HICC, atranol and chloroatranol prohibited in EU cosmetics, 2019

Regulation (EU) 2017/1410 was adopted on 2 August 2017; from 23 August 2021 such products could not be made available at all. Oakmoss, whose natural atranol and chloroatranol were the reason, had to change.

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Date

2019-08-23 (day)

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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.

EU-2017-1410 · Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1410 of 2 August 2017 amending Annexes II and III to Regul · read 2026-09-30

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What happened

From 23 August 2019 cosmetic products containing HICC, atranol or chloroatranol may not be placed on the EU market.

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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.

EU-2017-1410 · Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1410 of 2 August 2017 amending Annexes II and III to Regul · read 2026-09-30

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Molecules

• hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde (HICC)
• 2,6-Dihydroxy-4-Methylbenzaldehyde
• 3-Chloro-2,6-dihydroxy-4-methylbenzaldehyde

Materials

• oakmoss absolute (oak moss extract)

Regulations

• Regulation (EU) 2017/1410 (HICC, atranol and chloroatranol prohibited)

Teaching accords

• The fougère skeleton
• The chypre skeleton
• A muguet (lily of the valley), and what regulation took from it

Sources

1. EU-2017-1410 · Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1410 of 2 August 2017 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009. OJ L 202, 3.8.2017, p. 1. eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/1410/oj · read 2026-09-30 · EU legislation; reuse terms not re-read (UNVERIFIED); quoted

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