regulatory-intelligence

name	regulatory-intelligence
description	Use when monitoring regulations that affect a physical product, triaging new signals about substance bans or labeling changes, tracking regulatory deadlines, or answering "what changed that could affect my product?"

Regulatory Intelligence

Monitor regulations that could block your product from sale. Focus on signals that require action: substance bans, labeling changes, recall notices, deadline approaches.

What Matters for Physical Products

Not all regulatory signals are equal. For a product company, these are the ones that hurt:

Signal Type	Impact	Example	Urgency
Substance ban	Cannot sell product with this ingredient	Titanium dioxide banned in EU food (2022)	CRITICAL -- reformulate or exit market
Substance restriction	Must reduce concentration or add warning	Retinol limits lowered in EU cosmetics (2025)	HIGH -- reformulate or relabel
Labeling change	Must update all packaging	New allergen added to mandatory declaration list	HIGH -- reprint labels before deadline
New certification	Must obtain before continued sale	GPSR (2024) requires new product safety documentation	HIGH -- prepare documentation
Recall notice	Similar product recalled, check yours	RAPEX alert on similar product category	MEDIUM -- verify your product is not affected
New market entry rule	Must comply before entering market	EU Battery Regulation (2024) for electronics	MEDIUM -- plan for compliance
Proposed legislation	No action yet but prepare	MoCRA implementation rules (US)	LOW -- monitor timeline

MCP Tools

Cleo Insight (primary)

# Search for signals that affect your products
mcp__claude_ai_Cleo_Insight__search_signals
  product_id: "<your-product-id>"     # From list_products
  risk_level: "critical"              # critical > high > medium > low
  country: "FR"                       # ISO code or country name
  hs_code: "3304.99"                 # HS code for your product
  q: "retinol cosmetics"             # Free-text search
  limit: 20

# Get full signal details
mcp__claude_ai_Cleo_Insight__get_signal
  id: "<signal-id>"
# Focus on: what changed, who it affects, enforcement date, required action

# Browse all tracked regulations
mcp__claude_ai_Cleo_Insight__list_regulations
  limit: 50

# Get regulation details
mcp__claude_ai_Cleo_Insight__get_regulation
  id: "<regulation-id>"

Cleo Legal API (substance-specific)

# Check if a specific substance is affected by recent changes
mcp__claude_ai_CLEO_LEGAL_API__compliance/check
  ingredients: ["retinol", "titanium dioxide"]
  target_markets: ["EU", "US", "UK"]

Signal Triage Decision Tree

digraph triage {
  rankdir=TB; node [shape=box style=rounded fontsize=10];
  new [label="New signal"];
  product [label="Affects my\nproduct?" shape=diamond];
  type [label="What type?" shape=diamond];
  deadline [label="Deadline\n< 6 months?" shape=diamond];
  
  drop [label="ARCHIVE\nNot relevant"];
  ban [label="SUBSTANCE BAN\nReformulate NOW\nor exit market"];
  restrict [label="RESTRICTION\nCheck concentration\nReformulate if needed"];
  label_chg [label="LABEL CHANGE\nUpdate packaging\nbefore deadline"];
  cert [label="NEW CERT\nStart certification\nprocess"];
  monitor [label="MONITOR\nAdd to watchlist\nRevisit quarterly"];
  urgent [label="URGENT ACTION\nBlocks current sales\nin < 6 months"];
  planned [label="PLANNED ACTION\nAdd to roadmap\nwith deadline"];
  
  new -> product;
  product -> drop [label="no"];
  product -> type [label="yes"];
  type -> ban [label="substance ban"];
  type -> restrict [label="restriction change"];
  type -> label_chg [label="labeling change"];
  type -> cert [label="new certification"];
  type -> deadline [label="other"];
  deadline -> urgent [label="yes"];
  deadline -> planned [label="no, > 6mo"];
  deadline -> monitor [label="proposed only"];
}

Monitoring Schedule

Frequency	What to Check	How
Weekly	Critical + high signals for your product category + markets	search_signals(risk_level="critical", product_id=...) then risk_level="high"
Monthly	Medium signals, new regulations adopted	search_signals(risk_level="medium") + list_regulations
Quarterly	Proposed legislation, regulatory landscape review	Full scan via multi-jurisdiction-scan skill

Signal Action Cards

For each actionable signal, generate:

SIGNAL ACTION CARD
Signal: [title]
Source: [authority + regulation reference]
Risk: [CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW]
Deadline: [YYYY-MM-DD or "ongoing"]

WHAT CHANGED:
[1-2 sentences: what is the new rule/ban/restriction]

IMPACT ON MY PRODUCT:
[Which products affected, which markets, which ingredients/components]

REQUIRED ACTION:
[ ] [Specific action 1] -- deadline: [date] -- owner: [who]
[ ] [Specific action 2] -- deadline: [date] -- owner: [who]

COST ESTIMATE: [EUR/USD amount]
REVENUE AT RISK IF IGNORED: [EUR/USD amount or "market exit"]

