active content(AC) means the sum of organic ingoing substances in the product, expressed in grams, calculated on the basis of the complete formulation of the final product, but without the water content of the ingredients and the organic rubbing/abrasive agents;
children productsmeans products marketed to be used up to the age of 12 years and products marketed as ‘family product’;
impuritiesmeans residuals, pollutants, contaminants, by-products, etc. from production, incl. production of raw materials that remain in the raw material/ingredient and/or in the in the final product in concentrations less than 100 ppm (0,0100 % w/w, 100 mg/kg) in the rinse-off product and less than 10 ppm (0,0010 % w/w, 10,0 mg/kg) in the leave-on product;
ingoing substancesmeans all substances in the product, including additives (e.g. preservatives and stabilisers) in the raw materials.
leave on productsmeans products marketed as not intended to be removed with water after use in normal conditions;
microplasticsmeans particles with a size of below 5 mm of insoluble macromolecular plastic, obtained through one of the following processes: a) a polymerisation process such as polyaddition or polycondensation or a similar process using monomers or other starting substances;
nanomaterialmeans an insoluble or biopersistant and intentionally manufactured material with one or more external dimensions, or an internal structure, on the scale from 1 to 100 nm, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009;
primary packagingmeans packaging in direct contact with the content conceived so as to constitute the smallest sales unit of distribution to the final user or consumer at the point of purchase;
rinse off productsmeans products marketed as intended to be removed with water after use in normal conditions.
secondary packagingmeans packaging which can be removed from the product without affecting its characteristics and is conceived so as to constitute at the point of purchase a grouping of a certain number of sales units whether the latter is sold as such to the final user or consumer or whether it serves only as a means to replenish the shelves at the point of sale.
substances identified to have endocrine disrupting propertiesmeans substances which have been identified to have endocrine disrupting properties (human health and/or environment) according to Article 57(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (candidate list of substances of very high concern for authorisation), or according to Regulations (EU) No 528/2012 or (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council.