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  "EU-2009-1223"
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 "title": "The EU cosmetics regulation adopted, 2009",
 "date": {
  "value": "2009-11-30",
  "precision": "day",
  "year": 2009,
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "EU-2009-1223",
  "where": "docs/sources/EU-2009-1223-cosmetics-regulation.md:14",
  "quote": "REGULATION (EC) No 1223/2009 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products",
  "confidence": "A"
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 "kind": "regulation",
 "what": {
  "value": "The EU adopts Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 on cosmetic products, whose Annex III names the fragrance allergens a label must list.",
  "evidence": "documented",
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  "where": "docs/sources/EU-2009-1223-cosmetics-regulation.md:14",
  "quote": "REGULATION (EC) No 1223/2009 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products",
  "confidence": "A"
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  "confidence": null,
  "note": "no place on record for this event"
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 "actors": [],
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 "molecules": [],
 "materials": [],
 "botanicals": [],
 "origins": [],
 "perfumers": [],
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 "regulations": [
  "eu-2009-1223"
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 "accords": [],
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 "copy": {
  "lede": "On 30 November 2009 the EU adopted its regulation on cosmetic products.",
  "body": [
   "Its annexes are the ones that matter for perfumery: labelled allergens and prohibited substances."
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 }
}