
Article 1 
Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
From 16 April 2015 only cosmetic products which comply with this Regulation shall be placed on the Union market.
From 16 October 2015 only cosmetic products which comply with this Regulation shall be made available on the Union market.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 16 April 2015.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 18 September 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX

Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 is amended as follows:

((1)) entry 12 is replaced by the following:

 Substance Identification Conditions 
Reference number Chemical name/INN Name of Common Ingredients Glossary CAS number EC number Product type, Body parts Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation Other Wording of conditions of use and warnings
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‘12 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid and its Methyl- and Ethyl- esters, and their salts 4-Hydroxybenzoic acidmethylparabenpotassium ethylparabenpotassium parabensodium methylparabensodium ethylparabenethylparabensodium parabenpotassium methylparabencalcium paraben 99-96-799-76-336457-19-916782-08-45026-62-035285-68-8120-47-8114-63-626112-07-269959-44-0 202-804-9202-785-7253-048-1240-830-2225-714-1252-487-6204-399-4204-051-1247-464-2274-235-4  0,4 % (as acid) for single ester0,8 % (as acid) for mixtures of esters’  
((2)) entry 12a is inserted:

 Substance Identification Conditions 
Reference number Chemical name/INN Name of Common Ingredients Glossary CAS number EC number Product type, Body parts Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation Other Wording of conditions of use and warnings
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‘12a Butyl 4-hydroxybenzoate and its saltsPropyl 4-hydroxybenzoate and its salts Butylparabenpropylparabensodium propylparabensodium butylparabenpotassium butylparabenpotassium propylparaben 94-26-894-13-335285-69-936457-20-238566-94-884930-16-5 202-318-7202-307-7252-488-1253-049-7254-009-1284-597-5  0,14 % (as acid) for the sum of the individual concentrations0,8 % (as acid) for mixtures of substances mentioned in entry 12 and 12a, where the sum of the individual concentrations of butyl- and propylparaben and their salts does not exceed 0,14 % Not to be used in leave-on products designed for application on the nappy area of children under three years of age. For leave-on products designed for children under three years of age:“Do not use on the nappy area”’
