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 <strong>Abstracts</strong> 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 the<br>European Commission is to protect consumer safety, public health and the environment. One of them is exceptionally important because of its<br>role in the assurance of cosmetics safety in EU - it is Scientiic Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS). Since the year 1968, that is for more than<br>40 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 2013<br>as 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.《JoMS》2013年2月17日，第499-511页 **摘要** 欧盟各类机构与团体中设有科学委员会，其职能为在选定领域提供专家知识支撑。欧盟委员会任命的此类委员会，核心宗旨为保障消费者安全、公共健康与环境安全。其中有一委员会因其在欧盟化妆品安全保障领域的关键作用而尤为重要——即消费者安全科学委员会（Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety, SCCS）。自1968年起，该委员会（曾先后使用多个不同名称）已持续四十余载为欧盟委员会提供化妆品安全相关的科学咨询服务。2013年4月，该委员会2013-2016届的新任成员选举完成，由托马斯·普拉特泽克（Thomas Platzek）教授担任主席。2013年7月正式生效的新版化妆品法规框架下，该委员会作为独立专家机构，可为欧盟委员会提供协助，并能够及时响应化妆品行业的动态发展，发挥着举足轻重的作用。本研究旨在明确消费者安全科学委员会（SCCS）的通用职责、义务与核心决策——上述内容对依托化妆品领域部门性行业法律规范构建消费者安全保障体系具有最为关键的影响。