Regulatory Update: UK Responsible Person Labelling Deadline Extension to 2027

Following the departure of the UK from the EU Single Market in December 2020, the UK Cosmetics Regulation entered into force with a two-year transitional provision allowing companies to implement necessary changes, namely labelling compliance for cosmetics.  The two-year grace period was due to expire on 31 December 2022, after which time all products placed on the GB market would have been required to be in full compliance with the UK Cosmetic Regulation or be otherwise withdrawn from the market.

OPSS have reviewed the requirement to label the product with the UK RP and have decided to extend this transitional provision for a total period of five years, until 31 December 2025.  Until this date, the name and address of the responsible person and the country-of-origin requirements are satisfied where there is compliance with the requirements of Article 19(1)(a) of the EU Cosmetic Products Regulation (EU CPR).

The deadline has been further extended to 31 December of 2027.

The extension means – that having only the EU based RP address on the label, for cosmetics sale in UK,  is considered compliant until December 2027.

After December 2027 – there is a legal requirement to label the products with additional UK RP address.

The extension was decided , mainly for EU based companies,  to allow them undisturbed sales, even after Brexit.

The use of UK RP address as the only RP, for when product is placed in the EU – unfortunately is not considered legally compliant in the member State countries of the European Union. All cosmetics sold in the European Union, manufactured in the UK, must have additional EU RP address on label, otherwise are not going to be compliant with Article 19 (1)(a).

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