On 11 January 2013, the on-line portal for notification of cosmetic nano-materials was made operational by the European Commission. Should you hurry up to use it? What shall be notified, when and how? Which products, which ingredients are involved? What are the obligations implied by the Regulation. The French FEBEA, during a Meeting of Information, in July 2012, provided a full set of pieces of information that has been completed during the Cosmetic Valley Regulatory Convention, held in Chartres (France) in November 2012.
A newcomer appeared in the Regulation on cosmetics: the European Regulation, which replaced the former Directive since 11 July 2013, has found that nanomaterials exist. Previously, simply, there were non-existent… at least, in documents, when, in formulae, they were really there. However, the requirements, as well as the questions arising from this evolution, are not, in fact, small sized.
Declaration, notification, safety, labelling: the introduction of nanomaterials in the Regulation nbr 1223/2009 means new obligations to the cosmetic industry, which are a major point to consider for formulators, regulatory departments, responsible persons, safety assessors, marketing departments… To put it simply: everybody is involved by the consequences of the presence of these nanomaterials in products.
Declaration
It is mandatory, as per the Article 13 of the Regulation, by the notification procedure that shall be implemented before placing a new cosmetic product on the market. Therefore, it applies to every product placed on the market as of 11 July 2013, including those that contain nano-materials.
This notification is a duty of the Responsible person, who shall give the European Commission, through the Cosmetic Products Notification Portal (CPNP), a long list of pieces of information:
• The category, and the complete commercial name …
