Glossary · Regulation & Compliance
What Is Responsible Person (EU)?
The Responsible Person is the legal entity — established inside the EU — that bears regulatory responsibility for a cosmetic product placed on the EU market: verifying the CPSR and notification, holding the product information file, and acting as the contact for market surveillance authorities. No cosmetic may be sold in the EU without one.
Why it matters when you source
If you sell into the EU from outside it, your Responsible Person is your regulatory presence — a distributor can act as one, but then your compliance lives inside someone else's business. Agree who holds this role, and who holds the PIF, before your first shipment.
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