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Chemicals, cosmetics and health: product compliance and access to the European market

For these industries, customs is only the last door. What blocks you upstream is an unregistered substance, labelling that does not match the classification, or a product file your non-EU supplier never had to build.

Regulatory information verified on 7 August 2026. These rules are evolving — we revalidate this point on every file.

When this page concerns you

  • You import chemical substances or mixtures and do not know whether your supplier covers REACH registration for your volumes.
  • You place cosmetics on the European market and are looking for who carries the responsible person role.
  • You import medical devices and are discovering the requirements on class, marking and authorised representative.
  • Your labelling has been refused, or a customer reports an inconsistency between the safety data sheet and the classification.
  • Your products fall under both product compliance and dangerous goods transport, and nobody connects the two.

What we review

  • The REACH status of your substances: registration, tonnage covered, the role of your supplier or your only representative.
  • CLP classification and its consistency with labelling and the safety data sheet.
  • The obligations specific to cosmetics: product information file, notification, responsible person established in the Union.
  • The requirements applying to medical devices: class, marking, authorised representative, technical documentation.
  • Tariff classification and origin, which remain the customs gateway.
  • The overlap with transport: a compliant product can still be non-compliant to ship.

What you receive

  • A product-by-product map: what applies, who answers for it, what is missing.
  • The list of documents to obtain from your supplier, written in their language.
  • A ranked action plan, separating what blocks market entry from what can be regularised afterwards.

What is included, and what is not

What is included

  • The regulatory mapping of your range and the associated action plan.
  • Coordination with your suppliers and your product experts, in their language.
  • Preparation of the document files intended for authorities or for your customers.

What is not included

  • REACH registration itself: it falls to the manufacturer, the importer or the appointed only representative.
  • The role of cosmetics responsible person or authorised representative: CTB Group does not take it on.
  • Testing, analysis and safety assessments: they are the domain of qualified laboratories and assessors.
  • Filing customs declarations: CTB Group is not a customs representative.

See also: shipping dangerous goods

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