G/TBT/N/KOR/909  
24 July 2020  
(20-5110) 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:   
International Cooperation Office  
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
187 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup, Heungdeok -gu Cheongju -si, Chungcheongbuk -
do, 28159  
Republic of Korea  
Tel: (+82) 43 719 -1564 
Fax: (+82) 43 -719-1550 
Email: intmfds@korea.kr  
Website: www.mfds.go.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 
(HS code 3303, 3304, 3305, 3307); Perfumes and toilet waters (HS 3303); Beauty or 
make -up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin, incl. sunscreen or sun tan 
preparations (excl. medicaments); manicure or pedicure preparations (HS  3304); 
Preparations for use on the hair (HS 3305); Shaving preparations, incl. pre -shave and 
aftershave products, personal deodorants, bath and shower preparations, depilatories and 
other perfumery, toilet or cosmetic preparations, n.e.s.; prepared room deodorisers, 
whether or not perfumed or having disinfectant properties (HS 3307)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed 
Notification of "Regulation on Documentation and Storage of Safety Data on Cosmetic 
Products for Infants and Children" (8 page(s), in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  The Public Notice aims to provide detailed guidance on the 
documentation and storage of safety data for each product under the cosmetics legislation.  
The Public Notice stipulates that cosmetic manufacturers and responsible cosmetic sellers 
shall compile safety data (such as product dossier, summary of manufacturing process, 
information on the ingredient, final product an d adverse effect) in accordance with the 
current cosmetics legislation and manage them for each product. It should be noted that 
the draft regulation does not mandate conducting additional tests or analysis.  
Responsible cosmetic sellers may internally determine whether it is appropriate to use an 
infant's and children's cosmetics on target consumers based on the safety data they 
compiled for the product concerned.  G/TBT/N/KOR/909  
 
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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 PUBLIC NOTICE N0. 2020 -229 (3 June 2020)  
https://www.mfds.go.kr/brd/m_209/view.do?seq=43296&srchFr=&srchTo=&srch
Word=&srchTp=&i tm_seq_1=0&itm_seq_2=0&multi_itm_seq=0&company_cd=&c
ompany_nm=&page=3  
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:   
Korea WTO TBT Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standar ds (KATS)  
93 Isu -ro Maengdong -myeon Eumseong -gun 
Chungchungbuk -do, 27737  
+(82) 43 870 5525  
+(82) 43 870 5682 (Fax)  
tbt@korea.kr  
http://www.knowtbt.kr  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/KOR/20_4490_00_x.pdf