The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2005

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 31st December 2005.

(2) In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations” means the Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 2004(1).

Amendment to the Principal Regulations

2.—(1) The Principal Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 5 for paragraph 15 there is substituted—

“(15) No cosmetic product containing any substance listed in Annex II to the Directive—

(a) under entry numbers 452 to 1132 (inserted into the Directive by Directive 2004/93/EC) shall be—

(i) placed on the market after 1st January 2005;

(ii) supplied after 1st April 2005;

(b) under entry numbers 1133 to 1136 (inserted into the Directive by Directive 2005/42/EC) shall be placed on the market or supplied after 30th March 2006.”.

(3) In Schedule 2 at the end there is inserted—

“43.   Commission Directive 2005/42/EC (O.J. No. L158, 21.6.2005, p.17)”; and

“44.   Commission Directive 2005/52/EC (O.J. No. L234, 10.9.2005, p. 9)”.

(4) In Schedule 3—

(a) in Part 1 at the end there is inserted the entry in Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations;

(b) in Part 2 for the entry numbered 29 there is substituted “ENTRY DELETED”.

(5) In Schedule 4 in Part 2—

(a) in the entries numbered 1, 2, 8, 13, 15, 17, 23, 30, 34, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57, 59 and 60, for the date “31.12.2005” in the 7th column wherever it occurs there is substituted “31.8.2006”;

(b) in the entries numbered 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 55, 56 and 58, for the date “31.12.2005” in the 7th column wherever it occurs there is substituted “31.12.2006”.

(6) The entries numbered 12150, 20170 and 27290 in Part 1 of Schedule 5 are omitted, subject to paragraph 7.

(7) Paragraph (6) shall only have effect in relation to cosmetic products supplied after 30th March 2006.

(8) In Schedule 6 in Part 1—

(a) for the entry numbered 53 there is substituted the corresponding entry in Part 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations;

(b) at the end there is inserted the entry numbered 57 in Part 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations.

Gerry Sutcliffe

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs

Department of Trade and Industry

5th December 2005