ASEAN cosmetic ingredient regulations
Regional annexes require member-state effective-date and deviation checks.
- Regulator
- ASEAN Cosmetic Committee / national regulators
- Source language
- English and national languages
- Coverage version
- ASEAN Cosmetic Directive annexes 2026-1, 22 June 2026
What this list is
The ASEAN Cosmetic Directive is not law anywhere by itself. Each member state enacts it separately, on its own date, sometimes with its own changes — so a regional answer is a starting point, not a compliance answer.
- 2,224 regional records: 1,728 prohibited, 249 restricted, 247 on a positive list.
- The directive is agreed regionally and given force by each member state's own instrument.
- Effective dates differ between member states, so the same annex can be in force in one and not another.
- Member states may add national requirements the regional annexes do not contain.
The ASEAN Cosmetic Directive harmonises the annexes across ten member states, and it is genuinely useful for that: one set of prohibited, restricted and positive lists covering a region that would otherwise need ten separate checks. What it is not is directly binding. The directive takes effect in a member state when that state gives it effect in national law, and those instruments are made at different times.
Two consequences follow, and both bite in practice. An annex amendment agreed regionally may be in force in Singapore and not yet in Indonesia, so the same substance can have two different answers on the same day. And a member state may impose requirements of its own — notification procedures, labelling in a national language, additional restrictions — that the regional annexes say nothing about.
Treat what follows as the regional baseline. For a product going to a specific market, the national instrument and its current effective date are the answer, and this list is where to start rather than where to stop.
Checked against
Official ingredient records
2224 matching recordsColour Index 77120 — White
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77120 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77163 — White
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77163 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77220 — White
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77220 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77231 — White
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77231 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77266 — Black
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X · Purity >97% with the following impurity profile: Ash content ≤ 0.15%, total Sulphur ≤ 0.65%, total PAH ≤ 500 ppb, and benzo(a)pyrene ≤ 5 ppb, dibenz(a,h)anthracene ≤ 5 ppb, total As ≤ 3 ppm, total Pb ≤ 10 ppm, total Hg ≤ 1 ppm X · 10% max. concentration in the finished product Not to be used in applications that may lead to exposure of the end-user’s lungs by inhalation. Only nanomaterials having the following characteristics are allowed: • Purity >97% with the following impurity profile: Ash content ≤ 0.15%, total Sulphur ≤ 0.65%, total PAH ≤ 500 ppb, and benzo(a)pyrene ≤ 5 ppb, dibenz(a,h)anthracene ≤ 5 ppb, total As ≤ 3 ppm, total Pb ≤ 10 ppm, total Hg ≤ 1 ppm • Primary particle size ≥ 20 nm
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77266 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77267 — Black
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77267 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77268 — Black
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77268 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77288 — Green
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X · Free from chromate ion
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77288 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77289 — Green
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X · Free from chromate ion
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77289 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77346 — Green
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77346 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77400 — Brown
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77400 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77480 — Brown
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77480 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77489 — Orange
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77489 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77491 — Red
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77491 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77492 — Yellow
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77492 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77499 — Black
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77499 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77510 — Blue
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X · Free from cyanide ion
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77510 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77713 — White
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77713 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77742 — Violet
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77742 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77745 — Red
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77745 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77820 — White
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77820 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77891 — White
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X · Titanium dioxide in powder form containing 1 % or more of particles with aerodynamic diameter ≤ 10 µm, to be used in compliance with Annex III, No [338]
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77891 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colour Index 77947 — White
ASEAN Annex IV lists this record among colouring agents allowed for cosmetic use. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Conditions: X · Not to be used in applications that may lead to exposure of the end- user’s lungs by inhalation. Yellow · X Brown · X Orange · X Red · X White · X Blue · X Green · X
Source:ASEAN Annex IV, reference 77947 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colouring agent CI 12075 and its lakes, pigments and salts
CAS 3468-63-1 · EC 222-429-4
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 397 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colouring agent CI 12140
CAS 3118-97-6
