
Article 1 
Annexes III and VI to Directive 76/768/EEC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2 
Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that from 23 March 2008 no cosmetic products which fail to comply with this Directive are placed on the market by Community manufacturers or by importers established within the Community.
Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that those products are not sold or disposed of to the final consumer after 23 June 2008.
Article 3 

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 23 September 2007 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 4 
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 5 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 March 2007.
For the Commission
Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President
ANNEX

Directive 76/768/EEC is amended as follows:

((1)) Annex III, Part 1, is amended as follows:
Reference numbers 98 to 101 are added as indicated below:

Reference No Substance Restrictions Conditions of use and warnings which must be printed on the label
Field of application and/or use Maximum authorised concentration in the finished cosmetic product Other limitations and requirements
a b c d e f
‘98 Salicylic acid(CAS No 69-72-7) 
a) Rinse-off hair products

b) Other products
 
a) 3,0 %

b) 2,0 %
 Not to be used in preparations for children under three years of age, except for shampoos.For purposes other than inhibiting the development of micro-organisms in the product. This purpose has to be apparent from the presentation of the product. Not to be used for children under three years of age
99 Inorganic sulfites and bisulfites 
a) Oxidative hair dye products

b) Hair straightening products

c) Self tanning products for the face

d) Other self tanning products
 
a) 0,67 % expressed as free SO2

b) 6,7 % expressed as free SO2

c) 0,45 % expressed as free SO2

d) 0,40 % expressed as free SO2
 For purposes other than inhibiting the development of micro-organisms in the product. This purpose has to be apparent from the presentation of the product. 
100 Triclocarban(CAS No 101-20-2) Rinse-off products 1,5 % Purity criteria:
 3,3',4,4'-Tetrachloroazobenzene ≤ 1 ppm
 3,3',4,4'-Tetrachloroazoxybenzene ≤ 1 ppmFor purposes other than inhibiting the development of micro-organisms in the product. This purpose has to be apparent from the presentation of the product. 
101 Zinc pyrithione(CAS No 13463-41-7) Leave-on hair products 0,1 % For purposes other than inhibiting the development of micro-organisms in the product. This purpose has to be apparent from the presentation of the product. 





((2)) Annex VI, Part 1, is amended as follows:

a)) In column b, the symbol ‘(*)’ is deleted for the reference numbers 1, 2, 4, 7, 12, 14, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 37, 42 and 47.
b)) In column b, the symbol ‘(*)’ is added for the reference numbers 5 and 43.
c)) Reference number 1 is replaced by the following:

Reference No Substance Maximum authorised concentration Limitations and requirements Conditions of use and warnings which must be printed on the label
a b c d e
‘1 Benzoic acid (CAS No 65-85-0) and its sodium salt (CAS No 532-32-1) Rinse-off products, except oral care products: 2,5 % (acid)Oral care products: 1,7 % (acid)Leave-on products: 0,5 % (acid)  
1a Salts of benzoic acid other than that listed under reference number 1 and esters of benzoic acid 0,5 % (acid)’  
d)) Reference number 8 is replaced by the following:

Reference No Substance Maximum authorised concentration Limitations and requirements Conditions of use and warnings which must be printed on the label
a b c d e
‘8 Zinc pyrithione (*)(CAS No 13463-41-7) Hair products: 1,0 %Other products: 0,5 % Rinse-off products only.No use in products for oral hygiene.’ 
e)) Reference number 36 is deleted.
