WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHN/22
25 June 2003
(03-3403)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA     
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Health
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):   Cosmetics and raw
materials of cosmetics  (ICS:  71.100.70)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Hygienic
Specification for Cosmetics (2002 edition) (243 pages, in Chinese)     
6. Description of content:   The specification sets requirements on hygiene and packaging
materials for final products and raw materials of cosmetics.  It specifies inspection methodsfor toxicology, sanitary chemistry and microbiology for final products and raw materials of
cosmetics.  It also prescribes inspection methods for evaluating human safety and effects of
the final products of cosmetics.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human health.
8. Relevant documents:   Document of Ministry of Health [2002] No.229     
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2003
10. Final date for comments:   Not applicable
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:           