Public consultation
SCCP Opinion on biological effects of ultraviolet radiation relevant to health with particular reference to sun beds for cosmetic purposes

The SCCP undertook a public consultation on the basis of a preliminary opinion. Interested parties were invited to submit comments or pertinent scientific information by email by 17 March 2006.

Opinion on biological effects of ultraviolet radiation relevant to health with particular reference to sun beds for cosmetic purposes
Adopted by the SCCP during the 8th plenary meeting of 20th june 2006

The following comments have being received by the SCCP.

-	Dr. Jan C. van der Leun, photobiologist and Dr. Paul Donald Forbes, senior toxicology consultant
-	The Working Group on Ultraviolet Radiation of the Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire de l'Environnement et du Travail (AFSSET)
-	Dr. Philippe AUTIER, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), France
-	Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt, Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz
-	BMA House, London
-	Cancer Research UK
-	Dr. JP Césarini, France
-	Ir. G. Crevecoeur, Belgium
-	European Sunlight Association (ESA), Belgium
-	Dr. P.D. Forbes, USA
-	Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
-	Dr. Nji Ousseni, France
-	Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic
-	State non food products inspectorate, Products control department, Vilnius, Lithuania
-	Dr. William B. Grant, Sunarc, USA
-	Dr. Alexander Steinmann, Germany
-	UK Health Protection Agency
-	Campus Benjamin Franklin Charité – Medical University , Berlin, Germany
-	Nordic Radiation Protection and Health Authorities
-	French Environmental Health Safety Agency (AFSSE), Health Watch Institute (InVS), French Health Products Safety Agency (AFSSAPS)
-	The European Consumers' Organisation (BEUC)
-	European Society of Skin Cancer Prevention (EUROSKIN)
-	Health Council of the Netherlands