Commission Directive 2006/78/EC of 29 September 2006 amending Council Directive 76/768/EEC, concerning cosmetic products, for the purposes of adapting Annex II thereto to technical progress   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-09-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, approximation of laws, cosmetic product, health legislation, public health

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Official Journal of the European Union

30.9.2006

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2006/78/EC

of 29 September 2006

amending Council Directive 76/768/EEC, concerning cosmetic products,

for the purposes of

adapting Annex II thereto to technical progress

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

In accordance with Article 22(1) of Regulation (EC) No
999/2001, the provisions of Part A of Annex XI to that
Regulation apply until the date of the adoption of a
decision in accordance with Article 5(2) or (4) thereof,
after which Article 8 of that Regulation and Annex V
thereto become applicable.

Having regard to Council Directive 76/768/EEC of 27 July 1976
on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating
to cosmetic products (1), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,

(4)

Directive 76/768/EEC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

After consulting the Scientific Committee of Cosmetic Products
and Non-Food Products intended for Consumers,

(5)

The measures provided for
accordance with
opinion
Committee on Cosmetic Products,

the

in this Directive are in
Standing
the

of

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

(1)

(2)

the European Parliament and of

Animal by-products falling within Category 1 material or
to Regulation (EC) No
Category 2 material pursuant
the
1774/2002 of
Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules
concerning animal by-products not intended for human
consumption (2)
the
production chain for a technical product, such as a
thus
cosmetic
imposed on cosmetic products produced within the
Community should be extended to cover
imported
products.

are prohibited

from entering

restrictions

sourcing

product.

The

the

Since the specified risk material defined in Annex V to
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of
European
Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying
down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of
certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (3)
is
included in the Category 1 material provided for in Regu-
lation (EC) No 1774/2002, the reference to that Annex
in entry No 419 of Annex II to Directive 76/768/EEC is
no longer necessary.

Article 1

In Annex II to Directive 76/768/EEC entry No 419 is replaced
by the following:

‘419. Category 1 material and Category 2 material as defined
in Articles 4 and 5 respectively of Regulation (EC) No
1774/2002 of
the
Council (*), and ingredients derived therefrom.

the European Parliament and of

___________
(*) OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1’.

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive by 30 March 2007 at
latest. They shall
forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those
provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and
this Directive.

the

(1) OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 169. Directive as last amended by
Commission Directive 2006/65/EC (OJ L 198, 20.7.2006, p. 11).
(2) OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 208/2006 (OJ L 36, 8.2.2006,
p. 25).

(3) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1041/2006 (OJ L 187, 8.7.2006,
p. 10).

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a
reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member
States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

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2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law
which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

This Directive shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

Article 3

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 29 September 2006.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President