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Schedule 5 LIST OF COLOURING AGENTS WHICH COSMETIC PRODUCTS MUST NOT CONTAIN EXCEPT COLOURING AGENTS INTENDED SOLELY TO COLOUR HAIR AND EXCEPT SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS

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In this Schedule the colouring agents referred to in regulation 5(2)(d) are—

(i)

those identified in column 1 either by name or by colour index number (the colour index numbers being those specified in the third edition of The Colour Index published in 1971 by the Society of Dyers and Colourists);

(ii)

lakes or salts of these colouring agents which do not use substances prohibited under Schedule 3.

In the case of colouring agents identified by the addition of (*) to the name or colour index number, the insoluble barium, strontium and zirconium lakes, salts and pigments of these colouring agents shall also be permitted. They must pass the test for insolubility which will be determined by the procedure laid down in Article 8 of the Directive.

Colouring agents whose number is preceded by the letter “E” in accordance with the EEC Directive of 23rd October 1962 on the approximation of the rules of member States concerning foodstuffs and colouring matterf1, as amendedf2, adaptedf3 and replaced in partf4 must fulfil the purity requirements laid down in those Directives.

  1. ICOLOURING AGENTS LISTED IN ANNEX IV, PART 1 OF THE DIRECTIVE AS COLOURING AGENTS WHICH COSMETIC PRODUCTS MUST NOT CONTAIN EXCEPT SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS LAID DOWN
  2. IICOLOURING AGENTS LISTED IN ANNEX IV, PART 2 OF THE DIRECTIVE AS COLOURING AGENTS WHICH COSMETIC PRODUCTS MUST NOT CONTAIN EXCEPT SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS LAID DOWN AND WHERE COSMETIC PRODUCT SUPPLIED BEFORE A CERTAIN DATE

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Footnotes

f1

O.J. No. 115, 11.11.62, p. 2645.

f2

Council Directives Nos. 65/469/EEC, 67/653/EEC, 68/419/EEC, 70/358/EEC, 76/399/EEC, 78/144/EEC, 81/20/EEC and 85/7/EEC (O.J. Nos. L178, 26.10.65, p. 2793; L263, 30.10.67, p. 4; L309, 24.12.68, p. 24; L157, 18.7.70, p. 36; L108, 26.4.76, p. 19; L44, 15.2.78, p. 20; L43, 14.2.81, p. 11; L2, 3.1.85, p. 22).

f3

Annexes I and VII to the Act of Accession of 22nd January 1972, as adjusted by the Council Decision of 1st January 1973 (O.J. No. L2, 1,1,73, p.1).

f4

Council Directive 94/36/EC (O.J. No. L237, 10.9.94, p. 13) and Commission Directive 95/45/EC (O.J. No. L226, 22.9.95, p. 1).