Naturally compliant cosmetics, in every market you sell.

Yes. Both the EU and the UK require every cosmetic product on their market to have a named Responsible Person established in that territory. A non-EU brand cannot act as its own EU Responsible Person. CIG can act as your Responsible Person in both regions.

Yes. Since 1 January 2021 the EU and Great Britain have been separate regimes. You need a Responsible Person established in the EU for EU sales and a separate one established in the UK for Great Britain. One appointment cannot cover both, and each address appears on the label for its own market.

No. CPNP for the EU and SCPN for Great Britain are separate systems that do not share data. A notification in one does nothing for the other, so a product sold in both markets is notified twice, once in each portal.

You need a responsible person with an address on Swiss territory. An EU Responsible Person does not cover Switzerland, and the obligation cannot be delegated to anyone abroad. If no Swiss responsible person is appointed, the company’s chief executive or equivalent legal representative becomes it by default.

They are three things done in order. The CPSR is the signed safety report for one product. The Product Information File is the dossier that holds the CPSR along with the product description, manufacturing method, good manufacturing practice statement and claim evidence, kept for ten years. The notification is the filing on CPNP or SCPN that must be done before the product goes on sale.

Northern Ireland is treated separately from Great Britain. Under the Windsor Framework the Northern Ireland market continues to follow EU Regulation 1223/2009, so it uses the EU Responsible Person and CPNP route rather than the Great Britain UK-RP and SCPN route.

A Cosmetic Product Safety Report is the mandatory safety assessment for a cosmetic product. Part A gathers the safety data and Part B is the assessor’s conclusion. It must be signed by an assessor holding a university qualification in pharmacy, toxicology or medicine before the product is placed on the EU or UK market. CIG prepares it and a qualified assessor signs it.

They are three things done in order. The CPSR is the signed safety report for one product. The Product Information File is the dossier that holds the CPSR along with the product description, manufacturing method, good manufacturing practice statement and claim evidence, kept for ten years after the last batch. The notification is the filing on CPNP or SCPN that must be done before the product goes on sale.

No. A safety report prepared for another market does not transfer. The EU needs a CPSR in its own format, signed by a qualified assessor established in the EU. You can reuse underlying test data, but the assessment itself has to be redone to the EU standard.

Your formula is not published. CPNP data is released only to the competent market-surveillance authorities and to poison centres, which use it to treat a patient in an emergency. Competitors and the public cannot see it.

Not in the EU or UK. Compliance there is size-blind: a small maker faces the same Responsible Person, Product Information File and safety-report obligations as a large company, with no turnover threshold. In the United States, MoCRA has a small-business route for firms under a set sales figure, but that exemption is lost if a product contacts the eye area or meets other higher-risk criteria, and safety substantiation still applies to everyone.

Marketplaces including Amazon, Etsy and Notino now ask for proof that a Responsible Person is in place before you can list cosmetics. Without a valid one, Amazon can suppress a listing so shoppers do not see it, and can lock inventory held in the country. A valid appointment is now a commercial requirement as well as a legal one.

The product is not lawfully on the market. A product cannot be placed on the EU market without an EU-based economic operator, and an authority can require your documentation at any time. Failing to notify in the UK can carry a fine and up to three months’ imprisonment, and Trading Standards can prohibit sales until you comply.

Yes. You are not locked in. A new Responsible Person can take over your existing CPNP and SCPN accounts and manage future updates from there, so switching does not mean starting your notifications again.

MoCRA is the US Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act. If you sell cosmetics in the United States it requires facility registration and annual product listing, and a foreign facility must name a US Agent based in the United States. Listing does not mean the product is FDA approved: the FDA does not approve cosmetics before market. Facility registration is renewed every two years, on the anniversary of each facility’s own registration.

We price per product, openly published, with no hourly billing. You receive a fixed quote covering scope and timeline before work starts. Individual services are also priced on their own, so you pay only for what a given product and market need.

A qualified safety assessor reviews and signs every safety report, and no notification is filed without human confirmation. Your dossiers carry a full audit trail, so you can show a regulator how each conclusion was reached. We also carry professional-indemnity insurance covering our Responsible Person role.