The Detergent Regulation requires information on fragrance allergens in the labeling of a washing or cleaning agent (including makeup brush cleansers). The list of fragrance allergens is established within the Cosmetics Regulation and has recently been expanded to approximately 80 substances. The Detergent Regulation refers to the Cosmetics Regulation's list without specifying any transition periods, which has made the implementation unclear. The industry, with AISE at the forefront, has worked for transitional periods to be introduced into the legislation.

The Commission has now published a text on its website stating that the same transitional periods apply for laundry/cleaning agents as for cosmetic products (i.e., 3 years for placing on the market and 5 years for final sale) when it comes to labeling the new fragrance allergens.

The text is on the Commission's website as an explanation, not in an official document.

The text is available via this link under the heading 'Detergents regulations and documents'.

(Click on the “+” to expand the text under the heading. The information can be found far down under the 7th heading.)

"In order to allow businesses to adapt, Regulation (EU) 2023/1545 provides a transition period of 3 years for placing products on the market. Businesses have a period of up to 5 years to withdraw cosmetic products from the market which do not comply with the new requirements, and which were placed on the market before the new labeling provisions became applicable. Correspondingly, the same transition periods also apply for labeling fragrance allergens in detergents.”