Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP)_

Recent revi­sions to the CLP Regu­la­tion recog­ni­ze the need for tai­lo­red pro­vi­sions con­cer­ning subs­tan­ces com­po­sed of mul­ti­ple cons­ti­tuents extrac­ted from plants or plant parts (MOCS). The­se pro­vi­sions help main­tain appro­pria­te clas­si­fi­ca­tion stan­dards, pre­ven­ting unne­ces­sary res­tric­tions on natu­ral fra­gran­ce ingre­dients and sup­por­ting their ongoing avai­la­bi­lity. Such regu­la­tory cla­rity is alig­ned with broa­der EU objec­ti­ves pro­mo­ting the bio­eco­nomy and sus­tai­na­ble ingre­dient use.

Addi­tio­nally, the CLP Regu­la­tion empha­si­zes that scien­ti­fic reaso­ning must under­pin any deci­sions on grou­ping subs­tan­ces for har­mo­ni­zed clas­si­fi­ca­tion. Clear and evi­den­ce-based regu­la­tory approa­ches pro­vi­de trans­pa­rency and legal cer­tainty, which are par­ti­cu­larly sig­ni­fi­cant given the fra­gran­ce industry’s relian­ce on a diver­se array of ingredients.

Regu­lar reviews embed­ded within the CLP fra­me­work ensu­re it remains scien­ti­fi­cally robust and rele­vant, adap­ting to new evi­den­ce and tech­no­lo­gi­cal advan­ce­ments over time. The­se ongoing assess­ments form a fun­da­men­tal com­po­nent of Euro­pe’s wider che­mi­cal safety and sus­tai­na­bi­lity strategy.