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22 February 2024  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  22 February 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of New Zealand . 
 
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Title:  Proposal to amend the Cosmetics Products Group Standard 2020, 29 pages, English.  
https://www.epa.govt.nz/public -consultations/open -consultations/updates -to-the-cosmetic -
products -group -standard  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[X] Notified measure adopted - date: 14 February 2024  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 30 January 2024  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 1 January 2026; (except for Schedule 4, Table 
2, Ref. No 2, which enters into force 1 January 2027).  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2024 -sl388  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  The Proposal to amend the Cosmetics Products Group Standard 2020 (the Group 
Standard) considered amending the existing Group Standard to align with international 
developments, with the objective of ensuring the protection of human health or safety and prot ection 
of the environment. New Zealand notified the assessment report for the proposal in accordance with 
article 2.9.2 of the WTO.  
The adopted version includes the following amendments to the notified draft requirements:  
• Updated definition of PFAS to inc lude exemptions as defined in Reference Number 2 in Table 
2 of Schedule 4 of the Cosmetic Products Group Standard 2020 amended January 2024.  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/NZL/121/Add.1  
 
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  • Longer transition periods for all amendments, including addition of specific dates for 
import/manufacture, supply, and disposal of cosmetic products.  
• Removal of zinc pyrithione from Schedule 4 for banned substances and retained in Table 2 
of Schedule 5 and Schedule 7 for New Zealand restrictions and preservatives, respectively. 
Removal of the duplication of 3 and 4 -hydroxyisohexyl 3 -cyclohexene carboxaldehyde 
(HICC) from Schedule 5 and retained as a banned substance is Schedule 4.  
Submissions received through the domestic consultation process and comments received on the 
notification to the WTO TBT Committee were consid ered as part of the process. Technical 
explanations and responses to submissions are provided in the EPA Update Report: APP204297 
Update Report for Proposal to amend the Cosmetic Products Group Standard 2020  
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