China to Expand First-imported Non-special Use Cosmetics Filing Management Nationwide

First-imported non-special use cosmetics will be changed from administrative approval to filing management nationwide. On October 10, 2018, the State Council issued a notice of Advancing the Reform of "Separating Certificates from Business License" nationwide. From November 10, 2018, the reform of first batch of 106 enterprise-related administrative approval items will be carried out in following four ways...

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First-imported non-special use cosmetics will be changed from administrative approval to filing management nationwide.

On October 10, 2018, the State Council issued a notice of Advancing the Reform of “Separating Certificates from Business License” nationwide. From November 10, 2018, the reform of first batch of 106 enterprise-related administrative approval items will be carried out in following four ways.

Directly cancel administrative approval;
Change administrative approval to filing management;
Simplify administrative approval procedures and implement notification and undertaking system;
Optimize access service.

Among the 106 enterprise-related administrative approval items, first-imported non-special use cosmetics will be changed from administrative approval to filing management nationwide, and the approval period of cosmetics production licenses will be reduced to two-thirds of the original. Specific reform issues, detailed reform measures and post-market regulatory measures will be submitted for filing and open to the public before November 10, 2018.

No.	Item name	Competent authority	Change administrative approval to filing management	Optimize access service	Reform initiatives
1	Administrative approval for first-imported non-special use cosmetics	China National Drug Administration	√		Amend relevant provisions in Regulations concerning the Hygiene Supervision over Cosmetics
					Promote inter-departmental information sharing, and strengthen post-market surveillance
2	Cosmetic production license	Provincial People's Government Drug Administration Department (Administration for Market Regulation)		√	Promote online business processing
					Shorten the approval period to two-thirds of the original
					Simplify the dossiers necessary and enable online access to the production license, legal representative’s identification, etc.
					Disclose approval procedures, application acceptance requirements and standards, and open processing progress to the public
					Promote inter-departmental information sharing, and strengthen post-market surveillance

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