The Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 1989

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6.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, the container and the outer packaging (if any) in which a cosmetic product is supplied or delivered pursuant to any supply, or a label affixed to the product, the container and the outer packaging, shall bear the following particulars:–

(a) the name or trade name and the address or registered office of the manufacturer of the product or of a supplier thereof, being a manufacturer or supplier established within a member State of the European Economic Community;

(b) in the case of a cosmetic product likely within 30 months from the manufacture thereof to cease either to comply with the requirements of regulation 3 or to fulfil the purpose for which it was intended, the words “Best before ... ... ... ...” immediately followed by

(i) the earliest date on which it is likely to so cease; or

(ii) an indication of where that date appears on the labelling

and any particular precautions to be observed to ensure that the product does not so cease before that date.

(c) in the case of a cosmetic product containing a substance listed in column 2 of Schedule 2, the information specified in column 6 of that Schedule in relation to that substance;

(d) in the case of a cosmetic product containing a preservative listed in column 2 of Schedule 4, the information specified in column 6 of that Schedule in relation to that preservative;

(e) in the case of a cosmetic product containing a UV filter listed in column 2 of Schedule 5, the information specified in column 5 of that Schedule in relation to that UV filter;

(f) any particular precautions to be observed in use (not being precautions included in the information referred to in sub-paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) above);

(g) a means of identifying the batch in which the product was manufactured (or, if the product was not manufactured in a batch, a reference from which the date and place of manufacture can be identified):

Provided that the requirements specified in sub-paragraphs (b) and (g) above need not be complied with in relation to a cosmetic product which is the subject of a market research experiment.

(2) The particulars referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (g) of paragraph (1) above shall be in lettering which is visible, indelible and easily legible.

(3) The particulars referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) above may be abbreviated if such abbreviation does not prevent the person concerned from being identified.

(4) The date referred to in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) above shall include the month and the year, and the month shall precede the year.

(5) The particulars referred to in sub-paragraphs (b) to (f ) of paragraph (1) above shall be in the English language; but this shall not prohibit the additional use of other languages.

(6) The particulars referred to in sub-paragraphs (c) to (f ) of paragraph (1) above and any special precautionary information on cosmetic products for professional use, in particular, in hairdressing shall appear on the container or on a label attached thereto: provided that where–

(a) it is impracticable by reason of the size or shape of the container for the said particulars so to appear, or

(b) two or more products are supplied together as a single item, each product being in a separate container and the containers being enclosed together in outer packaging which bears clear and conspicuous instructions to the effect that the product must be mixed together in specified proportions before use,

the said particulars shall appear on an enclosed leaflet and an indication shall appear on both the container and the outer packaging (if any) or on a label if attached thereto referring the consumer to the information in the leaflet.

(7) Where it is impracticable, for reasons of size, for the particulars referred to in sub-paragraph (g) of paragraph (1) above to appear on the container and outer packaging, the said particulars shall appear on the packaging in which the product is exposed for supply.

(8) In the case of a supply of soap which is not in a container, either the soap itself or the packaging in which it is exposed for supply or the container in which it was last contained before the supply shall bear the particulars referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) and (g) of paragraph (1) above, and in so far as any of the particulars referred to in sub-paragraphs (b) to (f) of paragraph (1) above are required they shall appear on a leaflet which shall be delivered to the buyer with the soap; and where either of the particulars referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) and (g) of paragraph (1) above appears on the soap itself the requirement of indelibility shall apply only until it has been put into use.