Article 5

For a period of three years from notification of this Directive, Member States shall accept the marketing of cosmetic products containing: (a) the substances listed in Part 1 of Annex IV within the limits and under the conditions laid down; the colouring agents listed in Part 2 of Annex IV within the limits and under the conditions laid down, if these products are intended for application in the vicinity of the eyes, on the lips, in the oral cavity, or to the external genital organs; the colouring agents listed in Part 3 of Annex IV, if these products either are not intended to come into contact with the mucous membranes or are only intended to come into brief contact with the skin. or definitively prohibited (Annex II), or retained for a further period of three years in Annex IV, or deleted from all Annexes to this Directive. On expiry of the three year period, these substances and colouring agents shall: - either be definitively permitted,

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-05 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.