G/TBT/N/PAN/115  
26 May 2021 
(21-4377) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English/Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : PANAMA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Salud  (Ministry of Health)  
Dirección Nacional de Farmacias y Drogas  (National Pharmacy and Drugs Directorate)  
Departamento de Registro  Sanitario  (Sanitary Registration Department)  
Address : Ancón Paseo del Gorgas Edificio 240  
Panamá, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 512 9162  
Email: rejaen@minsa.gob.pa ; uperez@minsa.gob.pa  
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:  
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias  (Ministry of Trade and Industry)  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial (Directorate -General for Standards 
and Industrial Technology)  
Vía Ricardo J. A lfaro, Edificio Plaza Edison, 3er Piso  
Panamá, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 560 0716/(+507) 560 0600, Ext. 5968  
Email: dgnti@mici.gob.pa  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 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) : Products 
of the chemical industry ( ICS 71 .100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Reglamento 
Técnico Centroamericano (RTCA) 71.03.36:21 Productos Cosméticos . Etiquetado de 
Productos Cosméticos, 1era . Revisión  (Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 
71.03.36:21 : Cosmetic products . Labelling of cosmetic products, First revision) (6 pages, 
in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation covers the following : purpose ; 
scope; reference documents ; definitions ; abbreviations ; technical content of the 
Regulation ; monitoring ; and inspection.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the inform ation required on the 
labels of cosmetic products of any kind to prevent their use posing a risk to health . It 
does not apply to cosmetic products used exclusively in the hotel trade.  G/TBT/N/PAN/115  
- 2 - 
  8. Relevant documents:  
RTCA Registro e Inscripción Sanitaria de Product o Cosméticos  (current version).  
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, 
as updated . List of substances prohibited in cosmetic products.  
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council, as updated . List of substances which cosmetic products must not contain except 
subject to restrictions laid down.  
Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council, as updated . List of colorants allowed in cosmetic products.  
Annex V to Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, 
as updated . List of preservatives allowed in cosmetic products.  
Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 of the European Parlia ment and of the 
Council, as updated . List of UV filters allowed in cosmetic products.  
The information published by the Personal Care Products Council (PCPC) in the USA and 
CosIng, the European Commission's database for cosmetic ingredients, shall also be 
recognized.  
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:  
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial  
Vía Ricardo J. A lfaro, Edificio Plaza Edison, 3er Piso  
Panamá, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 560 0716/(+507) 560 0600, Ext. 5968  
Email: dgnti@mici.gob.pa  
Website: www.mici.gob.pa  
https:// members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/PAN/21_3675_00_s.pdf