Commission Directive 2005/42/ECShow full title

Commission Directive 2005/42/EC of 20 June 2005 amending Council Directive 76/768/EEC, concerning cosmetic products, for the purposes of adapting Annexes II, IV and VI thereto to technical progress (Text with EEA relevance)

Article 1U.K.

Annexes II, IV and VI to Directive 76/768/EEC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2U.K.

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that from 31 March 2006 cosmetic products which fail to comply with Annexes II and IV of Directive 76/768/EEC as amended by this Directive are not placed on the market by Community manufacturers or by importers established within the Community, nor sold or disposed of to the final consumer.

Article 3U.K.

1.Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 2005 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 4U.K.

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 5U.K.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 June 2005.

For the Commission

Günter Verheugen

Vice-President