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    This document from Cosmetics Europe provides recommendations for labeling sunscreen products as "Water Resistant" or "Very Water Resistant". It recommends that products be tested according to ISO standards and meet statistical thresholds to qualify for these labels. A product can be labeled "Water Resistant" if water resistance is over 50% after two 20-minute immersion cycles. To be labeled "Very Water Resistant", products must meet the same criteria but after four 20-minute immersion cycles, providing extra water resistance. The document provides details on the relevant ISO testing standards and statistical analysis required.

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    This document from Cosmetics Europe provides recommendations for labeling sunscreen products as "Water Resistant" or "Very Water Resistant". It recommends that products be tested according to ISO standards and meet statistical thresholds to qualify for these labels. A product can be labeled "Water Resistant" if water resistance is over 50% after two 20-minute immersion cycles. To be labeled "Very Water Resistant", products must meet the same criteria but after four 20-minute immersion cycles, providing extra water resistance. The document provides details on the relevant ISO testing standards and statistical analysis required.

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    COSMETICS EUROPE

    RECOMMENDATION N° 16: WATER


    RESISTANCE LABELLING
    REVISED June 2023

    Version : 16/06/2023
    Contact Person : Dr Gerald Renner, [email protected]
    Cosmetics Europe Recommendation on
    Water Resistance Labelling

    Introduction

    This document provides recommended performance thresholds for “Water


    Resistant” and “Very Water Resistant” claims for sunscreen product labelling.

    It is recommended that Sunscreen products may be labelled as “Water Resistant”


    or “Very Water Resistant” provided that they have been tested in accordance with
    both ISO16217:2020 1 (‘Water immersion procedure for determining water
    resistance’) and ISO18861:2020 2 (‘Percentage of water resistance’). They should
    also fulfil the following statistical criteria and thresholds:

    ‘Water Resistant’ Claim

    Products designed to provide water resistance shall be tested by two 20 minute


    water immersion cycles (as described in ISO16217:20201). A product may be
    labelled ´water resistant´ if the value for the 90% lower unilateral confidence limit
    [mean %WRR – d] is greater than or equal to 50% (using the method described in
    ISO 18861:20202) AND the 95% confidence interval on the mean static SPF is within
    ± 17% of the mean static SPF (as described in ISO 24444:20193).

    ‘Very Water Resistant’ Claim

    Products designed to provide extra water resistance shall be tested by adding two
    further 20 minute water immersion cycles (as described in ISO16217:20201). A
    product may be labelled ‘Very Water Resistant’ if it fulfils the same criteria above,
    that is:

    If, after two further 20 minute water immersion cycles, the value for the 90% lower
    unilateral confidence limit [mean %WRR – d] is greater than or equal to 50% (using
    the method described in ISO 18861:20202) AND the 95% confidence interval on the
    mean static SPF is within ± 17% of the mean static SPF (as described in ISO
    24444:20193).

    1 ISO 16217:2020 Cosmetics — Sun protection test methods — Water immersion procedure for determining
    water resistance.
    2 ISO 18861:2020 Cosmetics — Sun protection test methods — Percentage of water resistance
    3 ISO 24444:2019 Cosmetics - Sun protection test methods — In vivo determination of the sun protection

    factor (SPF)
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    REPRESENTING THE INTEREST OF THE COSMETICS, TOILETRY
    AND PERFUMERY INDUSTRY

    COSMETICS EUROPE – THE PERSONAL CARE ASSOCIATION


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    T. +32 2 227 66 10, F. +32 2 227 66 27
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    N° 16: WATER RESISTANCE LABELLING

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