This compromise on a proposal for a regulation on cosmetic products was adopted by MEPs by a large majority with 633 votes in favor, 29 votes against and 11 abstentions, on Tuesday, March 24.
MEPs approved the Commission’s approach to simplify EU cosmetics legislation by replacing the 27 national laws, or some 3,500 pages of legal texts.
“All products on the European market must be safe”, as the rapporteur recalled during the debate.
MEPs want any product containing nanomaterials, a high level of consumer and human health protection to be guaranteed. It is necessary that only the characteristics that a product really exhibits can be used for advertising and labeling purposes, according to Parliament.
Parliament therefore calls on the Commission to establish, in cooperation with the Member States, an action plan relating to claims on cosmetic products and to define the priorities in order to determine the common criteria for claims.
“What is prohibited in food must also be prohibited in cosmetics”, according to the rapporteur.
This proposal for a regulation does not modify the European legislation in force which has progressively prohibited the testing of cosmetics on animals in the European Union as well as the sale of products tested on animals.
