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2 May 2024  
(24-3520) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English, French  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  2 May 2024, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Canada . 
 
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Title:  Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Concerning the Disclosure of Cosmetic Ingredients  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[X] Notified measure adopted - date: 12 April 2024  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 24 April 2024  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: These Regulations, except for the requirements 
for the disclosure of fragrance allergens, come into force on the 180 day after the day 
on which the Regulations are registered. The requirement for the disclosure of fragrance 
allergens comes in force on the second anniversary of the day on which these Regulations 
are registered.  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
Canada Gazette, Part 2, Volume 158, Number 9: Regulations Amending Certain 
Regulations Concerni ng the Disclosure of Cosmetic Ingredients  
https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2024/2024 -04-24/html/sor -dors63 -eng.html  
(English)  
La Gazette du Canada, Partie 2, volume 158, numéro 9 : Règlement modifiant certains 
règlements visant la divulgation des ingrédients des cosmétiques 
https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2024/2024 -04-24/html/sor -dors63 -fra.html  
(French)  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measur e changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
 
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/CAN/691/Add.1  
 
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  Description:  The proposed regulatory amendments notified in G/TBT/N/CAN/691 (dated February 
20, 2023) were registered on April 12, 2024 and published in the Canada Gazette, Part  II on April 
24, 2024 as the Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Concerning the Disclos ure of Cosmetic 
Ingredients  (SOR/2024 -63). 
The Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Concerning the Disclosure of Cosmetic Ingredients  
(amended Regulations) address a number of matters related to the requirements for cosmetics under 
the Food and Drugs Act  and include consequential amendments to the Cannabis Regulations  under 
the Cannabis Act . 
The last significant amendments to the Cosmet ic Regulations  came into force in 2006, when 
disclosure of ingredients on cosmetic labels became mandatory. The Cosmetic Regulations  permit 
the use of the term "parfum" at the end of the list of ingredients to indicate the presence of a 
fragrance ingredien t, or a mixture of fragrance ingredients, in a cosmetic.  
The amended Regulations address this issue by strengthening the labelling requirements for 
cosmetics and requiring the disclosure of certain fragrance allergens on cosmetic labels, when 
present at a concentration greater than 0.01% in rinse -off products and 0.001% in leave -on 
products. The amended Regulations incorporate by reference, on an ambulatory basis, fragrance 
allergens listed in Annex III of the European Commission's Cosmetic Products Regulat ion as well as 
the transition period set out in that Annex for future updates to substances identified for disclosure. 
This approach facilitates alignment with the European Union (EU).  
The amended Regulations will also:  
• introduce additional flexibility for  the disclosure of ingredients of cosmetics sold in small 
packages;  
• improve regulatory oversight of cosmetics through clarifying terminology, strengthening 
cosmetic notification requirements, and enhancing compliance and enforcement tools; and  
• make changes  of an administrative nature.  
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