. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/TPKM/58 
1 April 2008 
 (08-1439) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF 
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:    
Department of Health 
100 Ai-Kuo East Road 
Taipei 100, Taiwan 
Telephone: +(886) 2 2321 0151  
Fax:   +(886) 2 2397 1548 E-mail:  pachan@doh.gov.tw 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
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):   Prohibition of Di-n-octyl 
phthalate in cosmetic products 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposal of 
prohibiting the use of Di-n-octyl phthalate in cosmetic products (1 page in Chinese, English 
translation available) 
6. Description of content:   According to Paragraph 1, Article 23 of the Statute for Control of 
Cosmetic Hygiene, cosmetics or cosmetic colo rants that are detrimental to human health 
shall be prohibited to be imported, manufactur ed, distributed or placed on the market.  Due 
to the possibility of interfering with human endocrine system, “Di-n-octyl phthalate” has 
been classified as a possible substance of environmental hormones.  Having recognized that Di-n-octyl phthalate is not a required mate rial for manufacturing cosmetic products, the 
Department of Health intends to propose the prohibition of the use of Di-n-octyl phthalate 
in cosmetic products by taking the following measures: 
1. To add Di-n-octyl phthalate to the lis t of prohibited cosmetic ingredients; 
2. To prohibit the import and manufacturing of all cosmetics containing Di-n-octyl 
phthalate. Reformulation of medicated cosmetic  products containing this ingredient shall 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer protection and to reduce public  exposure to environmental hormones. 
8. Relevant documents:   Statute for Control of Cosmetic Hygiene 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }1 October 2008 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point 
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection Ministry of Economic Affairs 4, Chinan Road, Section 1, Taipei, 100, Taiwan 
Telephone: (+886 2) 3343 5115 
Fax:  (+886 2) 2343 1804 E-mail:  tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw 
The English translation of the Proposal of the “prohibition of Di-n-octyl phthalate in 
cosmetic products” is available at: 
http://www.doh.gov.tw/EN2006/DM/DM1_p01.as px?class_no=247&now_ fod_list_no=247&
level_no=1&doc_no=53089