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Date: 1988-06-09
Title: AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING FOR THE FOURTH TIME DIRECTIVE 76/768/EEC ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO COSMETIC PRODUCTS (SUBMITTED BY THE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 149 (3) OF THE EEC TREATY)

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               AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
         AMENDING FOR THE FOURTH TIME DIRECTIVE 76 / 768 / EEC
       ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES
                     RELATING TO COSMETIC PRODUCTS
              ( SUBMITTED BY THE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO
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                  Proposai for a                         Amende*! proposât for à Councit Directive
                 Councit Directive                         SmendiRg for the fourth time Directive
                       of                                                 76 / 768 / EEC
      amending for the fourth time Directive
                       76 / 768/ EEC
     an the approximation of the Lavis of the
                    Member     States
          relating to cosmetic products
                  C0MC87 )    74 firvat
  ( Submitted by the Commission to the Council
                  on 6 March       1987 )
                     ( 87 / C 86 / 05 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                            unchanged
Having regard to the Treaty establishing                Having regard to the Treaty establish ng
European Economic Community , and in                    the European Economic Community , andand in
                                                                                                  in
particular Article 100 thereof ,                        particular Article 100a thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the                               unchanged
Commi ssion, ^1
Having regard to the opinion of the European            In cooperation with the European Parliament ,
n    i ■   „ 2
Parli ament ,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic                         unchanged
and Social Committee,^
Whereas the successive amendments made to the                        unchanged
                                           4
Annexes to Directive 76 / 768 / EEC ,        as
                                             as last
                                                last
amended by Directive .                 require the
provisions of the Directive to be adapted ;
Whereas experience gained since the adoption                         unchanged
of Directive 76 / 768 / EEC has shown that the
provisions on labelling should be improved
1
2
3
4 0J No L 262 , 27.9.1976 , p. 169
5
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and that the period Laid down in Article             )
 12(2 )    is inadequate ,                           )
                                                     )
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :                         )
                                                     )
                        Article 1                    )
                                                     )
Directive 76 / 768 / EEC is hereby amended as
                                                     )
fol lows     :
                                                     )
                                                     )
1 . In Article 1 , paragraph 3 is replaced by :      )
    " 3 . Cosmetic products containing one of        )
    the substances listed in Annex V are             )
    excluded from the scope of this Directive .      )
    Member States may take such measures as          )
    they deem necessary with regard to those         )
    products ";                                      )
                                                     )
                                                     )
2 . In Article 4 ( c ) and ( d ) are replaced by
                                                     )           unchanged
the fol low ing :
                                                     )
                                                     )
    "( c ) colouring agents other than those
                                                     )
             listed in Annex IV , Part 1 , with the
                                                     )
             exception of cosmetic products
                                                     )
             containing colouring agents intended
                                                     )
             solely to colour hair ";
                                                     )
      ( d ) colouring agents listed in Annex IV ,
                                                     )
             Part 1 , used outside the conditions
                                                     )
             laid down, with the exception of
                                                     )
             cosmetic products containing
                                                     )
             colouring agents intended solely to
                                                     )
             colour hai r ";
                                                     )
                                                     )
3 . Article 5 is amended as follows :
                                                     Article 5 is replaced by the following :
    ( a ) in the first paragraph :                                    Article 5
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       ( i ) ( a ) and ( b ) are replaced by :                 " Member States shall accept the marketing
             "( a ) the substances listed in                   of cosmetic products containing :
                        Annex III , Part 2 , within the
                        limits and under the                    ( a ) the substances          listed in Annex III ,
                        conditions laid down , up to                     Part 2 , within the limits and under the
                        the dates in column ( g ) of                     conditions laid down , up to the dates
                        that Annex ";                                    in column ( g ) of that Annex ;
               ( b) the colouring agents listed
                        in Annex IV , Part 2 , within           ( b ) the colouring agents listed               in Annex
                        the limits and under the                         IV , Part 2 , within the limits        and under
                        conditions laid down, until                      the conditions laid down ,            until the
                        the dates given in that                          dates given in that Annex ;
                       Annex ";
       ( ii ) ( c ) is deleted ;                               ( c ) the preservatives listed in Annex VI ,
       ( iii ) ( d ) is replaced by :                                    Part 2 , within the limits and under the
