Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety and its role for the safety of cosmetic products Działalność Komitetu naukowego ds. Bezpieczeństwa Konsumentów (Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety) na rzecz bezpieczeństwa produktów kosmetycznych

JoMS 2/17/2013, ss. 499-511 Abstracts Among the institutions and bodies of the European Union functions scientiic committees whose task is to provide the experts knowledge in selected areas. he purpose of the committees appointed by theEuropean Commission is to protect consumer safety, public health and the environment. One of them is exceptionally important because of itsrole in the assurance of cosmetics safety in EU - it is Scientiic Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS). Since the year 1968, that is for more than40 years, SCCP [under varying names] provides scientiic advice to the European Commission on the safety of cosmetics. he new staf of the Committee for the period 2013-2016 was elected in April 2013, with Professor. homas Platzek at the head. SCCP plays an important role under the new Regulation on cosmetics, which entered into force in July 2013as an independent body of experts who assist the European Commission and can on a current basis react on dynamic development of cosmetic industry. Purpose of this research is to specify general tasks, obligations and key decisions of SCCS which has the most important impact on building consumer safety on the sectorial, branch legal regulations on the ield of cosmetic law.