G/TBT/N/KOR/850  
5 August 2019  
(19-5066) Page: 1/3 
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 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, Heungdeok -gu, Cheongju -si, 
Chungcheongbukdo, Republic of Korea 363 -700 
Tel: (+82) 43 719 -1564  
Fax: (+82) 43 -719-1550 
Email: intmfds@korea.kr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 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" (55 page(s), in 
Korean)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic 
of Korea is amending the "Regulation on Safety Standards etc. of Cosmetics". The 
proposed amendments seek to:  
1) Prohibit the use of "Tagetes erecta flower extract or oil" in cosmetics  
2) Restrict the use of ingredients in cosmetics as stated below:  
A. Tagetes minuta flower extract or oil  
Standards for the use of this ingredient are as follows:  
(a) The content should be no greate r than 0.01% in leave -on products.  
(b) The content should be no greater than 0.1% in rinse -off products.  
(c) The content of Alpha -terthienyl in the ingredient should be no greater than 
 0.35%.  
(d) The ingredient should not be used in sunscreen products and  products 
 marketed for exposure to natural/artificial UV light  
B. Tagetes patula flower extract or oil  G/TBT/N/KOR/850  
 
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  Standards for the use of this ingredient are as follows:  
(a) The content should be no greater than 0.01% in leave -on products.  
(b) The content should be no greater than 0.1% in rinse -off products.  
(c) The content of Alpha -terthienyl in the ingredient should be no greater than 
 0.35%.  
(d) The ingredient should not be used in sunscreen products and products 
 marketed for exposure to natural/artific ial UV light  
C. Peanut oil, extracts and derivatives  
The maximum concentration of peanut proteins in the ingredients should not 
exceed 0.5ppm.  
D. Hydrolysed wheat protein  
The maximum average molecular weight of peptides in this ingredient should be 
not mor e than 3.5kDa.  
3) Lower the concentration limit of preservatives as stated below:  
A. Methylisothiazolinone: 0.01% → 0.0015% in rinse -off products  
B. Dimethyloxazolidine: 0.1% → 0.05%  
C. p-Chloro -m-cresol: 0.2% → 0.04%  
D. Chlorophene: 0.2% → 0.05%  
E. Propionic acid and its salts: 2% → 0.9%  
4) Add new ingredients allowed for use as hair dye to "Annex 2. The list of hair dye 
ingredients" as below while establishing their concentration limits when the 
ingredients are to be used in oxidative hair dye produ cts 
A. 2-Amino -3-hydroxypyridine (1.0%)  
B. 4-Amino -m-cresol (1.5%)  
C. Hydroxypropyl Bis(N -Hydroxyethyl -phenylenediamine) HCl (0.4%)  
D. 5-Amino -6-chloro -o-cresol (0.5%)  
E. 6-Hydroxyindole (0.5%)  
F. 1-Hydroxyethyl -4,5-Diaminopyrazole Sulfate (3.0%)  
G. Hydrox ybenzomorpholine (1.0%)  
5) Expand the ban on two preservatives (Salicylic acid and its salts, Iodopropynyl 
butylcarbamate(IPBC))  
The two preservatives which are already prohibited from use in cosmetics for infants 3 
years of age or younger would be additionally banned in cosmetics that intend to label 
and promote as cosmetics for children.  
6) Establish the test standards and methods (net contents, alkali remains) for solid 
soaps for face wash*  
* Solid soaps for face wash will be classified as cosmeti cs as of December 31,2019.  
7) Set the scope of the ingredients allowed for use in customized cosmetics  
All ingredients except the following can be used in customized cosmetics.  
A. Prohibited cosmetic ingredients  
B. Restricted cosmetic ingredients  
C. Ingredients that demonstrate the efficacy of the functional cosmetics notified 
by the Minister of Food and Drug Safety (except in the case where the 
relevant authority went through an examination or submitted a report on the 
functional cosme tics) 
8) Clarify or modify the terms in the regulation  G/TBT/N/KOR/850  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• MFDS  NOTIFICATION No 2019 -352 (23 July 2019)  
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, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun, Chungcheongbuk -do, Republic of Korea, 
369-811 
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5525 Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@korea.kr  Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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