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 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "id": "eu-2017-1410",
 "type": "Regulation",
 "version": 1,
 "updated": "2026-09-30",
 "station": 2,
 "confidence": "A",
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  "EU-2017-1410"
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 "body": "EU",
 "name": {
  "value": "Regulation (EU) 2017/1410 (HICC, atranol and chloroatranol prohibited)",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "EU-2017-1410",
  "where": "docs/sources/EU-2017-1410-hicc-atranol-prohibited.md:14",
  "quote": "COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2017/1410 of 2 August 2017 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009",
  "confidence": "A"
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 "instrument": "Commission Regulation",
 "restriction_type": {
  "value": "a prohibition (Annex II)",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "EU-2017-1410",
  "where": "docs/sources/EU-2017-1410-hicc-atranol-prohibited.md:20",
  "quote": "From 23 August 2019 cosmetic products containing one or more of the substances prohibited by this Regulation shall not be placed on the Union market.",
  "confidence": "A"
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 "property": {
  "value": null,
  "evidence": null,
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": null,
  "note": "the text names no single intrinsic property for this act"
 },
 "summary": {
  "value": "It moved HICC, atranol and chloroatranol into Annex II: prohibited in cosmetic products. Atranol and chloroatranol are natural components of oak moss and treemoss extracts.",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "EU-2017-1410",
  "where": "docs/sources/EU-2017-1410-hicc-atranol-prohibited.md:17",
  "quote": "The SCCS indicated in its opinion of 26-27 June 2012 that atranol and chloroatranol are natural components of oak tree moss (Evernia prunastri) and treemoss (Evernia furfuracea) extracts regulated in entry 91 and 92, respectively, of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.",
  "confidence": "A"
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 "dates": [
  {
   "what": "adopted",
   "value": "2 August 2017",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "EU-2017-1410",
   "where": "docs/sources/EU-2017-1410-hicc-atranol-prohibited.md:14",
   "quote": "COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2017/1410 of 2 August 2017 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009",
   "confidence": "A"
  },
  {
   "what": "no longer placed on the Union market from",
   "value": "23 August 2019",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "EU-2017-1410",
   "where": "docs/sources/EU-2017-1410-hicc-atranol-prohibited.md:20",
   "quote": "From 23 August 2019 cosmetic products containing one or more of the substances prohibited by this Regulation shall not be placed on the Union market.",
   "confidence": "A"
  },
  {
   "what": "no longer made available on the Union market from",
   "value": "23 August 2021",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "EU-2017-1410",
   "where": "docs/sources/EU-2017-1410-hicc-atranol-prohibited.md:23",
   "quote": "From 23 August 2021 cosmetic products containing one or more of the substances prohibited by this Regulation shall be not be made available on the Union market.",
   "confidence": "A"
  }
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 "applies_to": [
  {
   "molecule": "hicc",
   "entry": "Annex II entry 1380: HICC",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "EU-2017-1410",
   "where": "docs/sources/EU-2017-1410-hicc-atranol-prohibited.md:26",
   "quote": "1380 3- and 4-(4-Hydroxy-4-methylpentyl) cyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde (HICC) (*1) 51414-25-6/ 31906-04-4/",
   "confidence": "A"
  },
  {
   "molecule": "atranol",
   "entry": "Annex II entry 1381: atranol",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "EU-2017-1410",
   "where": "docs/sources/EU-2017-1410-hicc-atranol-prohibited.md:29",
   "quote": "1381 2,6-Dihydroxy-4-methyl-benzaldehyde (atranol) (*1) 526-37-4",
   "confidence": "A"
  },
  {
   "molecule": "chloroatranol",
   "entry": "Annex II entry 1382: chloroatranol",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "EU-2017-1410",
   "where": "docs/sources/EU-2017-1410-hicc-atranol-prohibited.md:32",
   "quote": "1382 3-Chloro-2,6-Dihydroxy-4-methyl-benzaldehyde (chloroatranol) (*1) 57074-21-2",
   "confidence": "A"
  },
  {
   "material": "oakmoss-absolute",
   "entry": "oak moss extract: its atranol and chloroatranol (recital 4)",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "EU-2017-1410",
   "where": "docs/sources/EU-2017-1410-hicc-atranol-prohibited.md:17",
   "quote": "The SCCS indicated in its opinion of 26-27 June 2012 that atranol and chloroatranol are natural components of oak tree moss (Evernia prunastri) and treemoss (Evernia furfuracea) extracts regulated in entry 91 and 92, respectively, of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.",
   "confidence": "A"
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 "as_of": "2026-09-30",
 "disclaimer": "An educational summary of a public standard, as of 2026-09-30; not compliance advice. Read the current text at the source.",
 "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/1410/oj",
 "legislation_identifier": "Regulation (EU) 2017/1410",
 "amends": [
  "eu-2009-1223"
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 "copy": {
  "lede": "Regulation (EU) 2017/1410 prohibited HICC, atranol and chloroatranol in cosmetic products in the EU.",
  "body": [
   "From 23 August 2019 products containing them could not be placed on the market, and from 23 August 2021 not made available. Atranol and chloroatranol come from oak moss and treemoss, which is why oakmoss in perfumery changed."
  ]
 }
}