. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/175 
11 January 2008 
 (08-0125) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
European Commission 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43 Email: ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu Website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/ 
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):   Cosmetics 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
directive amending Council Directive 76/768/EEC  of 27 July 1976 (“Cosmetics Directive”), 
for the purpose of adapting Annexes II and III thereto to technical progress (21 pages, in 
English) http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2008/tbt/EEC/08_0035_00_e.pdf . 
6. Description of content:   The draft text aims at adapting to technical progress Council 
Directive 76/768/EEC (Cosmetics directive) by implementing eight scientific opinions of 
the Scientific Committee on Consumer Produc ts (SCCP) on perfumery materials (see  
hyperlinks to opinions in Point 8 "relevant docum ents").  It then provides restrictions for use 
of certain perfumery materials used in cosmetic products. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health. G/TBT/N/EEC/175 
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8. Relevant documents:   Council Directive of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws 
of the Member States relating to cosmetic products (76/768/EEC) http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/co smetics/html/consolidated_dir.htm) 
Opinion SCCNFP/0392/00
 of 25/09/2001 'An initial list of perfumery materials which must 
not form part of cosmetic products except s ubject to the restrictions and conditions laid 
down' 
(Entries: 6, 21 and 24 of this opinion are not concerned by the draft).  http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/co mmittees/sccp/documents/out150_en.pdf 
 
Opinion SCCNFP/0770/03 of 9 December 2003 ‘An update of the initial list of perfumery 
materials which must not form part of cosmetic products except subject to the restrictions and conditions laid down’. http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/co mmittees/sccp/documents/out252_en.pdf 
 
Opinion SCCNFP/0868/05  of 15 March 2005 on cresylpropionaldehyde ( p-
Methyldihydrocinnamaldehyde ); 
http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/ committees/04_sccp/docs/sccp_o_025c.pdf 
 
Opinion SCCNFP/0872/05  of 15 March 2005 on Liquidambar spp . Balsam extracts and Oil 
(Storax); http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/ committees/04_sccp/docs/sccp_o_025a.pdf 
 
Opinion SCCNFP/0609/02  of 17 September 2002 on 6-acetyl-1,1,2,4,4,7-
hexamethyltetraline (AHTN)  
http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/co mmittees/sccp/documents/out176_en.pdf 
 
Opinion SCCP/0871/05 of 15 March 2005 on Commiphora Erythrea Glabrescens  Gum 
Extract Oil (Opoponax)  
http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/ committees/04_sccp/docs/sccp_o_025b.pdf 
 
Opinion SCCP/0988/06  of 28 March 2006 on Peru Balsam 
http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_ris k/committees/04_sccp/docs/sccp_o_055.pdf 
 
Opinion SCCP/1023/06  of 20 June 2006 on Clarifications to the SCCNFP/0392/00 'an 
initial list of perfumery materials which must not form part of Cosmetic Products except 
subject to the restrictions and conditions laid down'. 
http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_ris k/committees/04_sccp/docs/sccp_o_062.pdf 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }March 2008 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from circulation by WTO Secretariat 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
European Commission 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43 Email: ec-tbt@ec.europa.eu 
The text is available on the EC-TBT We bsite:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/ 
and 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/tbt/EEC/08_0035_00_e.pdf