47The requirement set out in Article 19(5), namely that the information referred to in Article 19(1)(b) to (d) and (f) and in Article 19(2) to (4) be provided in the language laid down by the law of the Member State in which the product is made available to the end user, ensures a high level of consumer protection. The protection of human health cannot be comprehensively ensured unless consumers are fully informed about and understand, inter alia, the information about the function of the cosmetic product concerned and the particular precautions to be observed in use. The information which producers or distributors of the cosmetic products covered by Regulation No 1223/2009 are obliged to put on the product’s container and packaging, save where it can be effectively conveyed by the use of pictogrammes or signs other than words, will be of no practical use unless it is provided in a language which can be understood by the persons for whom it is intended (see, by analogy, judgment of 13 September 2001, Schwarzkopf, C‑169/99, EU:C:2001:439, paragraph 40 and the case-law cited).
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