The EU's top court rejected a French appeal against a ban on testing cosmetics on animals, telling the country with the largest cosmetics industry in Europe that an annulment of the measures is "impossible".
The European Court of Justice announced its verdict on Tuesday (24 May), arguing that scrapping the articles - as demanded by Paris would undermine the law.
The 2003 EU directive set a list of barriers to the development and marketing of cosmetics tested on animals with clear ...
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