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Notification comes before the first sale, not after

Prior to placing a cosmetic product on the European Union market, the responsible person must notify the Commission electronically, and the required fields include the country of origin for an imported product, the presence of any nanomaterials, and a frame formulation allowing medical treatment in an emergency.

The country of origin is a mandatory field in the filing, so a brand that keeps its manufacturing location vague in its marketing has already declared it to a regulator.

Exceptions and limits

Every manufacturer and importer must provide Health Canada with a cosmetic notification at the latest ten days after they first sell the product, and a person must not sell it after that ten-day period if the notification has not been provided.

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Article 13 is repealed or amended to make notification post-market, or the Commission drops country of origin from the required fields.

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Evidence

Tier Aregulation
Publications Office of the European Union: Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products
Prior to placing the cosmetic product on the market the responsible person shall submit, by electronic means, the following information to the Commission: (a) the category of cosmetic product and its name or names, enabling its specific identification; (b) the name and address of the responsible person where the product information file is made readily accessible; (c) the country of origin in the case of import;
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History

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“Notification comes before the first sale, not after”, The Orbt Market Index 0.1.0, entry omr:eu:every-product-is-notified-before-it-is-sold, retrieved September 9, 2026, https://tryorbt.com/markets/entry/eu--every-product-is-notified-before-it-is-sold. Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22679129

Orbt, "Notification comes before the first sale, not after," Orbt Market Index, entry omr:eu:every-product-is-notified-before-it-is-sold, verified August 5, 2026, https://tryorbt.com/markets/entry/eu--every-product-is-notified-before-it-is-sold.

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