According to the EUROPE DIRECT CONTACT CENTRE Consultation Response: ExoGiov Comes from SPF Eggs and Does Not Fall under the Categories Mentioned in ANNEX II/419

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Your Europe Direct reply no #3662921

Dear Mr S. H. Lee,

Thank you for contacting the Europe Direct Contact Centre.

We have consulted the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW). Please find below the answer to your question.

“CosIng has only informative value, it is not a legally binding instrument. In addition, entry II/419 refers to ‘Category 1 material and Category 2 material as defined in Articles 4 and 5 respectively of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ), and ingredients derived therefrom”. This is added for information purposes. And it does not service as a restriction/prohibition as such.

According to the Cosmetics Regulation (1223/2009), the responsible person must ensure the safety of the cosmetic product placed on the market and has the respective responsibility in using or not such ingredients in cosmetics and attest whether the entry indicated in CosIng is relevant to these ingredients or not.

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