Annex

Not to be used in applications that may lead to exposure of the end-user’s lungs by inhalation.

Only nanomaterials having the following characteristics are allowed:

• purity ≥ 99 %,

• rutile form, or rutile with up to 5 % anatase, with crystalline structure and physical appearance as clusters of spherical, needle, or lanceolate shapes,

• median particle size based on number size distribution ≥ 30 nm,

• aspect ratio from 1 to 4,5, and volume specific surface area ≤ 460 m²/cm³,

• coated with Silica, Hydrated Silica, Alumina, Aluminium Hydroxide, Aluminium Stearate, Stearic Acid, Trimethoxycaprylylsilane, Glycerin, Dimethicone, Hydrogen Dimethicone, Simethicone,

or coated with one of the following combinations:

• Silica at a maximum concentration of 16 % and Cetyl Phosphate at a maximum concentration of 6 %,

• Alumina at a maximum concentration of 7 % and Manganese Dioxide at a maximum concentration of 0,7 % (not to be used in lip products),

• Alumina at a maximum concentration of 3 % and Triethoxycaprylylsilane at a maximum concentration of 9 %,

• photocatalytic activity ≤ 10 % compared to corresponding non-coated or non-doped reference,

• nanoparticles are photostable in the final formulation.

For face products containing Titanium Dioxide (nano) coated with the combination Alumina and Manganese Dioxide:

Not to be used on the lips.