A survey and health assessment of cosmetic products for children

3.1.2 Declaration of contents
The following special circumstances have their effects on the declaration of
contents of cosmetic products (Stat. Ord. 422 § 25, 2006):
• Impurities are not considered to be constituents.
• Scented or aromatic compounds shall only be stated by the term
“perfume” or “aroma” respectively. According to appendix 3 of the
statutory order 26 fragrances which the EU regards as allergenic have to
be stated in the declaration of contents irrespective of their function in
the products when the concentration is higher than 0.001% in products
which are not to be cleansed and 0.01% in products which are to be
cleansed. This regulation with special statement of the 26 fragrances
mandatory to declare became effective in 2005 and applies for all
cosmetics being produced after 10 March 2005.
• Constituents in a concentration less than 1% can be mentioned in any
order after the constituents with a concentration higher than 1%.
• Hair dyes can be mentioned with a colour index number (or indication
from appendix 4 on colouring agents) in any order after the other
constituents.
• The constituents are stated by their usual name according to the
common nomenclature (INCI name) for cosmetics ingredients.
• Regarding small cosmetic products or packaging of such a form that in
practice it is impossible to state the declaration of content clearly enough
the ingredients must be stated on an enclosed notice, label, strip or card
which is fastened to the cosmetics product. If it is impossible to fasten a
message or similar to products (because for instance they are too small)
the declaration of content must be stated in a notice close to the
products.
INCI is an abbreviation of ”International Nomenclature Cosmetic
Ingredients” and is a common nomenclature for apply in declarations of
contents for cosmetic products in the EU. An INCI name can cover several
different chemical units. The INCI list is indicative, this means it is not a list
of approved constituents in cosmetics but a list indicating the constituents that
are used (Pharmacos, 2001). If an INCI name for a constituent is not
available the chemical name of the substance is to be used and an application
for an INCI name for the substance shall be sent (Stat. Ord. 422, 2006).
3.1.3 Restrictions in apply of chemical substances in cosmetic products
The Cosmetics Statutory Order (Stat. Ord. 422, 2006) sets a number of
restrictions in apply of cosmetic products. Among others, which substances
that are not allowed to be used in cosmetic products, which substances that
only are allowed to be used under special conditions (for instance, at a
maximum concentration) as well as which substances that only are allowed to
be used (positive lists) within a special group (f. ex. hair dyes, preservatives).
Substances which are not allowed in cosmetic products
According to §12 of the Cosmetics Statutory Order “substances which are
entered in the appendix 2 (of the statutory order) are not allowed as
constituents in cosmetic products”.
Allowed substances with limitations in cosmetic products
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