Is Pigment Blue 15:3 (CI 74160) allowed in tattoo ink in the EU?
Entry 75 of REACH Annex XVII exempted Pigment Blue 15:3 from its tattoo ink restriction only until 4 January 2023. That date has passed.
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- Listed in the regulation as
- Pigment Blue 15:3 (CI 74160, EC No 205-685-1, CAS No 147-14-8)
- CI number
- 74160
- CAS number
- 147-14-8
- EC number
- 205-685-1
- Derogation
- paragraph 1 of entry 75 does not apply to it until 4 January 2023 (entry 75, paragraph 4)
- Where in the text
- Annex XVII to REACH, entry 75, paragraph 4
- Sources
- Regulation (EU) 2020/2081, entry 75 of Annex XVII to REACH (Official Journal text, via the EU Publications Office), read 5 November 2026; consolidated REACH text of 22 June 2026, read 5 November 2026
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