Chemicals: Parliament adopts revised cosmetics, fertiliser and labelling rules (Omnibus VI)

The European Parliament adopted revised rules on cosmetics, fertilisers and labelling on 22 October 2026, by 477 votes to 59, with 41 abstentions. The amendments are intended to introduce greater flexibility while maintaining a high level of protection for human health and the environment.

The changes, already informally agreed between Council and Parliament negotiators, are part of the Commission's Omnibus VI package to simplify provisions.

The adopted text will require cosmetics containing carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic (CMR) substances to be withdrawn from the market faster than the Commission had proposed.

Under the text adopted by Parliament, where no company defends a substance for continued use, businesses will have six months from the date the ban takes effect to stop placing…