G/TBT/N/EU/491  
 
10 July 2017  
(17-3687) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member : EUROPEAN UNION   
If applicable, name of local government involved  (Article 3.2 and 7.2) :  
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification  shall be indicated if different from above :  
European Commission  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Cosmetic Products  
5. Title, number of pa ges and language(s)  of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Regulation amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products (4 pages + Annex 5 pages, in English)    
6. Description  of content:  This draft Commission Regulation would ban Tagetes erecta, 
restrict the use of Tagetes patula and minuta in cosmetic products and ban Tagetes patula 
and minuta in sunscreen products as recommended by the Scientific Committee on 
Consumer Produc ts and the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament a nd of 
the Council of 30 November 2009 on Cosmetic Products ( OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 59 -209) 
http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=14159779558 28&uri=CELEX:32009R1223   
9. Proposed date of adoption: Fourth quarter 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: 20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the 
EU  
From [date = 9 months after the date of entry into force] cosmetic products containi ng one 
or more of the substances prohibited by this Regulation and cosmetic products containing 
one or more of the substances restricted by this Regulation and not complying with the 
restrictions laid down in this Regulation shall not be placed on the Unio n market.  
From [date = 12 months after the date of entry into force] cosmetic products containing one G/TBT/N/EU/491  
 
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  or more of the substances prohibited by this Regulation and cosmetic products containing 
one or more of the substances restricted by this Regulation and not complying with the 
restrictions laid down in this Regulation shall not be made available on the Union market.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:   
European Commission  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
 
The text is available on the EU -TBT Web site: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
 
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