1 In the calculation of the manufacturing costs, only the following costs are taken into account:
- a.
- the costs of research and development, in particular the costs of testing the stability of a cosmetic product, of testing the compatibility of packaging, of microbiological challenge testing and of transferring laboratory processes into industrial production (upscaling costs);
- b.
- the costs of manufacturing the bulk product, including the cost of materials;
- c.
- the costs of filling the primary packaging with the cosmetic product and of combining the bulk product with an applicator to form a ready-to-use cosmetic product;
- d.
- the costs incurred in connection with manufacturing a cosmetic product in compliance with provisions regarding health protection, consumer information and safety assessment, particularly the costs of preparing a dossier on the safety assessment, for the authorisation, registration or notification of a cosmetic product, and of maintaining a product information file, unless these costs must be incurred abroad;
- e.
- the costs for quality controls and certifications under Article 3 letter c number 3.
2 Excluded from the calculation under paragraph 1 are, in particular:
- a.
- the costs of tests primarily used for the purpose of marketing the cosmetic product;
- b.
- the costs of packaging and applicators, unless the costs in question are those specified under paragraph 1 letters a and c;
- c.
- the transport costs for the cosmetic product;
- d.
- the costs of storing the cosmetic product;
- e.
- the costs of commercialising the cosmetic product, as well as marketing and customer service costs.