Australia Passes Remaining 3 Bills for AICIS and Consults on 2019 Draft General Rules
Following the approval of three bills in February, the remaining bills for the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) passed through the Senate on April 2 and received Royal Assent on April 3. Thus far, all bills relating to the new scheme have become law...
Taiwan to Ban Solid Synthetic Wax in Cosmetics
Taiwan now classifies polymer particles such as solid synthetic wax less than 5mm in size as microbeads. Cosmetics and personal cleaning products containing these polymer particles are not allowed to be manufactured or...
China SAMR Consults on Administrative Measures for Product Quality Spot Inspections
Administrative Measures for Product Quality Spot Inspections are under revision and China is to increase the liability on business entities and will offer regional authorities more autonomy and...
Zhejiang Cosmetic Officials Disclose Research Content of CSAR and Group Standards for Alternatives
Zhejiang government officials expounded the research content of Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulations and also pending new Administrative...
Zhejiang Opens Two New Acceptance Windows for Filing of First-Imported Non-Special Use Cosmetics
As of April 2019, a total of four acceptance windows are capable of handling cosmetic import filing business in Zhejiang province...
South Korea Implements Revised Cosmetic Safety Standard
The amendments append the negative list of cosmetic ingredients and improve the pretreatment of methanol testing methods and microorganisms samples...
Hedy HeA Compendium of South Korean Cosmetic Regulatory Updates
South Korea’s latest updates for cosmetic regulations focus on 5 key areas: cosmetic business reclassification; natural and organic cosmetics certification system; extension of functional cosmetics review applicants’ scope; submission of the list of cosmetic raw...
Anne PengThe Post Ecommerce Law Era: How are Daigou Doing?
News about the demise of daigou have been greatly exaggerated. Many daigou are atill alive despite risks...- Hedy He
Latest Updates and Problems may Occur on Indonesian Halal Certification
Indonesia is the fourth biggest country in the world with about 260 million people, of whom more than 86% are Islamic, making Indonesia the largest Muslim country in the world. Muslims have strict standards on diet and consumer products. For the same kind of products,... 
ParkLuThe Truth About KOLs’ Impact on China E-commerce Sales
If a brand can understand the unique value of a KOL impression, they can refine predictive metrics that will lead to KOL initiatives which guarantee ROI...
Vicky SunSpecifications on Imported Non-Special Use Cosmetics Filing Documents Review in Shanghai
On Nov. 9, 2018, China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) officially announced that registration of first imported non-special use cosmetics will be entirely replaced by filing management nationwide from Nov. 10. Due to the novelty of the new system,...
Paul O'BrienDeath to Daigou: Analyzing China's E-Commerce Law
Importantly the E-commerce Law specifies the legal liabilities for each stakeholder. However, a significant distinction should be noted in the emphasis placed on the punitive measures for individual operators and the punishments for e-commerce platforms
JapanThe standard regulates all cosmetic raw materials in Japan and includes two lists: negative list and positive list. Note: This translation was published by the Ministry of...Free
IndonesiaIndonesian Halal Product Assurance Law was released on Oct. 17, 2014 and will come into force on Oct. 17, 2019. The Law stipulated that all halal products which are imported,...Free
South KoreaCosmetic Safety Standard is to ensure the management of manufacture, import and safety management by defining standards of prohibited ingredients, restricted ingredients used in...$630
South KoreaEnforcement Rule of the Cosmetics Act is pursuant to South Korean overarching regulation Cosmetics Act and specifies detailed rules to regulate production and selling of cosmetics...$1650
South KoreaOn March 13, 2018, South Korea released No. 15488 Cosmetics Act and it entered into force on March 14, 2019. This Act is the overarching regulations for cosmetics in South Korea,...$1550
JapanThe document is the enforcement regulations of the Act on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices. Note: This...Free
- Draft for Amendments of Restrictions on Manufacture, Import and Sales of Cosmetics and Personal Cleaning Products containing Microbeads
- Restrictions on Manufacture, Import and Sales of Cosmetics and Personal Cleaning Products containing Microbeads
- Guangdong Cosmetics Safety Regulation
- Safety Standards, etc. for Cosmetics
- Cosmetic Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations
- Japan: Permitted Tar Colors
Apr 16,2019
- Japan Quasi Drugs: Positive List of Additives (April 16 2019)
Apr 16,2019
- Japan Cosmetics: Limitation on Inclusion of UV Absorbers in Cosmetics
Mar 20,2019
- Korea: Approved Testing Institutions for Cosmetics
Jan 14,2019
- Taiwan: Ingredients Prohibited in Cosmetics (20160222 integrated version)
Dec 14,2018
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How to Export Cosmetics to the EU (+UK): A Step by Step Approach to Compliance
Speaker: Matteo Zanotti Russo
How to Enter the Chinese Market via Cross Border E-commerce
Speaker: John Piao, Winnie Xu
Retrospect of 2018 Asia-Pacific Cosmetic Regulatory Updates
Speaker: Danni Chen
