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Authorities/Other Agencies of State
Notice Title

Cosmetic Products Group Standard (Amendment) Notice 2010

Pursuant to section 96B(3) of the Hazardous Substances
and New Organisms Act 1996 (the Act), the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA New Zealand) gives notice that the Cosmetic Products Group Standard 2006 is amended.
N o t i c e
1. Title-(1) This notice is the Cosmetic Products Group Standard (Amendment) Notice 2010 and is part of the principal notice.
(2) In this notice, "principal notice" means the Cosmetic Products Group Standard Notice 2006 (Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, 30 June 2006, No. 74, page 1889).
2. Purpose-The purpose of the Cosmetic Products Group Standard (Amendment) Notice 2010 is to update the
Group Standard with amendments made to the EU Cosmetics Directive, on which the Cosmetic Products Group Standard 2006 is closely based.
3. Commencement-The amendments referred to in clause 3, with the exception of 3(j), come into force 12 months after the date of their notification in the New Zealand Gazette. The amendment set out in 3(j) comes into effect 36 months after the date of its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.
4. Amendments to Group Standard-(1) This notice amends the principal notice by:
(a) deleting expired transition provisions in Schedule 2;
(b) updating the definition of "nanoparticle" (Schedule 3) to take into account the latest European Union definition;
(c) adding a preamble to Schedules 4 to 8;
(d) adding Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) numbers to the substances listed in Schedule 4;
(e) extending the deadline for components provisionally allowed with Restrictions in Schedule 5 Table 3 to 30 September 2011;
(f) modifying entry 450 in Schedule 4 (Verbena oil, Lippia citriodora Kunth., CAS No 8024-12-2) to exclude Verbena absolute obtained from Lippia citriodora Kunth;
(g) adding diethylene glycol (DEG, CAS # 111-46-6) to Schedule 4 as entry 1370;
(h) adding phytonadione [INCI], phytomenadione [INN] (CAS # 84-80-0/ 81818-54-4) to Schedule 4 as entry 1371;
(i) modifying entries 8 (p-Phenylenediamines) and 9 (Methylphenylenediamines), and adding entries 8a and 9a in Schedule 5 Table 1;
(j) additional warnings to be printed on the labels of certain hair dyes in Schedule 5 Tables 1 and 3;
(j) specifying that additional warnings are to be printed on the labels of certain hair dyes in Schedule 5 Tables 1 and 3;
(k) the modification of warning statements for fluorine-containing compounds in Schedule 5 Table 1;
(l) modifying entry 130 (Terpene terpenoids sinpine) in Schedule 5 Table 1 to remove the word "sinpine";
(m) adding allyl phenethyl ether (CAS No. 14289-65-7) to Schedule 5 Table 1 as entry 151a;
(n) adding toluene, CAS No. 108-88-3 to Schedule 5 Table 1 as entry 185;
(o) adding diethylene glycol (DEG) CAS No. 111-46-6 to Schedule 5 Table 1 as entry 186;
(p) adding diethylene glycol monobutyl ether (DEGBE) CAS No. 112-34-5) to Schedule 5 Table 1 as entry 187 and ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (EGBE) CAS No. 111-76-2 as entry 188;
(q) deleting entries 7, 9, 14, 24, 26, 28, 29, 47 and 58 from Schedule 5 Table 3 and adding them to Table 1;
(r) adding Verbena absolute (Lippia citriodora Kunth.), CAS No. 8024-12-2 to Schedule 5 Table 1 as entry 206;
(s) adding ethyl lauroyl arginate HCl to Schedule 5 Table 1 as entry 207;
(t) adding ethyl lauroyl arginate HCl to Schedule 7 as entry 58; and
(u) adding clause 4(5) in the "Scope" section clarifying the exclusion of substances intended to be ingested, inhaled, injected or implanted into the human body.
5. Availability-The full original Group Standard and amended Group Standard as well as Schedules and any information incorporated by reference may be:
(a) inspected free of charge during normal business hours at the ERMA New Zealand office; or
(b) purchased from ERMA New Zealand; or
(c) viewed at www.ermanz.govt.nz
ERMA New Zealand Contact Details
BP House, 20 Customhouse Quay, Wellington 6011, or
PO Box 131, Wellington 6140. Telephone: (04) 916 2426, Facsimile: (04) 914 0433. Email: info@ermanz.govt.nz
Dated at Wellington this 4th day of October 2010.
HELEN ATKINS, for and on behalf of the Environmental Risk Management Authority.