1. CPNP (Cosmetic Products Notification Portal)
István Murányi
KOZMOS, secretary-general
INT MARKT Turkey, Ankara 2013

2. Notification of cosmetics - history
76/768/EEC Cosmetic Directive
1. Art 7 (3)
for purposes of medical treatment information on substances used in cosmetic products be made available to the competent authority.
1. Art 7a (4)
The manufacturer (…) shall notify the MS competent authority the
- place of manufacture or
- of the initial importation into the Community
Very diverse local systems!

3. The new notification system(s!)
1223/2009/EC Regulation artile 13 - Notification
Prior to placing the cosmetic product on the market the responsible person shall submit, by electronic means to the Commission:
Available up from 11 January 2013
For all products (distributed, new) after 11 July 2013
As from 11 July 2013, a distributor who makes available in a Member State a cosmetic product already placed on the market in another Member State and translates, on his own initiative, any element of the labelling in order to comply with national law, shall submit, by electronic means, to the Commission.
Cosmetic product has been placed on the market before 11 July 2013, but is no longer placed on the market as from that date, and a distributor introduces that product in a Member State after that date, that distributor shall communicate to the responsible person:
The Commission shall make these information available electronically to all competent authorities.

4. Distributor of old product Local Competent Authority
Notifications
Local Manufacturer
If there is no EU notification yet
Till 11 July 2013
Responsible
Person
From 11 Jan 2012
Distributor of old product
From 11 July 2013
From 11 July 2013 all products
European Commission
Local Competent Authority
Even today
Local Distributor
From 11 July 2013

5. The CPNP structure … … … All in EU! The CPNP Database
Competent Authority 1
Data Company 1
RP 1
The all EU cosmetics database
Data Company 2
RP 2
Competent Authority 2
RP 3
Competent Authority 3
SC 1
Data Company 3
SC 2 … … …
All in EU!

6. What sort of information by the Responsible Person to the EU Commission?
(a) the category of cosmetic product and its name or names, enabling its specific identification;
(b) the name and address of the responsible person where the product information file is made readily accessible;
(c) the country of origin in the case of import;
(d) the Member State in which the cosmetic product is to be placed on the market;
(e) the contact details of a physical person to contact in the case of necessity;
(f) the presence of substances in the form of nanomaterials;
(g) the name and CAS or EC number of substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction (CMR), of category 1A or 1B;
(h) the frame formulation allowing for prompt and appropriate medical treatment in the event of difficulties.
(i) original labelling, and, where reasonably legible, a photograph of the corresponding packaging.

7. Compulsory reading!
s/pdf/cpnp_user_manual_en.pdf Cosmetic Products Notification Portal (CPNP) User Manual

8. Some points from CPNP Manual
Product name and identification
Regulation: its name or names, enabling its specific identification;
Clear examples:
Trade Mark / Brand + Product Line + specific name (function included)
Trade Mark / Brand Repair & Shine smoothing cream
Language variations: what is the name of the product in a certain country (language). Very important, needs for being notificated in a particular Member States.

9. Some points from CPNP Manual
Ingredients and formula (several options)
Frame formulation by RP
Concentration ranges in CPNP (predefined FF)
Exact formula attached
Original label
„Original label” means the one corresponding to the first placing on the market in the EU.
Certificate of notification
No certificate, only the Responsible Person receives an automatic electronic answer on the fact that the notification has physically been done. Distributors receive nothing.

10. What sort of information by the Distributor to the EU Commission?
As from 11 July 2013, a distributor who makes available in a Member State a cosmetic product already placed on the market in another Member State and translates, on his own initiative, any element of the labelling of that product in order to comply with national law, shall submit, by electronic means, the following information to the Commission:
(a) the category of cosmetic product, its name in the Member State of dispatch and its name in the Member State in which it is made available, enabling its specific identification;
(b) the Member State in which the cosmetic product is made available;
(c) his name and address;
(d) the name and address of the responsible person where the product information file is made readily accessible.