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The Cosmetic Products (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations, 2007
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 18,138, 23 ta’ Ottubru, 2007
L.N. 315 of 2007
PRODUCT SAFETY ACT
(CAP. 427)
The Cosmetic Products (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations, 2007
IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 39 of the Product
Safety Act, the Minister for Competitiveness and Communications has,
on the advice of the Malta Standards Authority, made the following
regulations>–
The title of these regulations is the Cosmetic Products Citation.
(Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations, 2007, and they shall be read and
construed as one with the Cosmetic Products Regulations, 2004, L.N. 424 of 2004.
hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.
(1) These regulations shall enter into force on 18 th October Commencement and
scope.
2008, provided that cosmetic products which fail to comply with these
regulations are sold or disposed of to the final consumer before 18 th
April, 2009.
(2) These regulations implement the provisions of
Commission Directive 2007#22#EC of the 17 th April, 2007.
In the Fourth Schedule to the principal regulations, colouring Amends the Fourth
Schedule to the
agent CI 45425 shall be deleted.
principal
regulations.
(1) The Fifth Schedule to the principal regulations shall be Amends the Fifth
Schedule to the
amended as follows>
principal
regulations.
(a)
reference number 10 shall be deleted< and
(b) reference number 56 shall be substituted by the
following>
Reference
Substance
Maximum
Limitations and
Conditions of
number
authorised
requirements
use and
concentration
warnings which
must be printed
on the label
a
b
c
d
e
“56
iodopropynyl
(a) rinse-off
Not to be used in oral
(a) “Not to be
butylcarbamate
products: 0,02 %
hygiene and lip care
used for
products
children under
(IPBC)
(b) leave-on
three
products
(a) Not to be used in
years of age”
3-iodo-2-
0,01 %, except in
preparations for
(**)
propynylbutylcarba
deodorants/
children under
mate
antiperspirants
three years of age,
(b) “Not to be
0,0075 %
except in bath
used for
CAS No
products/shower
children under
55406-53-6
gels and shampoo
three
years of age”
(b) — Not to be used
(***)
in body lotion
and body
cream (*)
— Not to be used
in preparations
for children
under three
years of age
(*) Concerns any products aimed to be applied on a large part of the body.
(**) Solely for products, other than bath products/shower gels and shampoo, which might be used for children
under three years
of age.
(***) Solely for products which might be used for children under three years of age.”.
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