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Updated Guidelines for the Cosmetic Industry based on the 7th Amendment to the Cosmetics Directive, 2006.

The requirements of the EU Cosmetics Directive from general product safety through to product quality and claims are all clarified in this brochure.

The background, philosophy and legislative process that helped shape its scope and objectives are explained and it provides answers to the most frequently asked questions about EU Cosmetics Regulations.

This publication contains a consolidated version of Council Directive 76/768/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products.

This document has been edited as one continuing text of recitals, articles and annexes, whereby each item has been adapted to take into account all changes introduced by the successive amendments to the Cosmetics Directive (including its 7th Amendment) and adaptations to technical progress up to 21 September 2004.