Commission Regulation (EU) No 655/2013Show full title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 655/2013 of 10 July 2013 laying down common criteria for the justification of claims used in relation to cosmetic products (Text with EEA relevance)

  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.This Regulation shall apply to claims in the form of...

  3. Article 2.The responsible person referred to in Article 4 of Regulation...

  4. Article 3.This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following...

  5. Signature

    1. ANNEX

      COMMON CRITERIA

      1. 1. Legal compliance

        1. (1) Claims that indicate that the product has been authorised or...

        2. (2) The acceptability of a claim shall be based on the...

        3. (3) Claims which convey the idea that a product has a...

      2. 2. Truthfulness

        1. (1) If it is claimed on the product that it contains...

        2. (2) Ingredient claims referring to the properties of a specific ingredient...

        3. (3) Marketing communications shall not imply that expressions of opinions are...

      3. 3. Evidential support

        1. (1) Claims for cosmetic products, whether explicit or implicit, shall be...

        2. (2) Evidence for claim substantiation shall take into account state of...

        3. (3) Where studies are being used as evidence, they shall be...

        4. (4) The level of evidence or substantiation shall be consistent with...

        5. (5) Statements of clear exaggeration which are not to be taken...

        6. (6) A claim extrapolating (explicitly or implicitly) ingredient properties to the...

        7. (7) Assessment of the acceptability of a claim shall be based...

      4. 4. Honesty

        1. (1) Presentations of a product’s performance shall not go beyond the...

        2. (2) Claims shall not attribute to the product concerned specific (i.e....

        3. (3) If the action of a product is linked to specific...

      5. 5. Fairness

        1. (1) Claims for cosmetic products shall be objective and shall not...

        2. (2) Claims for cosmetic products shall not create confusion with the...

      6. 6. Informed decision-making

        1. (1) Claims shall be clear and understandable to the average end...

        2. (2) Claims are an integral part of products and shall contain...

        3. (3) Marketing communications shall take into account the capacity of the...