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EU Court Advisor's Interpretation Would 'Destroy' Animal-Test Ban – PETA

 
• By Ryan Nelson

In a landmark case to clarify the scope of the EU's cosmetic animal-test ban, the European Court of Justice is expected to adopt an approach potentially with favorable implications for industry. It would deny market access to cosmetics that contain ingredients tested on animals to meet third-country or other EU regulations only when that test data is "relied on" to substantiate product safety in compliance with the Cosmetics Regulation.

The European Court of Justice may rule that cosmetic products can be marketed in the EU if they contain ingredients tested on animals to comply with third-country or other EU regulations, but such testing cannot be "relied on" to meet safety-substantiation requirements under the European Cosmetics Regulation.

The court's Advocate General Michal Bobek recommends that legally binding interpretation of the EU's cosmetic animal-testing prohibitions in a March 17

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