On April 29, 2022, the EU released the updated "Glossary of Common Ingredient Names", which will be effective from April 29, 2023.

The updated glossary corrected existing ingredient names that were erroneously reported or omitted, and newly included 3,579 ingredient names.

After a public consultation of 60 days, on April 29, 2022, the EU released the updated "Glossary of Common Ingredient Names". The updated glossary will officially take effect on April 29, 2023, while the stakeholders can use the ingredient names set out in it from its release date. Compared to the glossary currently in force, the updated glossary corrected the existing ingredient names that were erroneously reported or omitted, and newly included 3,579 ingredient names, bringing the total from 26,491 to 30,070. ¹

Introduction of Glossary of Common Ingredient Names

Article 19 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 on Cosmetic Products stipulates that cosmetic products available on the market shall label ingredients' information on their container and packaging. To ensure uniform labelling and facilitate the identification of cosmetic ingredients, the European Commission takes charge of compiling and updating the glossary of common ingredient names. It should be noted that the glossary is not a list of safe ingredients that are approved for use in cosmetic products. Instead, it is compiled and updated to make sure the cosmetic products on the Union market are labelled with correct ingredient names.

The glossary is required to take account of internationally recognized nomenclatures including the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients (INCI). Some ingredients used in perfume and aromatic compositions do not have an INCI name. To label the cosmetic products containing those ingredients, the so-called "perfuming names" have been used in the Union. Therefore, for those ingredients, the glossary should list the perfuming names that have been previously used for them. In addition, for colorants other than colorants intended to colour the hair, the Colour Index (CI) nomenclature is to be used to label cosmetic products containing them. In this case, the glossary also includes the CI number as the common ingredient name for colorants other than colorants to colour the hair.

To meet the demand as well as requirements on the glossary, the Commission published the current effective "Glossary of Common Ingredient Names" on May 8, 2019. ² Since then, there are new ingredients introduced onto the Union market every year. The glossary is therefore updated and adopted by the Commission.

Further Reading

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Reference Links

[1] Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/677

[2] Commission Decision (EU) 2019/701

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