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 378 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colouring agent CI 13065
CAS 587-98-4 · EC 209-608-2
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 387 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colouring agent CI 15585
CAS 2092-56-0 · EC 218-248-5
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 401 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colouring agent CI 26105
CAS 85-83-6 · EC 201-635-8
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 379 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colouring agent CI 42535
CAS 8004-87-3
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 388 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colouring agent CI 42555
CAS 548-62-9 · EC 208-953-6
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 380 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colouring agent CI 42640
CAS 1694-09-3
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 386 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colouring agent CI 45170, Colouring agent CI 45170:1
CAS 81-88-9 · EC 201-383-9
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 398 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Colouring agent CI 61554
CAS 17354-14-2
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 389 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Coniine
CAS 458-88-8
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 290 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Conium maculatum L. (fruit, powder, galenical preparations)
CAS 85116-75-2 · EC 285-527-6
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 99 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Convallatoxin
CAS 508-75-8
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 105 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Costus root oil (Saussurea lappa Clarke), when used as a
CAS 8023-88-9
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 1133 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Coumatetralyl (ISO); 4- hydroxy-3-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-
CAS 5836-29-3
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 1627 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Coumetarol (INN)
CAS 4366-18-1
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 225 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Creosote oil, acenaphthene fraction, acenaphthene-free, if it
CAS 90640-85-0
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 617 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Creosote oil, acenaphthene fraction, wash oil, if it contains >
CAS 90640-84-9
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 1206 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Creosote oil, high-boiling distillate, wash oil, if it contains >
CAS 70321-79-8
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 1209 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Creosote oil, if it contains > 0.005 %w/w benzo[a]pyrene
CAS 61789-28-4
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 1207 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Creosote oil, low-boiling distillate, wash oil, if it contains >
CAS 70321-80-1
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 1211 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Creosote, if it contains > 0.005 % w/w benzo[a]pyrene
CAS 8001-58-9
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 1208 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Croton tiglium (oil)
CAS 8001-28-3
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 107 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Crotonaldehyde
CAS 4170-30-3 · EC 204-647-1 / 224-030-0
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 1065 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Crude and refined coal tars
CAS 8007-45-2 · EC 232-361-7
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 420 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Cumene
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 1715 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Curare and curarine
ASEAN Annex II lists this record among substances prohibited in cosmetic products. Member-state transition rules and deviations still require local verification.
Source:ASEAN Annex II, reference 109 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30
Market coverage contract
Complete regional annex dataset- Included scope
- Annexes II, III, IV, VI and VII covering prohibited, restricted and positive-list substances.
- If no match is found
- Regional annex coverage does not replace member-state implementation dates, notifications or national deviations.
Complete verification checklist
- Search all ACD annexes by name and identifiers.
- Apply product type, maximum level and warning conditions.
- Confirm the target member state's adoption and transition date.
- Complete the local notification and responsible-company requirements.
How ASEAN differs from other markets
Comparing this market's imported rules against every other market's for the same substance. A market with no imported rule for a substance is left out of that comparison rather than treated as permitting it.
A formula cleared elsewhere can fail here.
Permitted here under conditions and prohibited, or more tightly held, elsewhere — so a formula built for this market may not travel.
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Official sources and legal role
ASEAN Cosmetic Directive annexes
Banned, restricted and positive-list substances under the harmonised ASEAN framework
Legal meaning: Regional directive; member-state transitions and deviations still require local verification
Available language: English
What this market page can answer
Source and authority
Identify the official material and the regulator responsible for it: ASEAN Cosmetic Committee / national regulators.
Language and scope
See whether usable English or bilingual material exists and what the mapped source actually covers. Current source language: English and national languages.
Evidence status
Browse ingredient-level records imported from official sources. Each row states whether it passed deterministic source checks or human editorial review.
How to verify an ingredient for this market
- Search the ingredient by INCI name, CAS number or EC number and record the exact identity.
- Open each official source above and check the current version, product scope, concentration limits and required warnings.
- Confirm effective dates and whether an English text is official, reviewed or only contextual.
- Treat a missing local match as unknown, never as permission or a safety conclusion.