Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - United Kingdom - Cosmetic products - Addendum

NOTIFICATION

Addendum

The following communication, dated 3 October 2024, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of the United Kingdom.

 

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Title: The Cosmetic Products (Restriction of Chemical Substances) (No. 2) Regulations 2024

 

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This measures amends Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 ("the GB Cosmetics Regulation") as it applies in [England, Wales and Scotland], with the same effect of the instrument notified on 10 April 2024 but with the addition of 13 new chemicals that have been classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic (CMR) substances under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (the GB Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation).

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/GBR/modification/24_06509_00_e.pdf

New deadline for comments (if applicable): 60 days from notification

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Description: Further to our notification on 10 April 2024, the Department for Business and Trade: Office for Product Safety and Standards would like to prohibit a further 13 CMR substances in addition to those previously listed in the draft Statutory Instrument text that accompanied our earlier notification. Under Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 (the GB Cosmetics Regulation), Government is prohibiting a set of chemicals that have been classified as CMRs under Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 (the GB Classification Labelling, and Packaging (CLP) Regulation). We will amend technical Annex II to the GB Cosmetics Regulation to reflect the CLP classification.

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