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Commission Regulation (EU) No 344/2013 of 4 April 2013 amending Annexes II, III, V and VI to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products (Text with EEA relevance)
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 344/2013
of 4 April 2013
amending Annexes II, III, V and VI to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products(1), and in particular Article 31, paragraphs 1 and 2, thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 is to apply from 11 July 2013 and will replace Council Directive 76/768/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products(2). However, in order to ensure a smooth transition, economic operators are allowed to place on the market cosmetic products which comply with Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 before the date of application of that Regulation.
(2) The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 reflect the advancement of science at the time of the adoption of the proposal for that Regulation by the Commission on 5 February 2008. Since then, the Annexes to Directive 76/768/EEC have been amended several times.
(3) Several of the amendments to the Annexes to Directive 76/768/EEC aimed to address potential risks to human health and therefore introduced the necessary measures to protect public health. Both for the sake of legal clarity and, as there is an option to comply with Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 before 11 July 2013 as an alternative to compliance with Directive 76/768/EEC, it is therefore necessary to amend the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 as well, with a view to ensuring a high level of protection of public health.
(4) Also, a number of the amendments to the Annexes to Directive 76/768/EEC adapted those Annexes to technical and scientific progress, while protecting public health. As a result, the Annexes to Directive 76/768/EEC are now better adapted to technical and scientific progress than those of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009. It is thus necessary to introduce those amendments in the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 as well.
(5) In some cases, the substances have not been assigned with internationally recognised nomenclatures as the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients (INCI). However, they are identified by their perfuming names. It is therefore appropriate to indicate the perfuming names in column c of Annex III (Name of Common Ingredients Glossary).
(6) Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Cosmetic Products,
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