EU Cosmetics Regulation: 21 CMR Substances Banned From 1 September 2025 (Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/877)

Market

European Union / European Economic Area cosmetic products market, governed by Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 on cosmetic products, amended here as part of the recurring Omnibus CMR-alignment cycle (secondary sources label this instance Omnibus Act VII).

Companies

Not company-specific. This is a market-wide EU regulatory ban, not an action against a named company - it applies to all manufacturers, importers, and responsible persons placing cosmetic products on the EU/EEA market. Secondary media coverage (Ceway, CIRS Group) notes downstream impact concentrates on nail-gel and UV-curing-system manufacturers because one banned substance, Trimethylbenzoyl Diphenylphosphine Oxide (TPO), is a common UV-cure photoinitiator in gel nail polish - but no specific company is named in the primary filing, and none is asserted here.

Event date

2025-09-01 (application/operative date per Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/877: the substance ban shall apply from 1 September 2025). Distinct from the regulation's legal entry-into-force date of 2025-06-02 (20th day after Official Journal publication on 2025-05-13), which the primary text states separately.

Archived source

Primary: EUR-Lex Official Journal record, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/877/oj/eng (PDF: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ%3AL_202500877). Wayback Machine snapshot confirmed available: http://web.archive.org/web/20260714055451/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/877/oj/eng (captured 2026-07-14T05:54:51Z).

Publication date

2025-05-13 (Official Journal publication: OJ L, 2025/877, 13.5.2025). The Commission adopted the regulation one day earlier, 2025-05-12, per the instrument's own dating (Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/877 of 12 May 2025).

Verification date

2026-08-21 - date these facts were checked against the EUR-Lex Official Journal record via two independent live fetches of the primary source, cross-checked against secondary trade-press summaries.

Correction history

One conflict identified and resolved: a secondary trade-press source (CIRS Group) stated Entry into force: September 1, 2025, conflating the regulation's legal entry-into-force date with its later application/operative date. Two independent direct fetches of the EUR-Lex primary text confirmed the regulation distinguishes the two: entry into force is the 20th day after OJ publication (2025-06-02, from publication on 2025-05-13), while the ban only becomes operative from 2025-09-01. Both dates are preserved rather than collapsed into one, per the primary text. Minor secondary-source variance also existed on substance count framing (one summary read the 1731-1751 range as 20 new substances; two other checks, including a direct EUR-Lex fetch, confirm 21 substances/entries in that inclusive range) - resolved in favor of the primary-source-confirmed count of 21. No further corrections logged as of verification date.

Primary announcement

Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/877 of 12 May 2025 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 on cosmetic products, as regards substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction (CMR categories 1A, 1B or 2 under CLP Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 Annex VI Part 3). Adds 21 new entries to Annex II, numbered 1731-1751, including Trimethylbenzoyl Diphenylphosphine Oxide (TPO, entry 1731); deletes entry 311 from Annex III, transferring its content to Annex II entry 1730; clarifies chemical nomenclature at Annex II entry 1580 (cymoxanil). Entry into force: 20th day after OJ publication (2025-06-02). Application/operative date per the regulation's own text (It shall apply from 1 September 2025): 2025-09-01.

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