G/TBT/N/ARE/183  
 
15 January 2014  
(14-0192)  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:  UNITED ARAB EMIRATES  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 :   
P O Box: 2166 
Abu Dhabi 
United Arab Emirates Tel.:  (+971) 2 403 2613 Fax:  (+971) 2 671 0999 
Email:  esma@esma.ae  
Website:  http://www.esma.ae  
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):  Cosmetics 
and Personal Care Products  categorised as Halal. 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Requirements 
for Halal Cosmetics (12 pages, in English)     
6. Description of content:  This draft discusses the principles of halal cosmetics and based 
on this provides the requirements (common and specific) that shall be complied by the halal cosmetic industry at every stage of cosmetic supply chain including, receiving, preparation, processing, storage, packaging, labelling, controlling, handling, 
transportation, and distribution. 
This standard is applicable to all the categories of cosmetics and personal care products, 
mentioned in standard # UAE.GSO 1943, and to all types of organizations irrespective of 
their size and complexity.  This standard will be part of the scheme of Halal products. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  UAE is the one of the leading consumer s of the cosmetic products of the 
world and majority of the consumers are Muslims who are represented by citizens, residents and tourists for whom halal is the major issue of concern. In addition to Muslims, non-Muslims also have a tendency to opt for halal products as halal products ensure not 
only the halalness but also the safety and quality of the products. Consequently the 
markets of UAE have many cosmetic and personal care products which claim to be Halal. However there is no national standard against which the halalness of these products can 
be checked and the interest of the consumers is safeguarded. In view of this the present 
standard is prepared in which the term "halal" is used as an absolute term. 
8. Relevant documents:   - G/TBT/N/ARE/183 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of notification. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA) 
UAE TBT Enquiry Point 
Tel.:  (+971) 2 403 2657 
Fax:  (+971) 2 671 5999 E-mail:  uaetbt@esma.ae  
Website:  http://www.esma.ae