commiss decis decemb pursuant council regul ec suspend examin procedur obstacl trade cosmet republ korea notifi document number ec commiss european commun regard treati establish european commun regard council regul ec decemb lai commun procedur field common commerci polici order ensur exercis commun right intern trade rule establish auspic world trade organis amend regul ec articl thereof consult advisori committe procedur background april colipa liaison committe european cosmet toiletri perfumeri associ lodg complaint articl regul ec hereinaft quot regul quot behalf member export korea complain alleg commun sale cosmet product republ korea hinder obstacl trade mean articl regul quot practic adopt maintain countri respect intern trade rule establish action quot alleg obstacl trade conform assess procedur test import cosmet carri korean administr korea requir period month order complet stage procedur ii administr track product oblig import year regist custom commerci qualiti relat inform cosmet product import addit import requir send annual report korean cosmet industri associ kcia sensit commerci inform iii authoris procedur advertis allegedli lead discrimin complain alleg conform assess procedur administr track requir burdensom unnecessari procedur test impos import good differ domest product discriminatori complain alleg flexibl interpret pharmaceut affair law regard advertis led discrimin import product complain assert korean practic mention contraven articl wto agreement technic barrier trade articl iii gatt complain claim member suffer advers trade effect mean articl regul danger advers affect futur complain claim addit cost incur due rigor condit impos import cosmet korea cost order net sale product import korea addit cost aros excess workload administr technic staff supplementari cost involv test handl wareh stock test addit complain assert discrimin affect advertis import product made difficult increas market share compens addit cost incur conform assess procedur excess administr requir commiss decid consult advisori committe establish regul suffici evid justifi initi examin procedur purpos legal factual issu involv examin procedur initi find examin procedur examin procedur focus korean market commiss offici met import korea korean associ cosmet manufactur korean author addit commiss offici met manufactur commun scientif expert colipa discuss test product legisl govern product market cosmet commun examin procedur found conform assess procedur discriminatori burdensom violat articl wto agreement technic barrier trade examin procedur found compulsori document requir creat unnecessari duplic administr work import contrari articl wto agreement technic barrier trade examin procedur found legisl govern advertis regim cosmet discriminatori reaction korean govern initi tbr examin procedur korean author cooper provid inform request commiss korean author willing join commiss seek negoti agreement lead solut problem encount import cosmet purpos discuss korean legal regim affect cosmet outcom examin procedur seri discuss commiss korean author reach agreement korean legisl cosmet amend regard test cosmet product import republ korea agreement confirm exchang letter european commiss mission republ korea european union agreement state cosmet manufactur produc premis approv compet korean author equival higher standard korean good manufactur practic exempt test moment import appli import product subsequ import accord agreement korea introduc amend legisl enter forc januari korean offici carri site inspect premis commun produc grant requir approv februari juli final juli korea enact law cosmet regul issu relat manufactur import sale quot cosmet quot quot cosmeceut quot special categori cosmet sun anti wrinkl protect cosmet law implement enforc regul notabl ministri health welfar mhw notic enter forc juli recommend commiss servic opinion agreement reach commiss korean author implement major element commiss servic monitor enforc guidelin introduc implement order satisfi provis contradict aspect agreement examin procedur measur impos republ korea affect import distribut advertis cosmet perfum toiletri product suspend period month enabl examin place end period commiss servic report member state conclus enforc guidelin compat agreement time interest parti satisfi concern remain tbr examin procedur termin decid sole articl examin procedur measur impos republ korea affect import distribut advertis cosmet perfum toiletri product initi suspend brussel decemb commiss pascal lami member commiss oj oj oj