TRIPHENYL PHOSPHATE
Official label name (INCIInternational name of cosmetic ingredients: the one printed on the pack. name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 29421
- Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)
TRIPHENYL PHOSPHATE: Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II, entry 1767), under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009. Good to know: endocrine disruptor (ECHA list). Annexes of the Regulation consulted on 21 October 2026.
Who it concerns
This ingredient is prohibited in cosmetics in the European Union: what follows describes its hazards, not a permitted use.
What official classifications and rules say for each group. A classification describes the hazard of the pure substance, not the risk of a product that contains it, which depends on the dose and the exposure.
Prohibition or serious classificationThe text prohibits the substance for this use, or ranks it among the most serious hazards (known or presumed carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, identified endocrine disruptor).Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.For informationOfficial information with no condition on a finished product: warning to read, irritation of the pure substance.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
Prohibited in cosmetics in the European Union for everyone, whatever the age or situation: no specific condition is therefore needed for this group.
Babies and children
Prohibited in cosmetics in the European Union for everyone, whatever the age or situation: no specific condition is therefore needed for this group.
Skin, eyes and allergies
No official classification for sensitisation, irritation or eye damage, and no obligation to label it as an allergen.
Environment
Prohibition or serious classificationThe text prohibits the substance for this use, or ranks it among the most serious hazards (known or presumed carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, identified endocrine disruptor).
Prohibition or serious classification ECHAEuropean Chemicals Agency. has included it in the Candidate List as an endocrine disruptor for the environment.
Read on the label
The Cosmetics Regulation requires no warning to be printed for this ingredient.
ECHA, Candidate List of substances of very high concern for authorisation (REACH), retrieved 23 October 2026, source updated 23 October 2026.
Source: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), Candidate List.
In plain words
What it is used for
Functions declared by manufacturers:
Plasticiser: softens and makes supple another substance that otherwise could not be easily deformed, spread or worked out.
Functions declared in the CosIngThe European Commission's database of cosmetic ingredients. inventory. CosIng, inventory of cosmetic ingredients (INCI names, CAS, EC, functions), retrieved 21 October 2026.
Definitions of functions (decision repealed on 8 May 2020, cited for information). Decision 2006/257/EC, inventory of cosmetic ingredients (definitions of functions), retrieved 22 October 2026.
What the rules say
It is prohibited to use it in a cosmetic product sold in the European Union, whatever the dose. If it appears on the ingredient list of a recent product, this needs checking: the record may be old or wrong, or the product intended for another market.
CosIng, Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 (prohibited substances), retrieved 21 October 2026, source updated 13 October 2026.
Hazard and risk
The European Union has identified it as an endocrine disruptor: a substance that alters the functioning of the hormonal system and causes adverse effects. This alone does not prohibit it in cosmetics: a legal text must add it to the annexes.
ECHA, Candidate List of substances of very high concern for authorisation (REACH), retrieved 23 October 2026, source updated 23 October 2026.
Source: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), Candidate List.
The text of the annexes
Prohibited in cosmetics
CosIng links the name TRIPHENYL PHOSPHATE to this Annex II entry.
- Entry
- Annex II, No 1767
- Substance
- Triphenyl Phosphate
- CAS
- 115-86-6
- EC
- 204-112-2
Dates in the act (1)
- Entry into force on 18 May 2026
Excerpts from the English text published in the Official Journal. A date may concern only some substances of the act: the excerpt says so.
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, Annex II, entry 1767. CosIng, Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 (prohibited substances), retrieved 21 October 2026, source updated 13 October 2026.
Entry from Regulation (EU) 2026/909, adopted on 27 April 2026.
What has changed, and what will change
Dates of the texts that cover this ingredient. A text date may cover several substances: the details of each entry are below.
Included by ECHA in the Candidate List (endocrine disruptor)
Annex II, entry 1767: introduced or replaced by Regulation (EU) 2026/909
Annex II, entry 1767: applies from this date
Identity
- CosIng identifier
- 59879
- CAS (according to CosIng)
- 115-86-6
- EC (according to CosIng)
- 204-112-2
- Declared functions
- Plasticiser
- Wikidata
- Q418573
- PubChem
- 8289
- ECHA InfoCard
- 100.003.739
- InChIKey
- XZZNDPSIHUTMOC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CosIng inventory. CosIng, inventory of cosmetic ingredients (INCI names, CAS, EC, functions), retrieved 21 October 2026.
Wikidata, items with a CosIng identifier (P3073), retrieved 22 October 2026.
Wikidata, PubChem and ECHA links are published only when verified: same CosIng identifier, a single item, matching CAS number.
Endocrine disruptor
These lists record an evaluation, not a prohibition: in cosmetics, a substance identified as an endocrine disruptor is prohibited only if a legal text adds it to the annexes.
- Identified as an endocrine disruptor at EU level
Recorded evaluations
- Candidate list, REACH, 2024 (environment)
Triphenyl phosphate, linked by CAS 115-86-6. ECHA, Candidate List of substances of very high concern for authorisation (REACH), retrieved 23 October 2026, source updated 23 October 2026.
Source: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), Candidate List.
Elsewhere in the world
Information on other jurisdictions, with no effect on sale in France. What is covered, and what is not yet.
Comparison between countries
Most restrictive status in each country, and the maximum concentration cited. The details and the source of each rule follow.
| Country | Rule | Maximum concentration cited |
|---|---|---|
| European Union | Prohibited in cosmetics | not cited |
| United Kingdom | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation differs from the EU | not cited |
| Switzerland | EU Regulation applies | not cited |
| United States (federal) | No federal rule recorded | not cited |
| Japan | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
| South Korea | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
| China | Not on the prohibited lists recorded (lists of allowed substances are not recorded) | not cited |
| Australia | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
| Brazil | No entry in the lists recorded | not cited |
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation
Entry 1767 of Annex II of EU law (Regulation (EU) 2026/909) has no equivalent in British law.
Annexes II to VI in force. United Kingdom, Annexes II to VI of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 as retained and amended, retrieved 21 October 2026.
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Northern Ireland applies EU law.
Switzerland
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 applies in Switzerland (Article 54 of the Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles).
Switzerland, FDHA Ordinance on Cosmetic Products (OCos, SR 817.023.31), consolidated version, retrieved 22 October 2026.
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.
United States, 21 CFR part 700 and section 250.250 (FDA rules on cosmetic ingredients), eCFR, retrieved 21 October 2026.
The eCFR is not an official legal edition of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Recorded cosmetics that contain it
3 recorded products list it, according to Open Beauty Facts contributors. Records are dated: the formula may have changed. See the list (in French).
Open Beauty Facts, export of cosmetic products, retrieved 21 October 2026.
Data “Open Beauty Facts and its contributors”, licensed under ODbL 1.0 (opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0); derived table distributed under the same licence.
Glossary: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175. Page updated on 21 October 2026.