These papers include proposals for enhancing the compatibility of each other's existing rules and regulations, or working more closely together in setting them in future, in five sectors:
• EU position on chemicals
• EU position on cosmetics
• EU position on motor vehicles
• EU position on pharmaceutical products
• EU position on textiles and clothing

The Cosmetics paper in a nutshell

The paper builds on work which EU and US regulators already undertake jointly. It proposes working together to:
• recognise each other's lists of permitted or banned substances;
• recognise each other's Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs);
• develop and use alternatives to animal testing;
• harmonise the methods and requirements for testing products;
• align each other's requirements for labelling;
• work more closely together in the International Council on Cosmetics Regulation (ICCR), which brings together regulators from the EU, the US, Canada and Japan.

For further information
• See The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Regulatory Issues - EU position on cosmetics