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August 25, 2026 EUHigh

SCCS Final Opinion on Prostaglandin Analogues: Methylamido-Dihydro-Noralfaprostal (MDN), Isopropyl Cloprostenate (IPCP), Dechloro Dihydroxy Difluoro Ethylcloprostenolamide (DDDE)

The EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) has concluded that three prostaglandin analogues used in eyelash and…

July 1, 2026 EUHigh

EU fragrance allergen labeling: 31 July 2026 placing-on-the-market cut (Reg. 2023/1545)

Regulation (EU) 2023/1545 expands individual labeling of fragrance allergens in Annex III. The first hard date for new…

April 16, 2026 EUMedium

SCCS opinion watch: how SMEs should triage ingredient news without panicking

SCCS publishes opinions on ingredient safety. They inform later Commission regulations; they do not themselves amend Annex II/III.…

January 20, 2026 EUMedium

EU Commission fragrance-allergen topic page: use it with 2023/1545, not instead of it

The Commission maintains a public explainer on fragrance allergen labeling. It is useful for training; it is not…

September 15, 2025 EUHigh

EU CPNP and Responsible Person: the unglamorous duties that still stop first shipments

1223/2009 still requires an EU-established Responsible Person and pre-market CPNP notification. New-to-EU SMEs fail here more often than…

August 20, 2025 EULow

CosIng is a search tool: annex amendments still live on EUR-Lex

CosIng is the Commission’s ingredient database. Useful, unofficial as against the annexes in 1223/2009 as amended. This note…

May 12, 2025 EUHigh

EU CMR omnibus 2025/877: Annex II alignment applied from 1 September 2025

On 12 May 2025 the Commission adopted Regulation (EU) 2025/877, applying from 1 September 2025, to stop use…

February 1, 2025 EUHigh

EU 2024/996 deadlines that hit in 2025: Vitamin A, arbutins, genistein, daidzein, kojic acid

Regulation (EU) 2024/996 reset limits for Vitamin A (retinol, retinyl acetate, retinyl palmitate), alpha-arbutin, arbutin, genistein, daidzein, kojic…