Cosmetics Europe and IFRA welcome the agreement on the CLP revision

“We highly appreciate the recognition by the co-legislators of the need for specific provisions for the classification rules of substances with more than one constituent (‘MOCS’) extracted from plants or plant parts. This is a key development to support the future of the natural ingredients used in cosmetics and fragrances, which goes hand in hand with the EU’s objective to boost the bioeconomy”, said John Chave, Director General, Cosmetics Europe.

Maintaining the classification rules as they currently stand within CLP for these natural substances was critical, to avoid the overclassification of a number of natural substances, with a cascading effect on their continued use and authorization in cosmetic products.

A review clause has also been inserted in the final agreement, so that the European Commission presents a scientific report to the European Parliament and Council within the next 5 years.

“The agreement reached today also enshrines the need for clear scientific reasoning for the grouping of substances for harmonised classification and labelling”, said Aurelie Perrichet, Regional Director for Europe, IFRA. “We welcome this, to operationalise the grouping approach while preserving legal certainty. This is a critical point for our sector, given the anticipated impact of group restrictions on the perfumer’s palette”.

The CLP revision is the first completed building block of the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS). The CSS will be complemented by other important milestones for our sectors, such as the revision of REACH and the review of the Cosmetics Products Regulation.