. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/232
3 May 2000
(00-1807)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   JAPAN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Health and Welfare (MHW)
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):   Cosmetics (HS 33.03,
33.04, 33.05, 33.06, 33.07, 34.01)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Revision of Cosmetic
Regulation Under the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law (11 pages, available in Japanese)
6. Description of content:   Cosmetic ingredients regulation will shift to a system using
Negative List (the lists of prohibited ingredients and restricted ingredients) and Positive List
(the list of ingredients which may be compounded) and labelling requirement of cosmetic
ingredients will shift to all-ingredients labelling.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
On the basis of the deregulation plan drafted by the Government, cosmetic regulations will
be revised to those which are similar to those in Europe and the U.S., providing enoughinformation to consumers and paying attention to the consumer safety.
8. Relevant documents:
1. Pharmaceutical Affairs Law (Law No. 145 issued in 1960)
2. Standard of Cosmetic Quality (MHW Notification No. 321 issued in 1967)
3. The matter of Designating Cosmetic Ingredients Requiring Approval for Each
Article Pursuant to Article 14, Paragraph 1 of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law
(MHW notification No. 15 issued in 1961)
4. The matter of Designating Cosmetic Ingredients Requiring to be Mentioned on the
Product that Includes the Following Ingredients (MHW Notification No. 167 issued
in 1980)
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Entry into force by the end of March 2001
10. Final date for comments:   30 June 2000G/TBT/Notif.00/232
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:
Evaluation and Licensing Division
Pharmaceutical and Medical Safety Bureau
Ministry of Health and Welfare1-2-2, Kasumigaseki
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8045
JAPAN
Tel:  +81-3-3503-1711 (Ext. 2740)
Fax::  +81-3-3597-9535