How to Keep Up With EU Cosmetic Regulation Changes
Where amendments come from, how much warning each source gives, the deadlines that are live right now, and a monthly monitoring routine that fits a small compliance team.
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EU cosmetic & chemical compliance, made clear
Practical guides on CPSR, CPNP, labelling, lab testing and CLP — written by the regulatory team that gets your products to market.
Selling Cosmetics Online Under the GPSR: What Every Listing Must Show
Article 19 requires manufacturer details, EU operator details, product identification and warnings in the offer itself. Plus accident reporting, recall…
Cosmetic Packaging Under the PPWR: What Applies From August 2026
Regulation (EU) 2025/40 replaced the packaging directive on 12 August 2026. The staged deadlines to 2030, the ban on hotel…
Selling Cleaning Products in the EU: Detergents Regulation, CLP and PCN
Surfactant biodegradability, ingredient class labelling, the ingredient data sheet, UFI and poison centre notification, laundry capsule rules and the claims…
Candles and Reed Diffusers: CLP Labelling and Poison Centre Notification
Home fragrance is a chemical mixture, not a cosmetic. What a diffuser label needs, when child resistant closures apply, how…
Aerosol Cosmetics: Labelling Rules Beyond Regulation 1223/2009
Aerosol cosmetics follow two rulebooks. The reverse epsilon, the pressure warnings every can needs, why the flame pictogram appears without…
Deodorants and Antiperspirants: EU Compliance, Aluminium and Claims
Both are cosmetics in the EU. The aluminium exposure benchmarks assessors use, the antibacterial and hyperhidrosis claims that change the…
Hand Sanitiser: Cosmetic or Biocidal Product in the EU?
The claim decides the regime. What triggers the Biocidal Products Regulation, why cosmetics sit outside CLP, and what that means…
Vegan and Cruelty Free Claims on EU Cosmetics: What You Can Legally Say
Animal testing for cosmetics has been banned in the EU since 2013, which makes cruelty free claims difficult. What vegan…
Free From Claims on Cosmetics: Why Paraben Free Is Not Allowed in the EU
Why free from wording fails the fairness criterion of Regulation (EU) 655/2013, which claims are still acceptable, and how to…
Nanomaterials in Cosmetics: The Nano Label and the Six Month Notification
How the EU defines a cosmetic nanomaterial, the separate Article 16 notification, the nano declaration on the ingredient list and…
Exfoliating Acids in EU Cosmetics: What the Annexes Say About AHA and BHA
Salicylic acid has an Annex III limit, glycolic and lactic acid do not. How assessors set the ceiling, why pH…