Consumer information

Labelling

For cosmetic products marketed in Luxembourg, the following information, preceded by an asterisk (*), must be provided in at least one of the country's official languages (i.e., French, German or Luxembourgish) so that it is available to consumers.

The following information must appear in visible, legible and indelible lettering on the container and packaging of cosmetic products:

• The name or company name and the address of the responsible person based in the European Community.
• The country of origin, for imported cosmetic products.
• *The volume or weight (unless below 5 g or 5 ml).
• *The date until which the cosmetic product will continue to fulfil its function, preceded by the words 'Best before" or the symbol (see Figure 1).
  
  This date should comprise either the month and year, or the day, month and year (in that order) and, if necessary, should be followed by the appropriate storage conditions.
  
  Cosmetic products with a minimum shelf life of more than thirty months must specify how long the product will remain safe to use after opening, using the symbol (see Figure 2) following by the length of time (in months and/or years).
  
  
• *Conditions of use and warnings, and in particular the special precautions to be observed for cosmetic products for professional use.
• The manufacturing batch number or the reference number serving to identify the cosmetic product.
• *The function of the cosmetic product.
• The ingredients, preceded by the word ‘ingredients’, listed in descending order by weight (unless less than 1 %), and specified using their common ingredient names, or terms appearing in a generally accepted nomenclature in the absence of a common name (INCI etc.).
  
  Any nanomaterial ingredients must be mentioned and followed by the term '[nano]’.
  Fragrance and aromatic compositions are referred to as ‘fragrance’ or ‘aroma’.
  
  Colouring agents, other than those used to dye hair or facial hair (with the exception of eyelashes), may be mentioned in any order. All colouring agents used in the colour shades of a range of decorative products may be mentioned, provided that the words ‘may contain’ or the symbol ‘+/-’ are added. The CI nomenclature must be used, where appropriate.

*Where this is not practical, the consumer may be referred to information included with the product, in which case the 'open book' symbol (see Figure 3) must be used.

Product claims

In the labelling and advertising of cosmetic products, and in their provision to European consumers, no text, names, trademarks, images, or figurative or other signs may be used to attribute to such products, either explicitly or implicitly, characteristics or functions that they do not possess, irrespective of the medium or type of marketing device.

Public access to other information

The responsible person for the cosmetic product must ensure that the existing data regarding any undesirable effects and serious undesirable effects that may be caused by the cosmetic product after use can be easily accessed by the public, using appropriate means.

This also applies to the product's qualitative and quantitative formula, without prejudice to the protection of trade secrets and intellectual property.