Standards for Cosmetic Efficacy Claim Evaluation (Second Draft for Comment)

On November 5, 2020, China released the second draft of Guidelines for Cosmetic Efficacy Claim Evaluation (renamed as Standards for Cosmetic Efficacy Claim Evaluation) for public consultation. The Standards clarify the evaluation principles, exemptions, accepted evaluation methods and institutions, obligations of institutions and registrants/notifiers, necessary content in the evaluation report, etc. 

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[English Translations]

• Instructions for Cosmetic Registration and Notification Dossiers (Draft for Comments)

• Instructions for New Cosmetic Ingredient Registration and Notification Dossiers

• Administrative Measures on Cosmetic Registration

• Cosmetic Classification Rules and Catalog

• Technical Guidelines for Cosmetic Safety Assessment

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Article 1 Purpose

Article 2 Application Scope

Article 3 Definitions

Article 4 Responsibility Requirements

Article 5 Information Disclosure

Article 6 General Requirements for Efficacy Evaluation

Article 7 Requirements for Efficacy Evaluation Items

Article 8 Circumstances Exempting the Publication of Abstracts

Article 9 Circumstances Where the Efficacy Evaluation Method Is Not Limited

Article 10 Conditions with Limited Efficacy Evaluation Methods

Article 11 Circumstances Requiring Human Trials

Article 12 Evaluation Methods of Specific Claims

Article 13 Requirements for New Efficacy Evaluation

Article 14 Basic Principles of Efficacy Evaluation Tests

Article 15 Methods of Efficacy Evaluation Tests

Article 16 Efficacy Evaluation Tests Institutions

Article 17 Efficacy Evaluation Tests Report

Article 18 Document Filing and for Reference

Article 19 Abstract of the Basis for Efficacy Claims

Article 20 Terms and Definitions

Article 21 Right of Interpretation

Article 22 Implementation Date

Annexes：

1. Requirements for Cosmetic Efficacy Claim Evaluation Items

2. Technical Guidelines for Cosmetic Efficacy Evaluation Tests

3. Abstract of the Basis for Cosmetic Efficacy Claim (Template)