Member countries are set to oppose the European Commission’s proposal to lift a blanket ban on cancer-causing chemicals in certain cosmetic products, according to a draft proposal seen by POLITICO.
The Council of the EU proposal, which is still subject to change, is a more up-to-date version of a draft previously reported on by POLITICO.
As part of its simplification drive, the Commission wants to relax the rules for carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic (CMR) substances by lifting an automatic ban on noningested cosmetics.
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The idea is that cosmetics containing these substances pose lower risk when they are not inhaled or swallowed. It was one of the more controversial measures in the Commission’s Chemicals Omnibus bill released in July.
