Review Of The Cosmetics Directive

When the Cosmetics Directive report was voted on in the plenary session of the European Parliament Jean and her colleagues in the Green Group were among those whose votes led to the Parliament calling for not only the proposed testing ban, but also to preserve the ban on marketing.  This was an extremly positive step – but it was only the first reading.  After further readings a common position was agreed by the Council of Ministers.

Jean did all that she could to push for the marketing ban to be retained in the second reading  in the Council and wrote to Richard Caborn MP, Minister in the Department of Trade and Industry, regarding this matter.

As a Green MEP I am well aware of the implications of the proposal to scrap the sales ban on new cosmetics tested on animals.  I am opposed to testing on anilmals for cosmetic purposes, especially where alternatives are available.  I believe that animal welfare needs to be placed higher on policy-makers lists of priorities.  

As part of a gloabal community the EU must recognise that in abolishing the sales ban the problem would simply be shifted elsewhere in the world. This would mean not only that our shelves in the Europe would not be free from animal tested products and ingredients but incentives for industry to search for alternatives would be lost.

Jean Lambert Green MEP

For more information contact the Eurogroup for Animal Welfare

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