CELEX: 62014CA0592
Language: en
Date: 2016-09-21 00:00:00
Title: Case C-592/14: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 September 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court) — United Kingdom) — European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Attorney General (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Cosmetic products — Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 — Article 18(1)(b) — Cosmetic products containing ingredients, or a combination of ingredients, which have been the subject of animal testing ‘in order to meet the requirements of this Regulation’ — Prohibition of marketing within the European Union — Scope)

14.11.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 419/9
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 September 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court) — United Kingdom) — European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Attorney General
   (Case C-592/14) (1)
   
   ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Approximation of laws - Cosmetic products - Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 - Article 18(1)(b) - Cosmetic products containing ingredients, or a combination of ingredients, which have been the subject of animal testing ‘in order to meet the requirements of this Regulation’ - Prohibition of marketing within the European Union - Scope))
   (2016/C 419/10)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Referring court
   
   High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court)
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients
   
      Defendants: Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Attorney General
   
      Intervening parties: Cruelty Free International, formerly British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection, European Coalition to End Animal Experiments
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Article 18(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products must be interpreted as meaning that it may prohibit the placing on the European Union market of cosmetic products containing some ingredients that have been tested on animals outside the European Union, in order to market cosmetic products in third countries, if the resulting data is used to prove the safety of those products for the purposes of placing them on the EU market.
   
      (1)  OJ C 81, 9.3.2015.