{ "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-regulations-1989/schedule-4/part-II", "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-regulations-1989/schedule-4/part-II.json", "legislation": "uksi/1989/2233", "legislation_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 1989", "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-regulations-1989", "path": "schedule/4/part/II", "kind": "part", "number": "II", "heading": "preservatives listed in annex vi part 2 of the directive as preservatives which cosmetic products may not contain except subject to the restrictions laid down and where supplied before a certain date", "text": "(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\n(7)\nReference Number in Annex VI Part 2 of the Directive\nName of substance\nPurpose of substance or type of product\nMaximum concentration of substance in product\nOther requirements\nRequired information\nPreservative supplied until\nNotes:\n(1) Prior to the coming into force of article 1(7) to Directive 88/233/EEC Chlorophensin (INN) item 2 above is permitted to be used up to a maximum concentration figure of 0.5 per cent.\n(1) Certain entries are deleted with effect from the dates specified in regulation 1(3) or (4). Until then the corresponding entries relating to the substances in question where appropriate in Part II of Schedule 5 to S.I. 1984/1260 (substituted by Schedule 4 to S.I. 1987/1920) continue in force.\n1\nENTRY DELETED (2)\n2\nChlorphenesin (INN) (see note (1))\nAll products\n0.3 per cent\n—\n—\n31.12.1989\n3\nENTRY DELETED (2)\n4\nAlkyl (C12–C22) trimethylammonium bromide and chloride (including Cetrimonium bromide (INN))\nAll products\n0.1 per cent A\n—\n—\n31.12.1989\n5\nENTRY DELETED (2)\n6\n4,4-Dimethyl-1,3-oxazolidine\nProducts rinsed off after use\n0.1 per cent\nThe pH of the finished product shall not be lower than 6\n—\n31.12.1989\n7 to 14\nENTRIES DELETED (2)\n15\nBenzethonium chloride (INN)\nNot to be used in products intended to come into contact with mucous membranes\n0.1 per cent A\n—\n—\n31.12.1989\n16\nBenzalkonium chloride (INN) bromide and saccharinate\nAll products\n0.25 per cent A\n—\n—\n31.12.1989\n17\n1-[1,3-Bis(hydroxymethyl)-2,5-dioxoimidazolidin-4-yl]-1,3-bis(hydroxymethyl)urea\nAll products\n0.5 per cent\n—\n—\n31.12.1989\n18 to 19\nENTRY DELETED (2)\n20\nHexamidine (INN) and its salts (including isethionate and 4-hydroxybenzoate)\nAll products\n0.1 per cent A\n—\n—\n31.12.1989\n21\nBenzylhemiformal (a 1:1 mixture of benzyloxymethanol and (benzyloxymethoxy) methanol)\nAll products\n0.2 per cent\n—\n—\n31.12.1989\n22 to 25\nENTRIES DELETED (2)\n26\nGlutaraldehyde\nProhibited in aerosols (sprays)\n0.1 per cent\nContains glutaraldehyde where the glutaraldehyde concentration in the finished product exceeds 0.05 per cent\n—\n31.12.1991", "extent": null, "status": null, "version": "current", "annotations": [ { "type": "footnote", "label": "f1", "text": "See Directives 86/199/EEC, 87/137/EEC, 88/233/EEC, 89/174/EEC." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f2", "text": "(1) Certain entries are deleted with effect from the dates specified in regulation 1(3) or (4). Until then the corresponding entries relating to the substances in question where appropriate in Part II of Schedule 5 to S.I. 1984/1260 (substituted by Schedule 4 to S.I. 1987/1920) continue in force." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f3", "text": "Notes: (1) Prior to the coming into force of article 1(7) to Directive 88/233/EEC Chlorophensin (INN) item 2 above is permitted to be used up to a maximum concentration figure of 0.5 per cent." } ], "outstanding_effects": [ { "type": "word substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1996/1446", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1996" }, { "type": "revoked", "affecting": "uksi/1996/1446", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1996" }, { "type": "word substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1996/1446", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1996" }, { "type": "word substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1996/1446", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1996" }, { "type": "word substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1996/1446", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1996" }, { "type": "word substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1996/1446", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1996" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1993/1539", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1993" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1993/1539", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1993" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1993/1539", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1993" }, { "type": "words inserted", "affecting": "uksi/1993/1539", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1993" }, { "type": "word substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1993/1539", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1993" }, { "type": "word substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1993/1539", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1993" }, { "type": "words revoked", "affecting": "uksi/1993/1539", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1993" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1993/1539", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1993" }, { "type": "words inserted", "affecting": "uksi/1993/1539", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1993" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1995/1478", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 1995" }, { "type": "words inserted", "affecting": "uksi/1995/1478", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 1995" }, { "type": "words revoked", "affecting": "uksi/1995/1478", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 1995" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1995/1478", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 1995" }, { "type": "word substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1995/1478", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 1995" }, { "type": "word substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1994/1529", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1994" }, { "type": "amended", "affecting": "uksi/1992/1525", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1992" }, { "type": "rev in pt", "affecting": "uksi/1992/1525", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1992" }, { "type": "amended", "affecting": "uksi/1991/447", "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1991" } ], "provenance": { "source": "legislation.gov.uk", "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2233/schedule/4/part/II", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:34:03.369709+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." }