Guides.
The documents the law asks for, in plain words.
What goes into a safety report and who signs it; what a product file holds and how long you keep it. Written for the person who has to prepare them, from the Regulation’s own text.
What is a CPSR, and how is it prepared?
7 min read
Parts A and B, the margin of safety, who may sign, and what software can and cannot do.
The PIF is kept for ten years after the last batch.
7 min read
What the file holds, where and in which language it is kept, what an inspector asks for, and how files get lost.
Contract manufacturing: who holds the product file?
5 min read
Private label cosmetics: who holds the CPSR and PIF when a contract manufacturer makes the product, what the contract should say, and how to run many brands.
How to write an SDS, and when a cosmetic needs one.
6 min read
SDS for cosmetics: when a finished product needs a safety data sheet under REACH, what the 16 sections hold, who writes it, where raw material SDSs come from.
ISO 22716 and GMP: what a cosmetics file needs.
5 min read
ISO 22716 and cosmetics GMP: Article 8 of Regulation 1223/2009, what the GMP statement in the PIF contains, and what an authority checks.
What is CosIng? And how do you read an entry?
5 min read
CosIng, the European Commission’s cosmetic ingredient database: what an entry shows, why it is not legally binding, and how to read it against the annexes.
EU Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009: who has to do what.
4 min read
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 in one page: who carries which duty, Annexes II–VI, what the label must say, and how changes reach you. GB and Türkiye noted.
How to launch a cosmetics brand: seven steps to the shelf.
4 min read
Seven steps from company to shelf: Responsible Person, manufacturer, tests, safety report, PIF and notification through CPNP, SCPN or ÜTS.
Is a CPSR a certificate? No. Here is what it costs.
5 min read
A CPSR is a report signed by a qualified assessor, not a certificate. What drives its price, one published figure, and three ways to get one.
ÜTS cosmetic notification: what Türkiye asks for before the sale.
6 min read
How a cosmetic product is notified in ÜTS: who notifies, what the system asks for, the sorumlu teknik eleman, and what must exist before the first sale.
What is a PIF? The cosmetic product information file.
5 min read
A PIF is the product information file every cosmetic product needs: its five parts, who keeps it, for how long, and how it differs from the CPSR.
Cosmetic product safety assessment: who carries it out, in six steps.
5 min read
What a cosmetic product safety assessment is, who may carry it out and sign it, the six steps behind the report, and what drives its time and cost.