{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-regulations-1996/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2925",
  "legislation_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Product Information",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (5) below, where a cosmetic product is manufactured or supplied in the United Kingdom a responsible person shall for control purposes keep readily accessible to a United Kingdom competent authority at the address or registered office specified on the container or packaging of the cosmetic product in accordance with regulation 6(2)(a) the following information—\n(a) the qualitative and quantitative composition of the product, except to the extent that the product is composed of any perfume or perfume composition, in which case the responsible person shall only be required to keep the name and code number of the perfume or perfume composition and the identity of the supplier;\n(b) the physico-chemical and microbiological specifications of the raw materials and the finished product and the purity and microbiological control criteria of the cosmetic product;\n(c) the method of manufacture which shall be in accordance with good manufacturing practice, that is to say that the cosmetic product shall be manufactured in such a way that under normal and reasonably foreseeable conditions of use it shall not endanger human health or safety;\n(d) assessment of the safety for human health of the finished product taking into consideration the general toxicological profile of each ingredient used, its chemical structure and its level of exposure;\n(e) the name and address of the person or persons, qualified in accordance with paragraph (3) below, responsible for the assessment referred to in sub-paragraph (d) above;\n(f) existing data on undesirable effects on human health resulting from use of the cosmetic product; and\n(g) proof of the effect claimed for the cosmetic product, where justified by the nature of the effect or product.\n(2) The assessment referred to in sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (1) above shall be carried out in accordance with the principles of good laboratory practice referred to in Article 1 of Council Directive 87/18/EEC on the application of the principles of good laboratory practice and the verification of their applications for tests on chemical substances.\n(3) The person referred to in sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph (1) above must be a registered pharmacist within the meaning of the Pharmacy Act 1954 or a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of the Medical Act 1983.\n(4) Where the responsible person is the manufacturer or the person who first imports the cosmetic product into the Community he must possess appropriate experience or an appropriate level of professional qualification in accordance with the legislation and practice of the United Kingdom if it is the place of manufacture or first importation.\n(5) Where the manufacturer manufactures a cosmetic product at two or more places within the Community, and one of those places is within the United Kingdom the responsible person may choose a single place of manufacture within the Community where the information referred to in paragraph (1) above will be kept available, provided that, if requested by a United Kingdom competent authority, he informs the said authority of the location at which the said information is to be kept.\n(6) Where the information referred to in paragraph (1) above is to be kept accessible to a United Kingdom competent authority it must be in English or a language readily understood by the said authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. No. L15, 17.1.87, p.29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1954 c. 61."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1983 c. 54."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "replaced (by reg.8(3)(3A))",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/2914",
      "affecting_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/3135",
      "affecting_title": "The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2925/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:31:46.810679+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}