According to the Regulations No 354 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia “Essential Requirements for Cosmetic Products, Labelling thereof and Procedures for Supervision of Compliance with these Requirements” (20.04.2004) (further in text - Regulations No. 354), the notification of cosmetic product at the Health Inspectorate (further in text - Inspectorate) is required before placing the product on Latvian market.

 

In accordance with paragraph 61of the Regulations No 354, prior to the placing of the cosmetic product on the Latvian market, manufacturers and the first importers, if they are located in Latvia, shall notify the Inspectorate of the address of the place of manufacture or first importation of the cosmetic product in Latvia.

 

Prior to the placing of a cosmetic product on the Latvian market, the responsible person authorised by the manufacturer and first importer, if located in Latvia, as well as by the distributor in Latvia of a cosmetic product manufactured in another Member State of the European Union or first imported into another Member State of the European Union, shall submit to the Inspectorate:

 

• information on the entity and the responsible person;
•  information on the cosmetic products placed on the Latvian market.

 

According to Regulations No 354 notification is necessary also for products notified already in any other Member State of the European Union.

 

Inspectorate would like to point out, that in case when cosmetic products is delivered directly to a distributor in Latvia, the information on distributed cosmetic products can be submitted also by entities registered in another Member State of the European Union.

 

As Inspectorate fulfils also duties of the centre of toxicology concerning collection of information on composition of cosmetics, therefore manufacturers and the first importers, if they are located in Latvia, have to submit also the information on ingredients for purposes of prompt and appropriate medical treatment in the event of difficulties (according to Art. 7(3) of the Cosmetic Directive 76/768/EEC). Distributors shall not to submit information on the composition.

 

The information on ingredients may be submitted as qualitative and quantitative composition of the cosmetic products or in a form called as Cosmetic Frame Formulations. So a Frame Formulation number can be submitted in accordance with the standard prescriptions developed by the European Association of Poisons Centre’s and Clinical Toxicologists EAPCCT and the European Cosmetic Toiletry and Perfumery Association COLIPA (Cosmetic Frame Formulations, EAPCCT/COLIPA, January, 2000).

 

Inspectorate would like to remind that starting from January 11, 2012 there will be possibility to carry out notification in accordance with Article 13 of the Cosmetic Regulation 1223/2009 to the Commission in online regime.