WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/255
7 June 2000
(00-2240)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF KOREA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:   Korea Food and Drug Administration
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
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   The Public
Notification of Draft Enactment of "The Regulation of Evaluation on Functional Cosmetics,
etc." (Available in Korean, 15 pages)
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this enactment is to evaluate for safety and
efficacy of functional cosmetics such as skin whitening products, anti-wrinkle products, andsuntan or sunscreen products, and to evaluate for specification and safety of cosmetics
containing new ingredients.  The functional cosmetics will be evaluated with data on
toxicity, efficacy and stability, etc., and new ingredients will be evaluated with toxicity data
and specification data for quality control.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Health
8. Relevant documents:   KFDA Notification 2000-25, Official Gazette (2000.05.24)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  15 May 2000
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2000
10. Final date for comments:   30 June 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:
Pharmaceutical Safety Division
Bureau of Pharmaceutical Safety
Korea Food and Drug Administration#5, Nokbun-dong, Eumpyu ig-ku Seoul, Republic of Korea, 122-704
Tel:  +822-380.18.24
Fax:  +822-359.69.65