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8 September 2020  
(20-6054) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  CHINA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  National Medical Products Administration  
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:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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 
ICS: 71.100.70; H S: 33  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Guidelines for 
Cosmetic Safety Assessment (Draft for Comments) (55 page(s), in Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  The Guidelines are intended to guide and standardize the safety 
assessment of cosmetics and cosmetic ingredients to ensure the safety of cosmetics.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
WTO/TBT National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China  
Tel: +86 10 57954631 / 57954627  
Email: tbt@customs.gov.cn  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/CHN/20_5312_00_x.pdf  
 