Consultation outcome

Enforcing the EC Regulation on Cosmetic Products

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
• Published: 15 March 2013
• Last updated: 2 October 2013 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Government response to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ public consultation on the enforcement of Regulation (EC) Number 1223/2009 on Cosmetic Products (recast)

Ref: BIS/13/1207

PDF, 138 KB, 15 pages

Detail of outcome

The Government response sets out the government’s position on the UK’s Cosmetic Products Enforcement Regulations 2013 which relate to European Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 on Cosmetic Products. This applies to cosmetic products that are made available on the EU market after 11 July 2013. It ensures that these products are made safe for consumers before they are placed on the market. The key measures concern new enforcement powers, offences and penalties for breaches of the Regulation by businesses.

The UK Regulations were laid in Parliament on 19 June 2013 and took effect in the UK on 11 July 2013.

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Original consultation

Summary

Seeks views on draft Cosmetic Products Enforcement Regulations 2013, relating to safety of cosmetic products made available in the EU.

This consultation ran from
15 March 2013 to 11:45pm on 15 May 2013

Consultation description

Seeks views on the draft Cosmetic Products Enforcement Regulations 2013, which will enforce Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 on Cosmetic Products.

The regulations apply to all cosmetic products that are made available on the EU Market after 11 July 2013. The draft regulations create enforcement powers, offences and penalties within the UK, as required by the EU regulation.

The offences, penalties and enforcement provisions of these draft regulations are broadly similar to Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 2008, which they replace, and the Consumer Protection Act 1987. However, it has been necessary to expand the offences and penalties to reflect the slightly broader scope of the offences in the EU regulation.

Documents

Consultation on Enforcing the Regulation on Cosmetic Products (EC) No.1223/2009

Ref: BIS/13/721

PDF, 202 KB, 21 pages

Draft Statutory Instrument: The Cosmetics Products Enforcement Regulations 2013

Ref: BIS/13/724

PDF, 443 KB, 24 pages

Published 15 March 2013
Last updated 2 October 2013 + show all updates

1. 2 October 2013

   Replacing Government Response document with correction to cover date.

2. 2 October 2013

   Adding Government Response

3. 15 March 2013

   First published.