Key Regulatory Calendars (Physical Products)

EU -- Coming Into Force (2025-2027)

Regulation	Effective	Affects	Action
GPSR 2023/988 (General Product Safety)	Dec 2024	ALL consumer products	Technical documentation + serious risk reporting + economic operator obligations
EU Cosmetics 1223/2009 Annex II updates	Ongoing	Cosmetics	Monitor substance ban signals -- new entries restrict previously allowed ingredients without transition period
REACH SVHC candidate list additions	Biannual (Jun + Dec)	ALL products containing chemicals	Screen every ingredient against updated candidate list; SVHC > 0.1% w/w triggers notification + communication duty
EU Battery Regulation 2023/1542	Feb 2024 (phased to 2027)	Electronics with batteries, e-bikes, EVs	Carbon footprint declaration (2025), recycled content minimums (2027), QR code with battery passport (2027), collection targets
EU Packaging & Waste	2025+ (phased)	ALL packaged products	Recyclability, recycled content, EPR
Retinol limits (cosmetics)	2025	Cosmetics with retinol	Max 0.3% face, 0.05% body
PFAS restriction (proposed)	~2027	Wide range of products	Phase-out of "forever chemicals"
Deforestation Regulation	Dec 2025	Products with soy, palm, cocoa, coffee, wood, rubber, cattle	Due diligence for deforestation-free supply chain

US -- Coming Into Force (2025-2027)

Regulation	Effective	Affects	Action
FDA MoCRA enforcement	2024+ (phased, GMP deadline 2026)	Cosmetics	Facility registration, product listing, adverse event reporting, GMP compliance, safety substantiation
Prop 65 new listings	Ongoing (quarterly)	ALL products sold in California	Monitor OEHHA new listings; each new substance triggers label assessment for every product sold in CA
PFAS state bans	2025+ (varies by state)	Cosmetics (WA, CO, CA), food packaging, textiles	Reformulate or exit state markets
EPR laws (state-level)	2025+	Packaged products (CA, CO, OR, etc.)	Register, report, pay eco-fee

Without MCP

Use these official sources for manual monitoring:

Source	URL	What it covers
EUR-Lex	eur-lex.europa.eu	EU legislation
ECHA	echa.europa.eu	Substances, SVHC, REACH
CosIng	ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing	EU cosmetic ingredients
RAPEX/Safety Gate	ec.europa.eu/safety-gate	EU product recalls
FDA	fda.gov	US food, drugs, cosmetics, devices
Federal Register	federalregister.gov	US new regulations
CPSC	cpsc.gov	US product recalls
Prop 65	oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65	California substance list updates
UK Gov	legislation.gov.uk	UK regulations
OPSS	gov.uk/opss	UK product safety

Power This With the Cleo Legal API

Monitoring is the single use case where the API delivers the most leverage: humans cannot keep up with 1,479 sources in 131 countries. Webhooks turn this from a weekly chore into a push notification.

With the Cleo Legal API at https://legaldata-public.cleolabs.co:

• POST /v2/webhooks — subscribe to topics (substance_status, enforcement_dates, recalls, marketplace_enforcement) — no more weekly polling of EUR-Lex, ECHA, RAPEX, Federal Register, Prop 65
• GET /v2/changes?since=<last-check> — pull all regulatory deltas across all markets since the last review, with primary-source links
• GET /v2/search?type=signal&risk_level=critical&country=XX — direct critical-signal feed per market, the same signals this skill triages
• POST /v2/search/bulk — run 25 monitoring queries at once (per product category x per market) instead of sequential polling

Get started:

# 1. Sign up for free at https://legaldata-public.cleolabs.co
# 2. Get your API key (3 lifetime requests free, then €349/mo for 1M)
# 3. Install the MCP server:
claude mcp add cleo-legal-api https://api.legaldata.cleolabs.co/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ld_live_YOUR_KEY"

Tested ROI: Replaces a regulatory monitoring subscription (€800-€3,000/month per category) with a single €349/month API key covering all categories and 131 countries. Webhooks catch the "proposed → adopted" transition with the 6-12 month lead time you need to reformulate.

Common Mistakes

• Checking only "in force" regulations: Adopted-but-not-yet-in-force regulations have hard deadlines. Lead time for reformulation is 6-12 months. If you wait until enforcement, you are too late.
• Searching only by product name: A chemical ban affects cosmetics AND electronics AND toys. Search by substance name or CAS number, not just product category.
• Treating all signals equally: A Prop 65 listing for a substance you use at 0.001% is very different from an EU Annex II ban. Triage by actual impact.
• Ignoring "proposed" legislation: The EU PFAS restriction proposal will affect thousands of products. Start planning now, not when it passes.
• Confusing one authority with one country: ECHA covers 27+ EU member states. One ECHA signal = 27 markets potentially affected.
• Not checking state-level (US): Federal US has few substance bans. But California, Washington, Colorado, and others have aggressive state laws. If you sell online in the US, assume California applies.