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PINENE

Official label name (INCI name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 21079

PINENE: Allowed with restrictions (Annex III, entry 371), under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.

In plain words

What the rules say

Allowed, with restrictions: Annex III sets conditions of use. Ingredient lists do not give quantities, so the concentration cannot be checked on the label.

The text of the annexes

Allowed with restrictions

Entry
Annex III, No 371
Substance
2,6,6-Trimethylbi- cyclo[3.1.1]hept- 2-ene (alpha-Pinene); 6,6-Dimethyl- 2-methylenebicyclo [3.1.1]heptane (beta- Pinene)
Glossary names
Pinene
CAS
80-56-8/ 7785-70-8/ 127-91-3/ 18172-67-3
EC
201-291-9/ 232-087-8/ 204-872-5/ 242-060-2
Other conditions
The presence of the substance or the substances shall be indicated in the list of ingredients referred to in Article 19(1), point (g), when the concentration of the substance or the substances exceeds: — 0,001 % in leave-on products — 0,01 % in rinse-off products. The peroxide value shall be less than 10 mmoles/L (This limit applies to the substance and not to the finished cosmetic product).
Dates in the act (3)
  • Entry into force on 16 August 2023
  • Placing on the market until 31 July 2026
    Cosmetic products containing that substance that do not comply with the restrictions may be placed on the Union market until 31 July 2026 and made available on the Union market until 31 July 2028.
  • Making available until 31 July 2028
    Cosmetic products containing that substance that do not comply with the restrictions may be placed on the Union market until 31 July 2026 and made available on the Union market until 31 July 2028.

Excerpts from the English text published in the Official Journal. A date may concern only some substances of the act: the excerpt says so.

Elsewhere in the world

Information on other jurisdictions. What is covered, and what is not yet.

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

  • No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation

Entry 371 of Annex III of EU law (Regulation (EU) 2023/1545) has no equivalent in British law.

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.

Recorded cosmetics that contain it

75 recorded products list it, according to Open Beauty Facts contributors. Records are dated: the formula may have changed. See the list (page in French).

Glossary: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175. Page updated on 21 October 2026.