Who signs, and why it is built this way
David Vandevoort on LinkedIn →
SARVA Reg is David Vandevoort's cosmetic-registration practice, based in Belgium. It does the work that has to happen before a cosmetic can be sold in the EU: the safety report, the file of evidence behind it, and the EU notification. Every safety report it produces is signed by him.
Not everyone is allowed to sign one. The law requires someone holding a qualification in pharmacy, toxicology, medicine or a comparable field (Art. 10(2)). He is a pharmacist, with a Master and a PhD from KU Leuven.
So what you are buying is one person's judgement, with his name on it. The software behind the practice exists to make that judgement checkable, not to replace it. Every figure traces back to the document it came from, and every gap is written down rather than quietly filled in.
Who operates this site is on the imprint.
Why the practice is in Belgium
Every cosmetic sold in the EU has to have a Responsible Person: a named person or company, established inside the EU, that the authorities hold answerable for the product (Art. 4(1)).
Someone outside the EU can write your safety report. They cannot hold that role. The practice is in Belgium so that it can do both.
Which party holds it depends on who actually puts the product on the EU market — the manufacturer, the importer, or a distributor selling it under its own name (Art. 4(3)–(6)). How the law assigns the role →
You can appoint this practice as your Responsible Person, by written mandate.
Three things decided at the start
We publish what we cite. Every statement about the law on this site names the article it comes from, so you can check it instead of taking our word for it.
We name what is missing. If a figure cannot be established from a document, we write that down. We do not estimate it and carry on.
We show the work. One complete registration is published, with its dates — including the parts still outstanding. The PremaNature aloe gel →
Questions people ask
Can a pharmacist sign a CPSR?
Yes. A CPSR — a Cosmetic Product Safety Report — is the written statement that a cosmetic is safe to use. Art. 10(2) names pharmacy, toxicology, medicine or a comparable field as the qualifications that may sign one.
Who signs?
David Vandevoort, pharmacist. Every report carries his name, and the qualifications behind it are at the top of this page.
Tell us the product, the variants and the markets — a fixed quote in writing.