DIMETHYL OXALATE
Official label name (INCI name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 8988
- Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III)
DIMETHYL OXALATE: Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III, entry 3), under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.
In plain words
What it is used for
Functions declared by manufacturers:
Chelating: reacts and forms complexes with metal ions which could affect the stability and/or appearance of cosmetics.
Plasticiser: softens and makes supple another substance that otherwise could not be easily deformed, spread or worked out.
Solvent: dissolves other substances.
What the rules say
This name is only cited as an example in an entry of Annex III, which covers a family of substances: the exact conditions depend on the form used.
The text of the annexes
Allowed with restrictions
CosIng cites the name DIMETHYL OXALATE in this entry, whose regulated name is “OXALIC ACID”: the title below says which form or use it covers.
- Product type
- Hair products
- Maximum concentration
- 5%
- Other conditions
- Professional use
- Warning to print
- For professional use only
- Entry
- Annex III, No 3
- Substance
- Oxalic acid, its esters and alkaline salts
- Glossary names
- OXALIC ACID
- CAS
- 144-62-7
- EC
- 205-634-3
Dates in the act (10)
- Entry into force on 11 January 2010
- Application from 1 December 2010
It shall apply from 11 July 2013, with the exception of: — Article 15(1) and (2) which shall apply from 1 December 2010, as well as Articles 14, 31 and 32 to the extent that they are necessary to apply Article 15(1) and (2); and — Article 16(3) second subparagraph, which shall apply from 11 January 2013.
- Entry into force on 1 December 2010
- Condition applicable from 11 January 2012
As from 11 January 2012, by way of derogation from Directive 76/768/EEC, notification carried out in accordance with Article 13 of this Regulation shall be considered to comply with Article 7(3) and Article 7a(4) of that Directive
- Application from 11 January 2013
July 2013, with the exception of: — Article 15(1) and (2) which shall apply from 1 December 2010, as well as Articles 14, 31 and 32 to the extent that they are necessary to apply Article 15(1) and (2); and — Article 16(3) second subparagraph, which shall apply from 11 January 2013.
- Entry into force on 11 January 2013
- Application from 11 July 2013
It shall apply from 11 July 2013, with the exception of: — Article 15(1) and (2) which shall apply from 1 December 2010, as well as Articles 14, 31 and 32 to the extent that they are necessary to apply Article 15(1) and (2); and — Article 16(3) second subparagraph, which shall appl
- Entry into force on 11 July 2013
- Placing on the market before 11 July 2013
Article 39 Transitional provisions By way of derogation from Directive 76/768/EEC, cosmetic products which comply with this Regulation may be placed on the market before 11 July 2013.
- Placing on the market from 11 July 2013
As from 11 July 2013, a distributor who makes available in a Member State a cosmetic product already placed on the market in another Member State and translates, on his own initiative, any element of the labelling of that product in order to comply with national law, shall submit, by electronic means, the following info
Excerpts from the English text published in the Official Journal. A date may concern only some substances of the act: the excerpt says so.
Identity
- CosIng identifier
- 33482
- CAS (according to CosIng)
- 553-90-2
- EC (according to CosIng)
- 209-053-6
- Declared functions
- Chelating, Plasticiser, Solvent
- Wikidata
- Q412931
- PubChem
- 11120
- ECHA InfoCard
- 100.008.231
- InChIKey
- LOMVENUNSWAXEN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Elsewhere in the world
Information on other jurisdictions. What is covered, and what is not yet.
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III)
Same entries as in the European Union. Conditions (concentrations, warnings) may differ: they are not compared here.
Switzerland
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 applies in Switzerland (Article 54 of the Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles).
United States, federal rules
None of the integrated sections of the federal code (21 CFR 700.11 to 700.27 and 250.250) targets this name. The FDA does not publish a list of allowed ingredients.
South Korea
- Restricted: 옥살릭애씨드, 그 에스텔류 및 알칼리 염류 (DIMETHYL OXALATE)
별표 2, 기타 (other substances with limits), entry 58, page 39-40. Limit: 두발용제품류에 5%.
Conditions, source text, in Korean
비고: 기타 제품에는 사용금지 | 화학물질명: 옥살릭애씨드 (CAS No. 144-62-7) | 화학물질명: 디에틸옥살레이트 (CAS No. 95-92-1) | 화학물질명: 디부틸옥살레이트 (CAS No. 2050-60-4) | 화학물질명: 소듐옥살레이트 (CAS No. 62-76-0) | 화학물질명: 디이소부틸옥살레이트 (CAS No. 13784-89-9) | 화학물질명: 디리튬옥살레이트 (CAS No. 553-91-3) | 화학물질명: 디메틸옥살레이트 (CAS No. 553-90-2) | 화학물질명: 디포타슘옥살레이트 (CAS No. 583-52-8) | 화학물질명: 디프로필옥살레이트 (CAS No. 615-98-5) | 화학물질명: 디이소프로필옥살레이트 (CAS No. 615-81-6)
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