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Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

Cosmetic products

Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009

Short name:

Cosmetic products

Base:

Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products
OJ L 342, 22 December 2009

Modification:

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Directives repealed:

Council Directive 76/768/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products - OJ L 262, 27 September 1976
Directive 76/768/EEC is repealed with effect from 11 July 2013, with the exception of Article 4b which is repealed with effect from 1 December 2010.

Guide for application:

Guidelines for the interpretation of the cosmetics directive

European Commission contact point:

Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Unit D4 - Health Technology and Cosmetics
grow-d4atec [dot] europa [dot] eu (Email)
Cosmetics webpages

For information about the content and availability of European standards, please contact the European Standardisation Organisations.

Publications

Publications in the Official Journal:

Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products - OJ C 123 of 21/04/2011

(This list replaces all the previous lists published in the Official Journal.)

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Summary list of titles and references of harmonised standards under Regulation 1223/2009 for Cosmetic products

The summary list hereunder is a compilation of the references of harmonised standards which have been generated by the HAS (Harmonised standards) database. This IT application HAS automates the process of the publication of the references of harmonised standards in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Although the list is updated regularly, it may not be complete and it does not have any legal validity; only publication in the Official Journal gives legal effect.

ESO (1)

Reference and title of the harmonised standard
(and reference document)

First publication OJ

Reference of superseded standard

Date of cessation of presumption of conformity of superseded standard
Note 1

CEN

EN ISO 22716:2007

Cosmetics - Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) - Guidelines on Good Manufacturing Practices (ISO 22716:2007)

This is the first publication

   

(1) ESO: European standardisation organisation:

CEN: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000, Brussels, Tel.+32 2 5500811; fax +32 2 5500819 (http://www.cen.eu)

CENELEC: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000, Brussels, Tel.+32 2 5196871; fax +32 2 5196919 (http://www.cenelec.eu)

ETSI: 650, route des Lucioles, F-06921 Sophia Antipolis, Tel.+33 492 944200; fax +33 493 654716, (http://www.etsi.eu)

Note 1: Generally the date of cessation of presumption of conformity will be the date of withdrawal (“dow”), set by the European Standardisation Organisation, but attention of users of these standards is drawn to the fact that in certain exceptional cases this can be otherwise.

Note 2.1: The new (or amended) standard has the same scope as the superseded standard. On the date stated, the superseded standard ceases to give presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the directive.

Note 2.2: The new standard has a broader scope than the superseded standard. On the date stated the superseded standard ceases to give presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the directive.

Note 2.3: The new standard has a narrower scope than the superseded standard. On the date stated the (partially) superseded standard ceases to give presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the directive for those products that fall within the scope of the new standard. Presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the directive for products that still fall within the scope of the (partially) superseded standard, but that do not fall within the scope of the new standard, is unaffected.

Note 3: In case of amendments, the referenced standard is EN CCCCC:YYYY, its previous amendments, if any, and the new, quoted amendment. The superseded standard (column 3) therefore consists of EN CCCCC:YYYY and its previous amendments, if any, but without the new quoted amendment. On the date stated, the superseded standard ceases to give presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the directive.