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EU Detergents Regulation

Freshly laundered towels and linen next to unbranded detergent bottles, lemon slices and lavender
Freshly laundered towels and linen next to unbranded detergent bottles, lemon slices and lavender

What is the Detergents Regulation?

The Deter­gents Regu­la­tion (Regu­la­tion (EU) 2026⁄405, repla­cing the ori­gi­nal 2004 Deter­gents Regu­la­tion) is the EU’s core legal fra­me­work gover­ning the pla­cing on the mar­ket and use of deter­gents and clea­ning pro­ducts. It sets requi­re­ments to ensu­re that the­se pro­ducts are safe, effec­ti­ve, and com­pliant with envi­ron­men­tal and health pro­tec­tion rules across the EU. Follo­wing its recent revi­sion, the Regu­la­tion will fully apply from 23 Sep­tem­ber 2029, giving com­pa­nies time to adapt to the new rules. In the mean­ti­me, the Euro­pean Com­mis­sion and rele­vant sta­kehol­ders are deve­lo­ping the secon­dary legis­la­tion nee­ded to apply it in prac­ti­ce, on topics ran­ging from tech­ni­cal docu­men­ta­tion and the digi­tal pro­duct pass­port to bio­de­gra­da­bi­lity requirements.

Why the Detergents Regulation matters for fragrance

Fra­gran­ce is a key ingre­dient in deter­gents and hou­sehold clea­ning pro­ducts, even though it typi­cally makes up a very small frac­tion of a finished pro­duct. It helps eli­mi­na­te and mask malo­dor, and it is a key dif­fe­ren­tia­tor bet­ween pro­ducts. It is one of the main reasons con­su­mers choo­se one pro­duct over another, it con­tri­bu­tes to con­su­mer satis­fac­tion, adhe­ren­ce to clea­ning and hygie­ne habits, and it helps bring a diver­se ran­ge of pro­ducts to consumers.

The Deter­gents Regu­la­tion sets spe­ci­fic requi­re­ments for the use of fra­gran­ce ingre­dients in deter­gents. Becau­se a fra­gran­ce used in a deter­gent pro­duct is a com­plex mix­tu­re that can con­tain dozens of indi­vi­dual ingre­dients, con­sis­tency bet­ween the Deter­gents Regu­la­tion and the wider EU che­mi­cals legis­la­tion is vital. The Clas­si­fi­ca­tion, Labe­lling and Pac­ka­ging (CLP) Regu­la­tion and the Regis­tra­tion, Eva­lua­tion, Autho­ri­sa­tion and Res­tric­tion of Che­mi­cals (REACH) Regu­la­tion already set a num­ber of rules that also apply to ingre­dients used in deter­gents. The­se inclu­de rules on tech­ni­cal docu­men­ta­tion, on infor­ma­tion pas­sed along the supply chain and sha­red with poi­son cen­ters, and on bio­de­gra­da­bi­lity, unders­co­ring the impor­tan­ce of main­tai­ning con­sis­tency across the dif­fe­rent legis­la­ti­ve frameworks.

Secondary legislation under discussion

With the revi­sed Regu­la­tion adop­ted, atten­tion has tur­ned to the secon­dary legis­la­tion that will imple­ment it. For fra­gran­ces, two areas are of par­ti­cu­lar impor­tan­ce. The first con­cerns the tech­ni­cal infor­ma­tion and docu­men­ta­tion to be made avai­la­ble across the value chain. The second is the labe­ling requi­re­ments that apply to fra­gran­ce ingre­dients, inclu­ding allergens.

IFRA is follo­wing this work clo­sely to sup­port an imple­men­ta­tion which ensu­res that infor­ma­tion nee­ded for safe use is avai­la­ble, whi­le con­fi­den­tial busi­ness infor­ma­tion remains appro­pria­tely pro­tec­ted. Par­ti­cu­lar atten­tion is also being given to ensu­ring con­sis­tency with the broa­der EU che­mi­cals legis­la­tion, inclu­ding CLP and REACH, as well as cohe­ren­ce with the fra­gran­ce aller­gen labe­ling requi­re­ments appli­ca­ble under the Cos­me­tic Pro­ducts Regulation.

IFRA also sup­ports the imple­men­ta­tion of the Deter­gents Regu­la­tion as an obser­ver mem­ber in the Euro­pean Com­mis­sion Expert Group on Detergents.