On July 21, China Ministry of Justice opened a public consultation on the Administrative Measures on Cosmetic Registration, one of the subsidiary regulations of the Cosmetic Supervision and Administration Regulation (CSAR). The regulation clarifies the basic requirements for registration and notification management of cosmetics and new cosmetic ingredients, including some new concepts, patent protection for the new ingredients, ingredient traceability management, cosmetic efficacy claims, annual reporting, etc.

The regulation encompasses 7 chapters with 88 articles, as shown below:

• Chapter I General Provisions

• Chapter II Basic Requirements

• Chapter III Registration and Notification Management of New Cosmetic Ingredients

  Section I Registration and Notification Management

  Section II Safety Monitoring and Reporting

• Chapter IV Cosmetic Registration and Notification Management

  Section I General Requirements

  Section II Notification Management

  Section III Registration Management

  Section IV Renewal of Registration Certificate

• Chapter V Supervision and Administration

• Chapter VI Legal Liability

• Chapter VII Supplementary Provisions