Guide to Consulting CosIng Official Online / Database for Cosmetics Ingredients in the EU

ID 23970 | 13.05.2025 / CosIng 2.0 Last published on: 4 July 2023

This User's Guide explains how to use CosIng, the online consultation tool of the European Commission describing cosmetic ingredients contained in: 

- Cosmetics Regulation (EC) No 2009/1223 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

- The Inventory and Common Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients, as amended by Decision 2006/257/EC establishing a common nomenclature of ingredients employed for labelling cosmetic products throughout the EU; 

- Opinions on Cosmetic Ingredients provided by the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS). CosIng includes all data since the adoption of the Cosmetics Directive in 1976. However, references to scientific opinions of the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety are restricted to those published on the Internet

Database:

https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/

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