{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1120/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1120/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/1120",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1120 of 11 July 2016 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1120",
  "path": "annex",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 is amended as follows:\nReference number\nSubstance identification\nConditions\nWording of conditions of use and warnings\nChemical Name\nColour index Number/Name of Common Ingredients Glossary\nCAS number\nEC number\nColour\nProduct type, Body parts\nMaximum concentration in ready for use preparation\nOther\na\nb\nc\nd\ne\nf\ng\nh\ni\nj\n‘126\nCarbon black\n77266\n1333-86-4, 7440-44-0\n215-609-9, 231-153-3, 931-328-0, 931-334-3\nBlack\nPurity > 97 %, with the following impurity profile: Ash content ≤ 0,15 %, total sulphur ≤ 0,65 %, total PAH ≤ 500 ppb and benzo(a)pyrene ≤ 5 ppb, dibenz(a,h)anthracene ≤ 5 ppb, total As ≤ 3 ppm, total Pb ≤ 10 ppm, total Hg ≤ 1 ppm.\n126a\nCarbon black\n77266 (nano)\nCarbon Black (nano)\n1333-86-4, 7440-44-0\n215-609-9, 231-153-3, 931-328-0, 931-334-3\nBlack\n10 %\nNot to be used in applications that may lead to exposure of the end user's lungs by inhalation.\nOnly nanomaterials having the following characteristics are allowed:\nPurity > 97 %, with the following impurity profile: Ash content ≤ 0,15 %, total sulphur ≤ 0,65 %, total PAH ≤ 500 ppb and benzo(a)pyrene ≤ 5 ppb, dibenz(a,h)anthracene ≤ 5 ppb, total As ≤ 3 ppm, total Pb ≤ 10 ppm, and total Hg ≤ 1 ppm;\nPrimary particle size ≥ 20 nm.’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1120/annex",
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  "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."
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