KOR/1144
WTO/TBT
KR South Korea
  • 33 - Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
2023-07-21
2023-05-23

Cosmetics

Proposed amendments to the "Regulation on Safety Standards etc. of Cosmetics"; (10 page(s), in Korean)

The proposed amendment to the "Regulation on Safety Standards etc. of Cosmetics" is as follows:

1) Addition of prohibited ingredients in cosmetics

- Addition of 2-nitro-p-phenylenediamine, 2-amino-4-nitrophenol, 2-amino-5-nitrophenol, 2-amino-5-nitrophenol sulfate, o-aminophenol(2-aminophenol) sulfate, 2-chloro-p-phenylenediamine sulfate and m-phenylenediamine sulfate to the list of prohibited hair dye ingredients.

2) Changes to the maximum concentration limit in cosmetics

- 2,4-diaminophenol HCl : 0.5%→0.02% - Sodium perborate,

- Sodium perborate monohydrate : 12.0%→7.0%