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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-78/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2006/78",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 2006/78/EC of 29 September 2006 amending Council Directive 76/768/EEC, concerning cosmetic products, for the purposes of adapting Annex II thereto to technical progress (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-78",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Directive 2006/78/EC\nof 29 September 2006\namending Council Directive 76/768/EEC, concerning cosmetic products, for the purposes of adapting Annex II thereto to technical progress\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 76/768/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products, and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,\nAfter consulting the Scientific Committee of Cosmetic Products and Non-Food Products intended for Consumers,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nAnimal by-products falling within Category 1 material or Category 2 material pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption are prohibited from entering the production chain for a technical product, such as a cosmetic product. The sourcing restrictions thus imposed on cosmetic products produced within the Community should be extended to cover imported products.\n(2)\nSince the specified risk material defined in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies is included in the Category 1 material provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, the reference to that Annex in entry No 419 of Annex II to Directive 76/768/EEC is no longer necessary.\n(3)\nIn accordance with Article 22(1) of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, the provisions of Part A of Annex XI to that Regulation apply until the date of the adoption of a decision in accordance with Article 5(2) or (4) thereof, after which Article 8 of that Regulation and Annex V thereto become applicable.\n(4)\nDirective 76/768/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(5)\nThe measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Cosmetic Products,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 169. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2006/65/EC (OJ L 198, 20.7.2006, p. 11)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 208/2006 (OJ L 36, 8.2.2006, p. 25)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1041/2006 (OJ L 187, 8.7.2006, p. 10)."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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