Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and Council on cosmetic products requires that the responsible persons and, under certain circumstances, the distributors of cosmetic products submit through the Cosmetic Products Notification Portal  (CPNP) some information about the products they place or make available on the European market.

The CPNP is making this information available electronically to the Competent Authorities (for the purposes of market surveillance, market analysis, evaluation and consumer information) and to the Poison Centers or similar bodies established by Member States. 

Notifications of cosmetic products must be carried out even they have previously been reported to a national authority. Information in the CPNP must be entered according to the CPNP User Manual.