(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2925) (“the principal Regulations”).
The Regulations implement Commission Directive 97/18/EC (O.J. No. L114, 1.5.1997, p. 43). The principal Regulations contained a prohibition, due to come into force on 1 January 1998, on the supply of cosmetic products which contain ingredients or combinations of ingredients tested on animals, where such testing takes place after 1 January 1998 and is undertaken in order that the products may satisfy the requirements of the principal Regulations. The date 1st January 1998 is changed by these Regulations to 30th June 2000, which is also the date on which this prohibition will now come into force (regulation 2(a) and (c)).
The Regulations also implement Commission Directive 97/45/EC (O.J. No. L196, 24.7.1997, p. 77) by making technical amendments to Schedules 1, 4 and 5 of the principal Regulations (regulation 2(f) to (j)).
Finally, the Regulations amend the principal Regulations so as to allow the safety assessments referred to in regulation 8(1)(d) of the principal Regulations to be carried out by doctors and pharmacists who have specified qualifications and by persons holding specified diplomas showing that they have the necessary qualifications to practise as chartered biologists or chartered chemists or the qualifications required to practise equivalent professions in other States within the European Economic Area (regulation 2(e)). This is in accordance with the requirements of Council Directive 76/768/EEC (O.J. No. L262, 27.9.1976, p. 169), as amended by Council Directive 93/35/EEC (O.J. No. L151, 23.6.1993, p. 32).