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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2006</font></b></p>

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            <p><b><font size=2>Registration No. 333-  </font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>UNITED STATES</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=5>FORM S-8</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>UNDER</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=5>COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Delaware</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(State or other jurisdiction of</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>incorporation or organization)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>13-1815595</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>300 Park Avenue</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>New York, New York 10022</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=1>(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Colgate-Palmolive Company</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>2007 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=1>(Full title of the plans)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Andrew D. Hendry</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Colgate-Palmolive Company</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>300 Park Avenue</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>New York, New York 10022</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=1>(Name and address of agent for service)</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>(212) 310-2000</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=1>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></B></p>


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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Title of each class of securities to be registered</font></p> </td>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Amount to be</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>registered </font></p> </td>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Proposed</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>maximum offering</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>price per share (1)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Proposed </font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>maximum aggregate </font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>offering price (1)</font></p> </td>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Amount of </font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>registration fee </font></p></td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;text-align:left;margin-top:3.0pt;margin-bottom: 0in'><font size=1>Common stock, par value $1.00 per share</font>               </p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:8.25pt;text-align:center;margin-top:3.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>286,000 shares</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:3.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>$58.99</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:3.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>$16,871,140.00 </font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:3.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>$1,805.21</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>(1)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933.  The proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the registrant&#146;s common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 1, 2006.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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<B><font SIZE=2>PART I</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.57in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to each recipient of an award under  the Company&#146;s 2007 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).  In accordance with the instructions to Part I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act.  These documents and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken together, constitute the prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>PART II</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></B></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.57in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are specifically incorporated herein by reference: </font></p>

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    <td width="48" nowrap valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in; '> <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(a)</font></p></td>
    <td width="489" valign=top  nowrap style='padding:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in; '> <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The
        Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
        31, 2005 (filed on February 24, 2006);</font></p></td>
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    <td width="44" valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in'> <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(b)(i)</font></p></td>
    <td width="832"  valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in'> <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The
        Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2006 (filed on April 28, 2006); </font></p></td>
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    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in'> <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)</font><font size=1></font></p></td>
    <td  valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in'> <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The
        Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K dated January 12, 2006 and
        </font><font size=2>March 9, 2006 (filed on January 13, 2006 and March
        10, 2006, respectively); </font><font size=2>and</font></p></td>
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    <td  valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in'><font size=2>The Company&#146;s
      description of common stock contained in the Company&#146;s </font><font size=2>Current
      Report on Form 8-K dated October 17, 1991, as modified by the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form
      8-K dated March 10, 2005.</font></td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:1.19in;text-align:left;'><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>In addition, all documents filed subsequent to the filing date of this registration statement by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such prior statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement except as indicated herein. </font></p>

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        <td width="193" nowrap valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Description of Securities.</font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Not applicable (the common stock is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act).</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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        5.</font></b></p></td>
    <td width="279" valign=top nowrap > <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Interests
        of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></b></p></td>
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            <p  ><font size=2>Not applicable.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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        6.</font></b></p></td>
    <td width="279" valign=top nowrap > <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Indemnification
        of Directors and Officers.</font></b></p></td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Reference is made to Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#147;DGCL&#148;), which provides for indemnification of directors, officers and other employees in certain circumstances, and to Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, which provides for the elimination or limitation of the personal liability for monetary damages of directors under certain circumstances. Article Tenth of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, eliminates the personal liability for monetary damages of directors under certain circumstances and provides indemnification to directors, officers and other employees of the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. The Company has also executed indemnification agreements with the directors, officers and certain other employees of the Company. Such indemnification agreements contain provisions which purport
to provide indemnification, where not limited by applicable law, for amounts paid by such individuals in settlement of shareholder derivative actions. Additionally, the Company maintains customary directors' and officers' liability insurance. </font></p>

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        7.</font></b></p></td>
    <td width="271" valign=top nowrap > <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Exemption
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Not applicable.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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        8.</font></b></p></td>
    <td width="271" nowrap valign=top > <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Exhibits.</font></b></p></td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The exhibits to this registration statement are listed in the exhibit index, which appears elsewhere herein and is incorporated herein by reference.</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>

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        <td width="877"  valign=top >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Undertakings.</font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(a)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(1)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(i)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(ii)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in </font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:2in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; and</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(iii)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:2in;text-align:left;'><i><font size=2>Provided,</font></i><font size=2> </font><i><font size=2>however</font></i><font size=2>, That:</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:2in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(2)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </font><i><font size=2>bona fide</font></i><font size=2> offering thereof.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(3)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(b)</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size=2>The registrant hereby further undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </font><i><font size=2>bona fide</font></i><font size=2> offering thereof.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(c)</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size=2>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to existing provisions or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>SIGNATURES</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>The Registrant.</font></b><font size=2>  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on this 5th day of May, 2006.</font></p>

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    <td colspan="2" valign="top"><B><font SIZE=2>COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY</font></B><font size=2>&nbsp;
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    <td width="2%" valign="top"><font size=2>By:</font></td>
    <td width="53%" valign="top"> <p><u><font size=2>/s/ Reuben Mark&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u><br>
        <font size="2">Reuben Mark</font><br>
        <font size=2>Chairman of the Board of Directors and<br>
        <font size=2>Chief Executive Officer</font> </font></p>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:3.12in; text-indent:-0.12in;text-align:left;'>&nbsp;</p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Principal Executive Officer and Director:</font></p>

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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Reuben Mark&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Reuben Mark</font><u></u></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)</font><u></u></p> </td>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>May 5, 2006</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Principal Financial Officer:</font></p>

