Under the title "EU citizens to benefit from the new Cosmetic Products Notification Portal (CPNP)", Brussels has announced the launch of this new tool, on January 11, 2012. To be mastered by 2013!
Brussels, 11 January 2012
Today, the European Commission launched a new web portal for cosmetic products - the Cosmetic Products Notification Portal (CPNP). The Portal will be a one stop shop for the cosmetic industry to submit information about the products placed on the EU market. This is of critical importance to poison centres so that they can react quickly to help callers in case of poisoning and to national authorities for better market surveillance. The Portal will also reduce the administrative burden for the industry.
EU Commissioner for Health and Consumers, John Dalli said "Thanks to this Portal, EU citizens will benefit from more rapid and appropriate medical treatment in case of incidents and more effective market surveillance on the cosmetic products they use on a daily basis. In addition, the industry will see its administrative burden significantly reduced. This is all good news."
The CPNP is the result of two years of intense cooperation between the Commission, the national competent authorities, the poison centres and the industry. It introduces a simple interface for the cosmetic industry to submit information on the products placed on the market and it is available in all EU official languages.
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