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 Draft of Regulations Governing Notification of Cosmetic Products  
This Draft has been translated into English according to the 
original Chinese version. If there is any inconsistency or 
ambiguity between these two versions, the Chinese version shall 
prevail.  
 
 
Article 1  This Regulation is enacted pursuant to Paragraph 2 of Article 4 of 
Cosmetic Hygiene and Safety Act (the “Act”).  
Article 2  The cosmetics manufacturers or importers of a certain scale under 
Paragraph 1 of Article 4 of the Act (the “Cosmetics Manufacturers or 
Importers”) shall refer to below entities  in the business of 
manufacturing or importing cosmetics products : 
1. A company  or business  to be established and registered purs uant 
to Company Act and/or Business Registration Act.  
2. A factory to be registered pursuant to Paragraph 1 of Article 8 of 
the Act.  
3. Other than handmade soap manufacturers who does not need 
factory registration, corporation or group  who does not belong to 
the above two categories and manufactures or imports cosmetics . 
Article 3  Cosmetics Manufacturers or Importers  shall, while manufacturing or 
importing cosmetics under Paragraph 1 of Article 4 of the Act, 
complete notification  via the online system  provided  by the  central  
competent authorit y.  
Article 4  The content of  notification  specified in the preceding Article shall 
include:  
1. Notification  number of product.  
2. Chinese and English name of products . The name of domestic 
product can be notified in Chinese only. 
3. Category and function  of product.  
4. Type of product. Model number and color code for series products.  
5. Dosage of product.  
6. Precautions for use . 
7. Name, address and telephone number of manufacturer or 
importer.  
8. Name, address  and nationalit y of the premise where product 
manufactured and other criteria conforming to cosmetic Good 2 
 Manufacturing Practice (GMP).  
9. Full ingredient names . For ingredients that have limitations 
stipulated by the central competent authority, their content should 
be ide ntified in w eight or capacity percentage i.  
10. Other relevant descriptions.  
The aforesaid data notify  shall be made in Chinese, English, numbers 
or international ly common  symbols.  
Article 5  No false data shall be notifi ed by Cosmetics Manufacturers or 
Importers . 
Article 6  Notification  shall be made separately for different data provided 
according to  each Subparagraph of Paragraph 1 of Article 4, except for 
the followings:  
1. Multiple product names with  same formula, dosage and function . 
2. Series products with  same dosage and function  which  only differ 
from  colorants  or fragrance s of formula.  
3. Combined p roducts consist of  more than two cosmetic products 
which are not able to be supplied, sold, gave away, public display, 
or offer ed consumer trial  alone . 
Article 7  Changes of  the content of  cosmetic product notification  may be 
modified  except for the change involving ingredi ents, which shall be 
re-notified. 
Article 8  The valid period for cosmetic product notification  is three years. 
Where it is necessary to  continue the supply, sale, giveaway, public 
display or consumer trial offer of cosmetics, an application for 
extended notification  shall be filed within three months before the 
expiration of validity term .  
Article 9  The data notification  shall be disapproved if there is any of the 
following:  
1. The notification  shall not be permitted in  accordance with 
Paragraph 2 of Article 22, Paragraph 2 of Article 23, and Paragraph  
2 of Article 24 of the Act.  
2. Products containing prohibited  ingredients  announce d by the 
central  competent authorit y. 
3. The notified information is incomplete . 
Article 10  The notification  made by those Cosmetics Manufacturers or Importers  
who are dissolved or have terminated  its operation , or whose 
company  registration, busine ss registration, factory registration or 
other equivalent registration or permits were withdrawn or abolished, 
shall be revoked.  3 
 Cosmetics Manufacturers or Importers  may revoke the notification  of 
product if the product is no longer supplied, sold, given away, public 
display, or offer ed consumer trial .  
Article 11  For product which complete the notification but found not classified as 
cosmetics according to Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 1 of Article 3 of 
the Act, t he central  competent authorit y shall revoke  the notification . 
Article 12  This Regulation shall be effective upon the date the Act taking effect.