G/TBT/N/BOL/13, G/TBT/N/COL/236  
G/TBT/N/ECU/342, G/TBT/N/PER/110  
17 January 2019  
(19-0270) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, PERU  
If applicable,  name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible : General Secretariat of the Andean Community  
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 Exterior y Turismo  - MINCETU R (Ministry of Foreign Trade and 
Tourism)  
Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50 - Urb. Corpac - Lima 27 - Peru 
Tel.: (+51-1) 513 -6100, Ext. 1239 and 1223  
Email: otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
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) : Perfumes 
and toilet waters (HS 3303) ; Beauty or make -up preparations and preparations for the 
care of the skin (other than medicaments), inclu ding sunscreen or sun tan preparations ; 
manicure or pedicure preparations (HS 3304) ; Preparations for use on the hair (HS 3305) ; 
Dentifrices (HS 330610) ; Other (HS 330690) ; Pre-shave, shaving or after -shave 
preparations (HS 330710) ; Personal deodorants and  antiperspirants (HS 330720) ; 
Perfumed bath salts and other bath preparations (HS 330730) ; Other (HS 330790) ; For 
toilet use (including medicated products) (HS 340111) ; Soap in other forms (HS 340120) ; 
Organic surface -active products and preparations for w ashing the skin, in the form of 
liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap (HS 340130)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Andino sobre Buenas Prácticas de Manufactura (BPM) en Productos 
Cosméticos  (Draft Andean Technical Regulation on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) 
for Cosmetic Products) (21 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The draft includes the following : purpose, scope and definitions ; 
GMP requirements (personnel ; facilities, production and quality control), administrative 
and conformity assessment procedures, control and oversight, supplementary provisions 
and Annex 1 (products covered).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature  of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety . The purpose of the notified draft 
Andean Technical Regulation is to set out GMP requirements for firms that manufacture, 
arrange or assemble cosmetic products marketed in the terri tory of the member states 
so as to protect human health or safety.  G/TBT/N/BOL/13 • G/TBT/N/COL/236 • G/TBT/N/ECU/342 • G/TBT/N/PER/110  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
1. Decisión 516 de la Comunidad Andina (Anexo 2) . Armonización de Legislaciones 
en materia de Productos Cosméticos.  
2. ISO 22716:2007(E) Cosmetics - Good Manufacturing Pra ctices (GMP) - Guidelines 
on Good Manufacturing Practices.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : Twenty -four (24) months from the date of 
publication in the Official Gazette of the Cartagena Agreement.  
10. Final date for comments : 16 March 2 019 
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 Exterior y Turismo  - MINCETU R (Ministry of Foreign Trade and 
Tourism)  
Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50 - Urb. Corpac - Lima 27 - Peru 
Tel.: (+51-1) 513 -6100, Ext. 1239 and 1223  
Email: otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
http://extranet.comunidadandina.org/sirt/public/buscapalavra.aspx  
http://www.mincetur.gob .pe/reglamentostecnicos  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/PER/19_0291_00_s.pdf