COSMETIC PRODUCT INFORMATION FILE

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Cosmetic product information file (PIF)

There must be a designated responsible person (RP) nominated for each cosmetic product placed on the market within the EEA.

Prior to placing a cosmetic product on the EEA market, one of the responsibilities of the responsible person is to prepare a product information file (PIF). This file should be maintained throughout the life cycle of the cosmetic product.

The RP must maintain this PIF at its address which appears on the label of the cosmetic product. In the event a cosmetic product is no longer to be placed on the EEA market, the PIF must be kept for a period of 10 years following the date on which the last batch of cosmetic product was placed on the market.

Product information file

  1. When a cosmetic product is placed on the market, the responsible person shall keep a product information file for it. The product information file shall be kept for a period of ten years following the date on which the last batch of the cosmetic product was placed on the market.
  2. The product information file shall contain the following information and data which shall be updated as necessary:

(a) a description of the cosmetic product which enables the product information file to be clearly attributed to the cosmetic product;

(b) the cosmetic product safety report referred to in Article 10(1);

(c) a description of the method of manufacturing and a statement on compliance with good manufacturing practice referred to in Article 8;

(d) where justified by the nature or the effect of the cosmetic product, proof of the effect claimed for the cosmetic product;

(e) data on any animal testing performed by the manufacturer, his agents or suppliers, relating to the development or safety assessment of the cosmetic product or its ingredients, including any animal testing performed to meet the legislative or regulatory requirements of third countries.

  1. The responsible person shall make the product information file readily accessible in electronic or other format at his address indicated on the label to the competent authority of the Member State in which the file is kept.

The information contained in the product information file shall be available in a language which can be easily understood by the competent authorities of the Member State.

Article 10

Safety assessment

  1. In order to demonstrate that a cosmetic product complies with Article 3, the responsible person shall, prior to placing a cosmetic product on the market, ensure that the cosmetic product has undergone a safety assessment on the basis of the relevant information and that a cosmetic product safety report is set up in accordance with Annex I.

The responsible person shall ensure that:

(a) the intended use of the cosmetic product and the anticipated systemic exposure to individual ingredients in a final formulation are taken into account in the safety assessment;

(b) an appropriate weight-of-evidence approach is used in the safety assessment for reviewing data from all existing sources;

(c) the cosmetic product safety report is kept up to date in view of additional relevant information generated subsequent to placing the product on the market.