                 "( d ) the preservatives listed in                      conditions laid down , until the dates
                           Annex VI , Part 2 , within                    given in column ( f ) of that Annex ;
                           the limits and under the                      however , some of these substances may
                           conditions laid down, until                   be   used   in   other   concentrations       for
                           the dates given in column                     specific purposes apparent             from   the
                           ( f ) of that Annex ; however ,               presentation of the product ;
                           some of these substances
                           may be used in other                (d )       the   UV  filters    listed     in  Part   2  of
                           concentrations for spécifie                   Annex VII , within the limits and under
                " .?.;:>;. purposes - apparent from the- '-:*--  - - yi’ the . conditions laid down,'
                                                                                                    down , ,’ until - the
                           presentation of the -                         dates
                                                                         dates given
                                                                                 given in
                                                                                        in column
                                                                                           column ((ff )) of
                                                                                                           o that Annex .  -
                           product ";
  ( b) the second paragraph is deleted .                      At these these dates
                                                                               dates ,, these
                                                                                        these substances
                                                                                               substance , colouring
                                                               agents, preservatives and UV filters shall
                                                              be :
                                                              - definitively accepted ; or
                                                              - definitively prohibited ( Annex II ); or
                                                              - maintained for a given period in Part 2
                                                                    of Annexes III , IV , VI and VII ; or
                                                              - deleted from all the Annexes .
<
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4 . Article 6 is replaced by the following :       )
                                                   )
    " Artide 6                                     )
                                                   )
    1 . Member States shall take all measures      )
    necessary to ensure that cosmetic products     )
    may be marketed only if the container and      )
    packaging bear the following information       )
                                                   )
    in indelible, easily legible and visible       ))
    lettering :                                     ))
                                                     )
    ( a ) the name or style and the address or       )
          registered office of the manufacturer      )                    unchanged
          or the person responsible for              ))
          marketing the cosmetic product who is       ))
          established within the Community .           )
          Such information may be abbreviated in       )
          so far as the abbreviation makes it          )
          generally possible to identify the           ))
          undertaking . Member States may require       )
          that the country of origin be                 ))
          specified for goods manufactured               ))
          outside the Community ;                         ))
                                                           )
    ( b ) the nominal content at the time of               ( b ) the   nominal   content   at  the   time   of
          packaging , except in the case of                      packaging ,    given   by    weight   or   by
          packaging containing not more than 5 g                 volume , except in the case of packaging
          or 5 ml , free samples , single¬                       containing less than 5 grams or 5
          application packs and products                         millilitres , free samples and single ¬
          normally sold separately , for which                   application packs ;       for prepackages
          details of weight or volume are not                    normally sold as a number of items , for
          significant , the nominal content need                 which details of weight or volume are
          appear only on the packaging ;                         not significant , the content need not
                                                                 be given provided the number of items
                                                                 appears on the packaging .               This
                                                                                                          This
                                                                  information need not be given if the
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                                                        number of items is easy to see from the
                                                        outside or if the product is normally
                                                        only sold individually .
<c > the date of minimum durability .    The      )     -
      date of minimum durability of a             )
      cosmetic product shall be the date
      until which this product , under            )
      appropriate conditions of storage ,         )
      continues to fulfil its initial            )
      function and , in particular , remains     )
      in conformity with Article 2 .             )
      The date of minimum durability shall       )
      be indicated by the words : "best used     )
      before the end of ...." followed by        )
      either :                                   )
      - the date itself , or                     )               unchanged
      - details of where the date appears on     )
        the packaging .                         )
                                                )
      If necessary , this information shall
                                                )
      be supplemented by an indication of
                                                )
      the conditions which must be satisfied
                                                )
      to guarantee the specified durability .
