No L 149/38 Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 6. 86 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION EIGHTH COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 26 March 1986 adapting to technical progress Annexes II, IV and VI to Council Directive 76/768/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products (86/199/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 86/179/EEC (), and in particular Articles S5 and 8 (2) thereof, Whereas, in order to protect public health, it is necessary to lay down purity criteria for hexachlorophene and triclocarban ; Whereas, on the basis of the available information, certain provisionally-permitted substances and preservatives may be definitively permitted, while others must be defini- tively prohibited or be permitted for a further specified period ; 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 on the Removal of Technical Barriers to Trade in the Cosmetic Products Sector, : HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Directive 76/768/EEC is hereby amended as follows : 1. In Annex II, number 221 is replaced by : 221. Mercury and its compounds, except those special cases included in Annexes V and VI, Part 1. OJ No L 262, 27. 9. 1976, p. 169. 0] () () OJ No L 138, 24. 5. 1986, p. 40. 2. Annex 1V, Part 1 and Annex VI, Parts 1 and 2, are replaced by Annexes 1 and 2 to this Directive. Article 2 1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that from 1 January 1988 neither manufacturers nor importers, established in the Community, place on the market products. which do not satisfy the require- ments of this Directive. 2.  Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the products referred to in paragraph 1 can no longer be sold or disposed of to the final consumer after 31 December 1989. Article 3 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regu- lations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the provisions of this Directive not later than 31 December 1986 and shall forthwith inform the Com- mission thereof. 2. Member States shall communicate to the Com- mission the texts of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive. Article 4 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 26 March 1986. For the Commission Grigoris VARFIS Member of the Commission