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On the other side, there is a set of laws that cover broader
areas, but also include cosmetic products. These are:
Law on Trade;
Law on General Product Safety;
Law on Consumer Protection.
These laws are within the purview of the Ministry of Agriculture,
Trade, Forestry and Water Management.
As a result of all abovementioned regulations, imported cosmetic
products are subject to control by the Sanitary Inspectorate
of the Ministry of Health during import (before placing the
product on the market), and all cosmetic products are subject
to in-market control by both the Sanitary Inspectorate (Ministry
of Health) and the Market Inspection (Ministry of Trade).
PoSitiVE dEVELoPmEntS
A new Draft Law on the Safety of Products for General Use
has been prepared and, according to the Serbian European
Integration Office Action Plan, should be adopted by the
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Government by the end of this year. After the passage of
the law, it is expected that the whole range of by-laws will
be adopted.
Draft amendments to the Rulebook on the Conditions Regarding
Health Safety of Food and Products for General
Use that May be Placed on the Market was also prepared.
The amendments were made to articles referring to cosmetic
products. At that time, the majority of the text was
harmonised with the Council Directive relating to Cosmetic
products (76/768/EEC). This presents a good basis
for the preparation of a by-law on cosmetic products,
which should be completely harmonised with the current
EU legislation.
rEmaininG iSSUES
The process of changing the regulations relating to cosmetic
products has to be finished. Besides that, having in
mind that EU legislation in this field is constantly being
amended, the future by-law has to be flexible enough to
follow the EU legislation and be amended accordingly.
It is very important to avoid overlapping of regulations that refer to cosmetic products. This means that, once the
by-law specifically regulating cosmetic products is adopted, all other, more general laws have to leave enough
space and not impose additional restrictions. A good example where overlapping has been avoided successfully
is the Law on General Product Safety, which states: “This Law applies to all products which are considered products
under this Law, except for products for which specific regulations define their safety”;
As for the type of control, it is our recommendation that competent authorities should focus more on in-market
control, which is a practice in European countries. Import control should be mainly focused on product information
file (product dossier), and, only where necessary, laboratory checks of the product.
SUSTAINABILITY
cUrrEnt SitUation
Operating in a sustainable and socially responsible manner
is becoming more and more important in view of the challenges
facing society today, such as climate change or lim-
ited availability of raw materials. On the one hand, products
and processes have to be considered in terms of achieving
a balance between economic, ecological and social goals.
On the other hand, it is just as important to review the entire
value chain, that is, the entire life cycle of a product.
In the past, the Serbian Government has adopted many
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