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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.

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Official ingredient records

1728 matching records
ProhibitedBinding ruleOriginal is EnglishOfficial-source import checked

2-Nitrotoluene

CAS 88-72-2

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 1165 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30

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ProhibitedBinding ruleOriginal is EnglishOfficial-source import checked

2-chlorobenzene-1,4-diamine (2-Chloro-p-Phenylenediamine), its sulfate and dihydrochloride salts when used as a substance in hair dye products

CAS 615-66-7 · EC 210-441-2

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 1384 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30

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ProhibitedBinding ruleOriginal is EnglishOfficial-source import checked

2-methylimidazole

CAS 693-98-1

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 1654 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30

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ProhibitedBinding ruleOriginal is EnglishOfficial-source import checked

3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine

CAS 91-94-1

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 712 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30

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ProhibitedBinding ruleOriginal is EnglishOfficial-source import checked

3,3'-Dimethoxybenzidine

CAS 119-90-4

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 709 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30

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3,4-Dinitrotoluene

CAS 610-39-9

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 693 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30

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3,5-Dinitrotoluene

CAS 618-85-9

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 694 · version 2026-1 · source checked 2026-08-30

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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

  1. Search all ACD annexes by name and identifiers.
  2. Apply product type, maximum level and warning conditions.
  3. Confirm the target member state's adoption and transition date.
  4. 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.

24 substances where ASEAN is stricter than some markets

A formula cleared elsewhere can fail here.

Diethylene GlycolPhenolCatalaseDichloromethaneDihydrocoumarinOxyquinolineThiramZirconium PowderButaneChloropheneFormaldehydeHydroquinoneIsobutaneQUATERNIUM-15Butylphenyl MethylpropionalMethylene GlycolSilver NitrateEthylhexyl Ethylhexanoate4-METHYLBENZYLIDENE CamphorBenzophenoneAzelaic AcidTriclosanCI 47005Dihydroxyacetone
125 substances where ASEAN is more permissive than some markets

Permitted here under conditions and prohibited, or more tightly held, elsewhere — so a formula built for this market may not travel.

Boric AcidMethyl Alcohol1-NAPHTHOLBenzoyl PeroxideChloramine THydrogen PeroxideP-HYDROXYANISOLE1,5-NAPHTHALENEDIOL2,7-NAPHTHALENEDIOL2-AMINO-6-CHLORO-4-NITROPHENOL2-METHYLRESORCINOL3-NITRO-P-HYDROXYETHYLAMINOPHENOL4-AMINO-2-HYDROXYTOLUENE4-AMINO-3-NITROPHENOL4-AMINO-M-CRESOLButoxyethanolDichloropheneM-AMINOPHENOLNitromethaneP-PHENYLENEDIAMINEPhenyl Methyl PyrazoloneTalcTOLUENE-2,5-DIAMINEZinc Pyrithione1,3-BIS-(2,4-DIAMINOPHENOXY)PROPANE1-HYDROXYETHYL 4,5-DIAMINO Pyrazole Sulfate2,6-DIAMINOPYRIDINE2,6-DIHYDROXY-3,4-DIMETHYLPYRIDINE2,6-DIHYDROXYETHYLAMINOTOLUENE2-AMINO-3-HYDROXYPYRIDINE2-AMINO-4-HYDROXYETHYLAMINOANISOLE2-CHLORO-6-ETHYLAMINO-4-NITROPHENOL2-HYDROXYETHYL Picramic Acid2-HYDROXYETHYLAMINO-5-NITROANISOLE2-METHYL-5-HYDROXYETHYLAMINOPHENOL3-AMINO-2,4-DICHLOROPHENOL3-METHYLAMINO-4-NITROPHENOXYETHANOL4-HYDROXYPROPYLAMINO-3-NITROPHENOL4-NITRO-O-PHENYLENEDIAMINE4-NITROPHENYL Aminoethylurea

and 85 more — see the full comparison

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

  1. Search the ingredient by INCI name, CAS number or EC number and record the exact identity.
  2. Open each official source above and check the current version, product scope, concentration limits and required warnings.
  3. Confirm effective dates and whether an English text is official, reviewed or only contextual.
  4. Treat a missing local match as unknown, never as permission or a safety conclusion.
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