draft commission directive amending for the purpose of adaptation to technical progress annex iii to council directive 76 768 eec concerning cosmetic products 5 pages in english . presently there are 29 oxidative hair dye substances which are provisionally allowed for use in cosmetics until 31 december 2009 under the restrictions and conditions laid down in part 2 of annex iii to directive 76 768 eec. the scientific data required by the eu safety assessment strategy for hair dyes on the safety of reaction products formed by oxidative hair dye substances were evaluated by the scientific committee on consumer safety sccs . in january 2009 the sccs concluded in its opinion that it is not in a position to finally assess the risk of reaction products of oxidative hair dyes due to the incompleteness of the data submitted by industry. the cosmetics industry responded to this opinion by stating that it envisages to provide the missing data by september 2009 at the latest. therefore the definitive regulation of 29 oxidative hair dye substances listed in part 2 of annex iii on the basis of risk assessment of their reaction products and its implementation into the laws of member states will not take place before the provisional deadline of 31 december 2009. consequently their provisional use in cosmetics under the current restrictions and conditions laid down in part 2 of annex iii should be extended. for two non-oxidative hair dye substances hc orange no. 2 and 2-hydroxyethylamino-5-nitroanisole listed under reference numbers 26 and 29 in part 2 of annex iii the sccs gave its final opinions on their safety. the sccs recommended maximum authorized concentrations in the finished cosmetic product of 1 0 for hc orange no. 2 and of 0 2 for 2-hydroxyethylamino-5-nitroanisole. in view of the above the european commission intends to extend the provisional use of 29 oxidative hair dye substances under the current restrictions and conditions laid down in part 2 of annex iii until 31 december 2010. to regulate substances hc orange no. 2 and 2-hydroxyethylamino-5-nitroanisole in part 1 of annex iii allowing their use in hair dyes u to the new maximum authorized concentrations.