G/TBT/N/KOR/1061  
28 February 2022  
(22-1894) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Documents are available from the Ministry of Food and Drug safety website 
(www.mfds.go.kr ). Also available from:  
International Cooperation Office  
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
187 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup, H eungdoek -gu Cheongju -si, 
Chungcheongbuk -do, 28159  
Republic of Korea  
Tel: (+82) 43 719 -1564 
Fax: (+82) 43 -719-1550 
Email: intmfds@korea.kr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Cosmetics  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed 
amendments to the "Regulation on Safety Standards etc. of Cosmetics" (18 page(s), in 
Korean)  
6. Description of content:  The proposed amendments to the "Regulation on Safety 
Standards etc. of Cosmetics" include:  
1) Addition of prohibited ingredients for cosmetics and stringent restrictions on uses  
A. Addition of Persistent pollutants, some components of perfluorinated compounds, and 
1,2,4-trihydroxybenzene to Prohibited ingredients  
B. Prohibition on the use of benzalkonium chlor ide, a preservative, in spray -type 
products  
2) Newly established exceptions for ingredients prohibited for use in cosmetics  
A. management standards for CBD and THC that can be unintentionally included in parts 
excluded from cannabis  
B. permissible limits f or radioactive materials that may exist in nature  
C. permissible limits for Fluorescent Brightener 367 among fluorescent brighteners, 
which are prohibited for use in cosmetics  
3) Addition of ingredients that can be used as a hair dye and their maximum conc entration 
limit 
4) Clarification and modification of terms in the regulation  G/TBT/N/KOR/1061  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  MFDS NOTIFICATION No. 2021 -618 (27 December 2021)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
93, Isu -ro, Maengdo ng-myeon, Eumseong -gun, Chungcheongbuk -do, Republic of Korea, 
369-811 
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5521 Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@kats.go.kr  Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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