The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 16th November 2008.

(2) In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations” means the Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 2008(1).

Amendment to the Principal Regulations

2.  The Principal Regulations are amended as follows—

(a) in regulation 2, after paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A) Cosmetic products which fail to comply with the restriction on the substance in entry number 102 in Part 1 of Schedule 4 may not be placed on the market by EEA manufacturers or by importers established within the EEA after 15 November 2008, and cosmetic products which fail to comply with this restriction may not be disposed of to the final consumer after 16 February 2009.”;

(b) in paragraph (b) of regulation 9, delete “, (d)”;

(c) in Schedule 2 (list of Directives implemented by the Principal Regulations) insert at the end—

“54.   Commission Directive 2008/14/EC (O.J. No. L42, 16.2.2008, p.43).”;

(d) in Schedule 3—

(i) in entry number 167, after “free amino group,” delete “with the exception of that given in Schedule 7, Part 2”;

(ii) in entry number 419, for “Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council and ingredients derived there from animal products⁽³⁾ and⁽⁴⁾”, substitute “Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council⁽³⁾ and ingredients derived therefrom”;

(e) in Part 1 of Schedule 4 (list of substances which cosmetic products must not contain except subject to restrictions and conditions), after entry 101, insert the entry in the Schedule to these Regulations; and

(f) in Part 1 of Schedule 6, in column (d) of entry number 18, delete “See Schedule 6, Part 2, No 8”.

Malcolm Wicks

Minister of State for Energy              

Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform

14th August 2008