This press release is brought to you by the European Commission’s Cosmetic News.

This module allows the responsible persons to submit information related to cosmetic products containing nanomaterials to the European Commission, as requested by Article 16 of Regulation (EC) N° 1223/2009.

On the basis of this information, the European Commission might request the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety to perform a risk assessment in case of concerns regarding the safety of a nanomaterial.

The User Manual for this new module of CPNP will soon be available in all the EU official languages.

For more information please refer to the link above.