No L 56/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 2. 87 NINTH COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 2 February 1987 adapting to technical progress Annexes II, III, IV, V and VI to Council Directive 76/768/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products (87/137/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 76/768/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products (), as last amended by Directive 86/199/EEC (?), and in particular Article 8 (2) thereof, Whereas, on the basis of the available information, certain provisionally permitted colouring agents, substances or preservatives may be definitively permitted, while others must be definitively prohibited or be permitted for a further specified period; HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Whereas in order to protect public health, the use of Minoxidil and its salts and derivatives should be prohibited in cosmetic products ; Whereas, pending the adoption of Community provisions concerning taxation, a final date after which methanol may no longer be used as a denaturant for ethanol and isopropyl alcohol should not now be fixed ; Whereas the measures laid down in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives for the Removal of Technical Barriers to Trade in the Cosmetics Sector, Article 1 Directive 76/768/EEC is hereby amended as follows : 1. The following are added to Annex II: ‘370. N-(Trichloromethylthio)-4-cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboximide (captan) 371. 2,2’-Dihydroxy-3,3,5,5",6,6 -hexachlorodiphenylmethane (hexachlorophene) 372. 6-(Piperidinyl)-2,4-pyrimidinediamine-3-oxide (Minoxidil) and its salts and derivatives’. 2. Annex III, part 1, is amended as follows : ‘a b c | | Dichlorophen * 0,5 % Contains dichlorophen 52 Methanol Denaturant for ethanol and isopropyl alcohol 5 % calculated as a . % of ethanol and isopropyl alcohol’ 3. Colour Index Nos 77288 and 77289 are inserted in Annex III, part 2, with: — colour : green, — field of application: 1, — other limitations and requirements : free from chromate ion. 4. In Annex IV, part 1 : — substance No 1, methanol, is deleted, — the words in column e are deleted and the date in column g replaced by 31. 12. 1987 for substance No 4, 2,2’-dithiobis, — the date in column g is replaced by 31. 12. 1987 for substance No 5, 1-phenoxypropan- 2-ol. () OJ No L 262, 27. 9. 1976, p. 169. () OJ No L 149, 3. 6. 1986, p. 38.