12.03.2013

Marketing ban on animal testing for cosmetics

As per March 11, 2013, the import as well as the sale of cosmetic products tested on animals is prohibited in the European Union. Within this context the European research project NOTOX as one of the building block projects of the cluster initiative SEURAT-1, co-funded by the European Commission and Cosmetics Europe, seeks to develop alternative testing methods that will replace animal testing.

For more information, please see the official Commission's Communication and its press release from March 11, 2013.