The record
The European Union prohibits asbestos in cosmetic products outright and separately restricts talc: powdery products intended for children under three must be labelled 'Keep powder away from children's nose and mouth'.
Claim scope
The EU legal position from the regulation text: asbestos is a banned cosmetic ingredient (Annex II, entry 762), and talc is a permitted but restricted ingredient (Annex III, entry 59) whose only condition is the warning label on powders for under-threes. Talc is NOT banned in EU cosmetics.
What this source does not establish
Annex III entry 59 sets NO maximum concentration and — importantly for this page — specifies NO asbestos-contamination testing method or limit. The EU has no equivalent of the withdrawn FDA method rule. The Annex II asbestos ban prohibits asbestos as an ingredient; it does not by itself establish a testing regime for asbestos as a talc contaminant. Do not write that the EU requires talc to be tested for asbestos — that was not established here.
Limitations
Verified against the base 2009 regulation text as published on EUR-Lex. Annexes are amended frequently by Commission regulations; a consolidated-version check should be run before publication to confirm entry 59 is unchanged. A EUR-Lex search for talc classification instruments and a check of three candidate CLP delegated regulations found no talc entry, so no EU harmonised CLP classification for talc was verified in this pass — do not assert one.
Source
Gov Report — Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products: Annex II (prohibited substances) entry 762, Asbestos, CAS 12001-28-4, index 650-013-00-6; Annex III (restricted substances) entry 59, Talc: Hydrated magnesium silicate, CAS 14807-96-6, EC 238-877-9