Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products (recast) (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 1223)

CHAPTER V U.K. ANIMAL TESTING

[F1 Article 18 U.K. Animal testing

1. Except as provided in paragraph 1A, no cosmetic product may be placed on the market—

(a) where the final formulation of the product has been the subject of animal testing in order to meet the requirements of this Regulation;

(b) where the ingredients or combinations of ingredients of the product have been the subject of animal testing in order to meet the requirements of this Regulation.

1A. Paragraph 1 does not prevent the use of historic animal testing data in order to meet the requirements of this Regulation.

2. No animal testing of finished cosmetic products may take place in the United Kingdom in order to meet the requirements of this Regulation.

3. No animal testing of ingredients or combinations of ingredients may take place in the United Kingdom in order to meet the requirements of this Regulation.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 18 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 34 para. 17 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1246, regs. 1(3), 8(d) and S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)