New EU Cosmetics Regs Expected Before Year-End; Focus Is Accountability
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
New cosmetics regulations under the recast directive are expected to publish in the Official Journal of the European Union by year-end, according to Darren Abrahams, a barrister (lawyer), in the Brussels office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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