Annexes to COM(2016)580 - Product claims made based on common criteria in the field of cosmetics

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dossier COM(2016)580 - Product claims made based on common criteria in the field of cosmetics.
document COM(2016)580 EN
date September 19, 2016
Annex I to the guidelines provides a detailed description of the common criteria set out by the Claims Regulation, including illustrative and non-exhaustive examples of claims. Annex II includes best practices specifically related to the type of evidential support used for the justification of cosmetic claims.
(7) See also Section 3.3.3 on the implementation/application of Directive 2005/29/EC on unfair commercial practices, SEC(2009) 1666 final, p.54.
(8) http://ec.europa.eu/smart-regulation/index_en.htm The European Commission’s Better Regulation Package, 13.04.2016: .
(9) https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/best-practice-principles-better-self-and-co-regulation .
(10) https://www.cosmeticseurope.eu/publications-cosmetics-europe-association/guidelines.html?view=item&id=87 .
(11) Cosmetics Europe and the European Advertising Standards Alliance: Cosmetics Advertising Audit, 2015.
(12) Such as the Manual on the scope of application of the Cosmetics Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 (Article 2(1)(a)), version 1.0 (November 2013) or the Guidance document on the demarcation between the Cosmetic Products Directive 76/768 and the Medicinal Products Directive 2001/83: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/cosmetics/products/borderline-products/index_en.htm.
(13) See Recital 7 of the UCPD, as well as section 1.6 of the Commission Guidance on the implementation/application of UCPD, SEC(2009) 1666 final, p. 12.
(14) The Rapid Alert System (RAPEX) makes it possible for 31 European countries and the Commission to quickly exchange information about dangerous non-food products posing a risk to consumer health and safety: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/consumers_safety/safety_products/rapex/index_en.htm.
(15) A cosmetic product is any substance or mixture intended to be placed in contact with the external parts of the human body (epidermis, hair system, nails, lips and external genital organs) or with the teeth and the mucous membranes of the oral cavity with a view exclusively or mainly to cleaning them, perfuming them, changing their appearance, protecting them, keeping them in good condition or correcting body odours.