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Ref : EIC 230/2/12

20 May 2011

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 296/2011

European Union (EU)*: Amendment to Directive on Cosmetic Products

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 303/2010 dated 2 July 2010, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted a Directive to amend Annexes II and III of Council Directive 76/768/EEC relating to cosmetic products for the purpose of adaption to technical progress. Details are set out in Commission Directive 2011/59/EU, which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:125:0017:0025:EN:PDF

DETAILS

2. In the light of the risk assessment of the submitted safety data and the final opinions given by the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) on the safety of individual substances and of the reaction products, Annex III of Directive 76/768/EEC has to be amended to include provisionally authorised hair dye substances. As for the substances hydroxyethyl-2-nitro-p-toluidine and HC Red No 10 + HC Red No 11, the safety assessment by the SCCS could not be finalised before 31 December 2010. Therefore, the provisional use of the substances should be prolonged until 31 December 2011. The SCCS opined that no final decision on the safety of the substance o-aminophenol could be drawn based on the available data and thus it could not be considered safe when used in hair dye products and should be listed in Annex II of Directive 76/768/EEC.

ENQUIRIES

3. For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,




(Miss Anita WONG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.





Note ：

  • (1) While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.
  • (2)The biweekly newsletter "Business Alert - EU" of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council provides up-to-date information on the latest developments in EU trade policy and trade regulations. The newsletter is available for free e-subscription and can be accessed through
    http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/eualert.htm.