Regulations are a major concern for companies eager to taps into the fast growing Asian cosmetics markets. Premium Beauty News is organising a one-day regulatory conference next month in Paris, focusing on China, India and the ASEAN.
How to register cosmetic products in China?
China is probably the main issue on the regulatory agenda of cosmetics companies today. Since the creation of the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) and the adoption of a new regulatory framework last year, the registration of new products has been partially halted. During the summer, the SFDA has published several guidelines and measures in a move to reorganise the supervision of cosmetic products in the country.
For the first time in Europe, representatives of the SFDA will present and explain the organisation the Chinese administration, the aims of the new regulations, the details of the assessment procedure and how it is implemented. Mr. Huang Jiansheng, Director of the SFDA’s Centre for Health Food Evaluation, and Mr. Liu Baojun, Director of the Cosmetic Division of the Centre for Health Food Evaluation will also answer questions from the participants.
Practical arrangements for the registration, as well as usual errors to avoid, will be presented by Mrs Françoise Yidan Li, consultant in legislation and registration of cosmetic and health products in China.
An English translation of the latest Chinese regulatory texts will also be provided to participants in the conference.
What about India?
While India’s cosmetic market is still far from equalling its Chinese counterpart, the country is emerging as one of the fastest growing world economy. Cosmetics regulations in India are based on the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules as they were recently updated. New rules regarding the registration of cosmetic products will be enforced by April 2011.
Dr. Jean Pierre Joubert, consultant and toxicologist, will provide an overview of the current legislative texts as well as market access conditions for cosmetics exporters.
ASEAN update
With a population of approximately 580 million people, 8.7% of the world population, the ten ASEAN [1] countries (Burma, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) refer to a common regulatory text, the so-called ASEAN Harmonized Cosmetic Regulatory Scheme, also nick-named as the ASEAN Cosmetics Directive as it is very closed from the European Union’s regulatory reference. However, the implementation of this text between the different states differs widely. Mr. Emmanuel Capiomont, L’Oréal’s Scientific Director Asia & Pacific will update participants on this issue.
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