{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-648/annex-VII/division-A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-648/annex-VII/division-A.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2004/648",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on detergents (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-648",
  "path": "annex/VII/division/A",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "A",
  "heading": "Labelling of contents",
  "text": "The following provisions on labelling shall apply to the packaging of detergents sold to the general public.\nThe following weight percentage ranges:\nless than 5 %,\n5 % or over but less than 15 %,\n15 % or over but less than 30 %,\n30 % and more,\nshall be used to indicate the content of the constituents listed below where they are added in a concentration above 0,2 % by weight:\nphosphates,\nphosphonates,\nanionic surfactants,\ncationic surfactants,\namphoteric surfactants,\nnon-ionic surfactants,\noxygen-based bleaching agents,\nchlorine-based bleaching agents,\nEDTA and salts thereof,\nNTA (nitrilotriacetic acid) and salts thereof,\nphenols and halogenated phenols,\nparadichlorobenzene,\naromatic hydrocarbons,\naliphatic hydrocarbons,\nhalogenated hydrocarbons,\nsoap,\nzeolites,\npolycarboxylates.\nThe following classes of constituent, if added, shall be listed irrespective of their concentration:\nenzymes,\ndisinfectants,\noptical brighteners,\nperfumes.\nIf added, preservation agents shall be listed, irrespective of their concentration, using where possible the common ingredient names established under Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products (“EU Regulation 1223/2009”).\nIf added at concentrations exceeding 0,01 % by weight, the allergenic fragrances that appear on the list of substances in Annex 3 to EU Regulation 1223/2009 to include the allergenic perfume ingredients from the list first established by the Scientific Committee on Cosmetics and Non-food Products (SCCNFP) in its opinion SCCNFP/0017/98, shall be listed using (where possible) the common ingredient names established under Article 33 of EU Regulation 1223/2009.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nThe website address, from which the list of ingredients mentioned in section D of Annex VII can be obtained, shall be given on the packaging.\nFor detergents intended to be used in the industrial and institutional sector, and not made available to members of the general public, the abovementioned requirements do not have to be fulfilled if the equivalent information is provided by means of technical data sheets, safety data sheets, or in a similar appropriate manner.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 907/2006 of 20 June 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on detergents, in order to adapt Annexes III and VII thereto (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 7 Pt. A substituted (31.12.2020) by The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/672), regs. 1, 28(2)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Annex 7 Pt. A substituted (31.12.2020) by The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/672), regs. 1, 28(2)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Annex 7 Pt. A substituted (31.12.2020) by The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/672), regs. 1, 28(2)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Annex 7 Pt. A substituted (31.12.2020) by The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/672), regs. 1, 28(2)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Deleted by Regulation (EU) No 259/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 as regards the use of phosphates and other phosphorus compounds in consumer laundry detergents and consumer automatic dishwasher detergents (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/648/annex/VII/division/A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:38.850310+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."
}