. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NOR/17 
15 September 2006 
 (06-4437) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  NORWAY
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  The Royal Ministry of Health and Care 
Services  
2. Agency responsible:  The Norwegian Food Safety Authority  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):   Tattooing product:  Substance or mixture of substances which are meant to be 
administered (i njected) cutaneously on humans or anim als to make permanent or long-lasting 
patterns, drawings, lines, fields or colours on the skin, including tattooing liquid and permanent makeup.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft of a new regulation 
of xx.xx.2006 concerning tattooing products (Avail able in English and Norwegian;  13 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This draft regulation encompasses all situations associated with 
developing, producing, importing, processing, distributing, exporting and selling tattooing 
products and health pers onnel's duty to report the side ef fects when using such products.  
7. Objective and rationale: [   ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests   
The draft regulation is intended to supplemen t the new Norwegian Act of 21 December 2005 
No. 126 concerning cosmetics and body care products  etc.  In June 2003, Norway ratified the 
Council of Europe's Recommendation ResAp(2003 )2, concerning detailed regulation of 
tattooing products.  Thus, the object of this draft regulation is to implement the said 
recommendation in Norwegian law.  
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   G/SPS/N/NOR/17 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1.  Recommendation of the Council of Europe  concerning detailed regulation of tattooing 
products (ResAp(2003)2). 
2.  Document of the EC Joint Research Cent re: "Risks and Health Effects from Tattoos, Body 
Piercing and Related Practice". 
3.  TBT-notification:  G/TBT/N/NOR/3 (notification issued 29 November 2004) 
4.  Contemporary SPS and TBT notifications of the three related Norwegian draft regulations 
concerning:  
− Products for Cutaneous Injection; 
− External Health Care Products;  and 
− Products for External Use for Care a nd Marking Using Chemical Means of 
Animals. 
Available in English and Norwegian  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  1 January 2007 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2007 
12. Final date for comments:  15 November 2006 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [   ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority 
Head Office P.O. Box 383 
N – 2381 – Brumunddal 
Norway  Fax: +47 23 21 68 01 E-mail: postmottak@mattilsynet.no