                                                )
      The date shall be uncoded and shall       )
      consist of the month and the year in      )               unchanged
      that order .  Indication of the date of   )
      durability shall not be mandatory for     )
      cosmetic products whose minimum           )
      durability exceeds 30 months ;            )
                                                )
( d ) the conditions of use and warnings        ( d ) particular precautions to be observed
      which must be printed on the label               in use,    and especially those listed in
      listed in Annexes III , IV , VI and VII ;       the    column   " Conditions  of  use  and
      where this is impossible for practical          warnings which must be printed on the
      reasons , this information must appear           label " in Annexes III , IV , VI and VII ,
      on an enclosed leaflet , with                   which must appear on the container, as
                                                      well as any special precautionary
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      abbreviated information on the                information on     cosmetic    products     for
      container and the packaging referring         professional use,         in particular in
      the consumer to the information               hai rdressing . Where this is impossible
      spec if ied ;                                 for practical reasons , this information
                                                    must   appear   on   an   enclosed   leaflet ,
                                                    with   abbreviated      information   on    the
                                                    container and the packaging referring
                                                    the    consumer     to     the    information
                                                    specified ;
( e ) the batch number of manufacture or the  ( e ) the batch number of manufacture or the
      reference for identifying the goods ;         reference    for   identifying    the goods ;
      where this is impossible for practical        where this is impossible for practical
      reasons because the cosmetic articles         reasons    because the     cosmetic articles
      are too small , such information need         are too small ,.            information need
                                                                         such inform,
      appear only on the packaging .                appear only on the packaging .           ?j
      However , notwithstanding the beginning
      of this paragraph , any other means
      allowing simple identification of
      manufacture shall also be permitted
      ( e.g. coding using notches , marking
      with ink visible in UV light , etc .).
  2 . For cosmetic products that are not      )
  prepackaged , are packaged at the point of  )
  sale at the purchaser 's request , or are   )
  prepackaged for immediate sale , the        )
  Member States shall adopt provisions for    )
  indication of the particulars referred to   )
  in pa ragraph 1 .                           )
                                              )
 3 . Member States shall take all measures    )               unchanged
  necessary to ensure that , in the           )
  labelling , putting up for sale and         )
  advertising of cosmetic products , text ,   )
 names , marks , pictures and figurative or   )
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       other signs are not used to imply that        )
       these products have characteristics which    )
       they do not have .                           )
                                                    )
5 . Article 12(2 ) is replaced by :                 )
     " 2 . The Commission shall as soon as          )
     possible consult the Member States             )
     concerned , following which it shall           )    unchanged
     deliver its opinion without delay and take     )
     the appropriate steps ."                       )
                                                    )
                                                   )
6 . Annex III , Part 2 , becomes Annex IV ,
                                                   )
     Part 1 .
                                                   )
                                                                   .1
                                                   )
                                                   )                  'ч
7 . Annex IV , Part 1 , becomes Annex III ,
  \
   \
                                                   )
     Part 2 .
                                                   )
                                                   )
                                                  )
                      Article 2                   )     unchanged
                                                  )
1 . Member States shall take all necessary
                                                  )
measures to ensure that as from
                                                  )
1 January 1992 neither manufacturers nor
                                                  )
importers established in the Community place
                                                  )
on the market products whose labelling does
                                                  )
not satisfy the requirements of this
                                                  )
Directive .
                                                  )
                                                 )
2 . Member States shall take all necessary       )
measures to ensure that the products referred    )      unchanged
to in paragraph 1 can no longer be sold or       )
disposed of to the final consumer after          )
31 December 1993 .                               )
                                                 )
                     Article 3
                                                 )
1 . Member States shall bring into force the     )
 laws , regulations and administrative
provisions necessary to comply with the
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                                               )
provisions of this Directive not Later than
31  December 1989 and shall forthwith inform   )
the Commission thereof .                       )
                                               )
                                                )
2 . Member States shall ensure that the text
                                               )  unchanged
of the provisions of national law which they
                                               )
adopt in the field governed by this Directive
                                               )
are communicated to the Commission .
                                               )
                                               )
                   Article 4
                                               )
This Directive is addressed to the Member      )
States .
                                               )
                                               )  unchanged
                                               )
                                               )
Done  at                                       )
                                               )
                                               )
           For the Council                     )
                                               )
                                               )