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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Stephen C. Patrick&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Stephen C. Patrick</font></p> </td>
        <td width="240" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)</font></p> </td>
        <td width="144" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>May 5, 2006</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Principal Accounting Officer:</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Dennis J. Hickey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Dennis J. Hickey</font></p> </td>
        <td width="240" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Vice President and Corporate Controller (principal accounting officer)</font></p> </td>
        <td width="144" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>May 5, 2006</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>II-1</font></p>

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<font size=2>All Other Directors:</font></p>

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    <td width="241" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*
        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u></p>
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>John
        T. Cahill</font></p></td>
    <td width="240" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'>&nbsp;</p></td>
    <td width="144" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'>&nbsp;</p>
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>May
        5, 2006</font></p></td>
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    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*
        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u></p>
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Jill
        K. Conway</font></p></td>
    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>&nbsp;</td>
    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><font size=2>May 5, 2006</font></td>
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    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>&nbsp;</td>
    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*
        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u></p>
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Ellen
        M. Hancock</font></p></td>
    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>&nbsp;</td>
    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><font size=2>May 5, 2006</font></td>
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    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u></p>
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>David
        W. Johnson</font></p></td>
    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>&nbsp;</td>
    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>&nbsp;</td>
    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*
        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u></p>
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Richard
        J. Kogan</font></p></td>
    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>&nbsp;</td>
    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><font size=2>May 5, 2006</font></td>
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    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>&nbsp;</td>
    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*
        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u></p>
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Delano
        E. Lewis</font></p></td>
    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>&nbsp;</td>
    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><font size=2>May 5, 2006</font></td>
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    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>&nbsp;</td>
    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>&nbsp;</td>
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        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u></p>
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>J.
        Pedro Reinhard</font></p></td>
    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>&nbsp;</td>
    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><font size=2>May 5, 2006</font></td>
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    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>&nbsp;</td>
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        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u></p>
      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2>Howard
        B. Wentz, Jr.</font></p></td>
    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>&nbsp;</td>
    <td valign=top style='padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><font size=2>May 5, 2006</font></td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>*By:  /s/ Andrew D. Hendry</font><font size=2></font></p>


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    <td  nowrap colspan="2" valign=top > <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:solid black 1.0pt'><font size=2>Andrew
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Consent of independent registered public accounting firm for the Company</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2006
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
————————
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
————————
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
13-1815595
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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300 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Colgate-Palmolive Company
2007 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors
(Full title of the plans)
Andrew D. Hendry
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Colgate-Palmolive Company
300 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(Name and address of agent for service)
(212) 310-2000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of securities to be registered
Amount to be
registered
Proposed
maximum offering
price per share (1)
Proposed
maximum aggregate
offering price (1)
Amount of
registration fee
Common stock, par value $1.00 per share
286,000 shares
$58.99
$16,871,140.00
$1,805.21
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933.  The proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the registrant's common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 1, 2006.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to each recipient of an award under  the Company's 2007 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").  In accordance with the instructions to Part I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act.  These documents and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken together, constitute the prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are specifically incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The
        Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
        31, 2005 (filed on February 24, 2006);
(b)(i)
The
        Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 (filed on April 28, 2006);
(ii)
The
        Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated January 12, 2006 and
March 9, 2006 (filed on January 13, 2006 and March
        10, 2006, respectively);
and
(c)
The Company's
      description of common stock contained in the Company's
Current
      Report on Form 8-K dated October 17, 1991, as modified by the Company's Current Report on Form
      8-K dated March 10, 2005.
In addition, all documents filed subsequent to the filing date of this registration statement by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such prior statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement except as indicated herein.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable (the common stock is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act).
Item
        5.
Interests
        of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item
        6.
Indemnification
        of Directors and Officers.
Reference is made to Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL"), which provides for indemnification of directors, officers and other employees in certain circumstances, and to Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, which provides for the elimination or limitation of the personal liability for monetary damages of directors under certain circumstances. Article Tenth of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, eliminates the personal liability for monetary damages of directors under certain circumstances and provides indemnification to directors, officers and other employees of the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. The Company has also executed indemnification agreements with the directors, officers and certain other employees of the Company. Such indemnification agreements contain provisions which purport
to provide indemnification, where not limited by applicable law, for amounts paid by such individuals in settlement of shareholder derivative actions. Additionally, the Company maintains customary directors' and officers' liability insurance.
Item
        7.
Exemption
        From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item
        8.
Exhibits.
The exhibits to this registration statement are listed in the exhibit index, which appears elsewhere herein and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)
The registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;
Provided,
however
, That:
Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The registrant hereby further undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to existing provisions or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on this 5th day of May, 2006.
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
By:
/s/ Reuben Mark
Reuben Mark
Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Principal Executive Officer and Director:
/s/ Reuben Mark
Reuben Mark
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)
May 5, 2006
Principal Financial Officer:
/s/ Stephen C. Patrick
Stephen C. Patrick
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)
May 5, 2006
Principal Accounting Officer:
/s/ Dennis J. Hickey
Dennis J. Hickey
Vice President and Corporate Controller (principal accounting officer)
May 5, 2006
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All Other Directors:
*
John
        T. Cahill
May
        5, 2006
*
Jill
        K. Conway
May 5, 2006
*
Ellen
        M. Hancock
May 5, 2006
David
        W. Johnson
*
Richard
        J. Kogan
May 5, 2006
*
Delano
        E. Lewis
May 5, 2006
*
J.
        Pedro Reinhard
May 5, 2006
*
Howard
        B. Wentz, Jr.
May 5, 2006
*By:  /s/ Andrew D. Hendry
Andrew
        D. Hendry
Attorney-in-Fact
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
23
Consent of independent registered public accounting firm for the Company
24
Powers of Attorney