Busi­ness Brunch – com­pli­ance manage­ment in the cos­me­tics industry

Lia­bi­li­ty risks for manu­fac­tu­r­ers, importers and respon­si­ble persons

Busi­ness Brunch with Miri­am Schuh and Saskia Witt­brodt on 13 April 2018 in Düsseldorf

With the coming into force of the EC Cos­me­tic Pro­ducts Regu­la­ti­on no. 1223/2009, the requi­re­ments rela­ting to the mar­ke­ta­bi­li­ty and safe­ty of cos­me­tic pro­ducts have beco­me more strin­gent. Each cos­me­tic pro­duct has to be allo­ca­ted to a respon­si­ble per­son estab­lished in the Com­mu­ni­ty, who­se duty it is to ensu­re com­pli­ance with the obli­ga­ti­ons lis­ted in the EU Cos­me­tic Pro­ducts Regulation. 

The respon­si­ble per­son can be a manu­fac­tu­rer estab­lished in the EU, a per­son appoin­ted by the manu­fac­tu­rer in the EU, the importer or even the dis­tri­bu­tor of a cos­me­tic pro­duct. The ran­ge of the respon­si­ble person’s obli­ga­ti­ons invol­ves ensu­ring that the pro­duct is safe within the mea­ning of the Regu­la­ti­on, kee­ping a pro­duct infor­ma­ti­on file, and obli­ga­ti­ons rela­ting to noti­fi­ca­ti­on, report­ing and coor­di­na­ti­on. The­re are lia­bi­li­ty risks that cor­re­spond to this sphe­re of obli­ga­ti­on, and importers and dis­tri­bu­tors in par­ti­cu­lar should pay heed to the­se and make sure they are pro­tec­ted by the design of the con­tracts they con­clude with the manufacturer.

The topics we cover will include:

• demar­ca­ti­on bet­ween cos­me­tic pro­ducts and other pro­duct groups 
• requi­re­ments rela­ting to the mar­ke­ta­bi­li­ty of cos­me­tic products 
• cata­lo­gue of obli­ga­ti­ons for manu­fac­tu­r­ers, respon­si­ble per­sons, importers and distributors 
• pro­duct lia­bi­li­ty and other lia­bi­li­ty risks 
• the Claims Regu­la­ti­on and the admis­si­bi­li­ty of adver­ti­sing claims 
• cur­rent jurisprudence