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Every cosmetic product placed on the EU market must be notified to the Cosmetic Products Notification Portal (CPNP) before sale, by the Responsible Person. The data feeds Poison Centres and market surveillance authorities across the EU.
Quick answer
CPNP (Cosmetic Products Notification Portal) is the centralised EU portal for cosmetic product notification under Regulation (EC) 1223/2009. The Responsible Person submits the notification before the product is placed on the EU market, covering category, formulation framework, labelling, packaging and Responsible Person contact details. The UK runs a separate but similar regime called SCPN (Submit Cosmetic Product Notifications). Notifications must be kept current with formulation, labelling and packaging changes.
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See AI ERP for cosmeticsCPNP is the EU's central submission portal for cosmetic products. The Responsible Person submits product category, frame formulation, labelling, packaging type, presence of nanomaterials and contact details. The system distributes the data to national Poison Centres and to competent market surveillance authorities. The PIF, including the CPSR, is not uploaded to CPNP but must be held available for inspection.
For products placed on the GB market, the equivalent regime is SCPN (Submit Cosmetic Product Notifications), operated by OPSS. The data set is similar but the submission is separate and a UK Responsible Person is required. Northern Ireland continues to follow CPNP under the Windsor Framework arrangements.
Notifications must be updated when the formulation, labelling, packaging or Responsible Person contact details change. A new product (different brand, different category, or material formulation change) requires a new notification.
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Worldover holds the cosmetic formula once and generates CPNP, SCPN and MoCRA filings, plus the PIF and CPSR, as a byproduct. Notifications stay in sync as labels and packs evolve.
See cosmetic ERP softwareFor a brand with five SKUs, CPNP is a manual project. For a brand with hundreds of SKUs across CPNP, SCPN and US MoCRA, it is a data orchestration problem: one approved formula must produce three regulator-ready submissions and stay in sync as labels and packs evolve. Worldover holds the formula once and generates CPNP, SCPN and MoCRA submissions from the same record.
Every cosmetic placed on the EU market needs a CPNP notification before launch, kept current as formulations, labelling and Responsible Person details change. Run across CPNP, UK SCPN and US MoCRA without one source of truth, the same approved formula ends up filed three different ways, and small label tweaks quietly fall out of sync with what regulators hold.
Cosmetic regulatory software holds the formula, PIF, RP and packaging spec as one record, with CPNP submission status tracked per SKU and per market. When a formula or label changes, affected notifications are flagged, Willow drafts the update and the regulatory team approves the change in one place.
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