;\n(iii) by adding the following after new entry 17–\n“\n18\n3-(4-Methylbenzyl-idene)bornan-2-one [4-Methylbenzylidene camphor]\n4 per cent\n–\n–\n19\n3-Benzylidenebornan-2-one [3-Benzylidene camphor]\n2 per cent\n–\n–\n20\n2-Ethylhexyl salicylate [Octyl salicylate]\n5 per cent\n–\n–\n”; and\n(g) in Part II of Schedule 5–\n(i) by deleting entry numbers 2, 6, 12, 25, 26 and 32 and substituting the words “ENTRY DELETED”; and\n(ii) by the substitution for “30.6.1998” in entry numbers 5, 17 and 29 of “30.6.1999”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/2925, amended by S.I. 1997/2914 and S.I. 1998/1727."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The reference to Commission Directive 98/16/EC was added to S.I. 1996/2925 by S.I. 1998/1727."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No. L253, 15.9.98, p. 20."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1552/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:42:51.401250+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}