. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/KOR/45
9 December 2002
(02-6768)
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:   REPUBLIC OF KOREA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Korea Food and Drug Administration
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 [     ], 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 Amendment of “Rules of Cosmetic ingredient designation,
specification and test methods and etc.”(Available in Korean, 11 pages)
6. Description of content:
A. Remove Korea Pharmacopoeia, USP, etc. from cosmetics ingredient specifications
B. Change or add ingredients which contents in the mixture are limited
- Add iodopropynyl butylcarbamate (IPBC), etc.
C. Exclude or add ingredients that are prohibited from being contained
- Exclude barium sulfate in barium salts- Add ingredients that are likely to contain BSE, etc.
D. Improve the specification and test methods of cosmetics
- Improve test methods for heavy metals (lead, arsenic), etc.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protect public health
8. Relevant documents:   KFDA Notification 2002-93, Official Gazette (2002.10.12).
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:           G/TBT/N/KOR/45
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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:
Pharmaceutical Safety Division,
Bureau of Pharmaceutical Safety
Korea Food and Drug Administration#5, Nokbun-dong, Eunpyung-ku Seoul,Republic of Korea. 122-704.
Tel: +822-380.18.24
Fax: +822-359.69.65