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CIRS Interpretation of the Measures for the Administration of Cosmetics Registration and Filing Draft for Comments Cosmetics New Raw Materials

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With the release of Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulations on June 29, 2020. The National Medical Products Administration released the "Measures for the Administration of Cosmetics Registration and Filing (Draft for Comments)" on July 21 for public opinions. Public feedback can be provided through the following channels and means:

  • Log in the Legal Information Website of the Ministry of Justice, PRCand go to the column "Solicitation of Legislative Opinions" on the main menu of the home page to submit the comments.

  • Mail to the following address: No. 1, North Luyuan Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, Postal code: 100037, and marked on the envelope "Comments on the Measures for the Administration of Cosmetics Registration and Filing".

  • E-mail: huazhuangpinchu@163.com.

The deadline for feedback is August 20, 2020.

CIRS sorted out and summarized the registration and filing management contents of new cosmetics raw materials in the Measures for the Administration of Cosmetics Registration and Filing (Draft for Comments) and the drafting instructions of Measures for the Administration of Cosmetics Registration and Filing (Draft for Comments). The summary regarding the management of cosmetics registration and filing are summarized on the CIRS’s Interpretation of the Measures for the Administration of Cosmetics Registration and Filing (Draft for Comments) - Cosmetics.

The Measures for the Administration of Cosmetics Registration and Filing (Draft for Comments) have 88 articles in 7 chapters. It is divided into general provisions, basic requirements, cosmetics new raw materials registration and filing management, cosmetics registration and filing management, supervision and management, legal responsibility, supplementary provisions.

Chapter  1: General Provisions (Article 1 to 7)

Contents: basis of formulation, scope of  application, definition, classification management, authority of national  bureau, authority of provincial bureau, information disclosure

Main Contents:

1) The definition of  registration and filing

  • Registration: The registration applicant shall apply for  registration in accordance with legal conditions, procedures and  requirements, and the drug regulatory department shall examine the safety and  quality control of the cosmetics or new cosmetics raw materials applied for  registration and decide whether to approve the activities of the registration  application.

  • Filing: The filer shall carry out the activities of filing for  official examination via submitting to the drug regulatory department the  materials indicating the safety and quality control of the products in terms  of the statutory conditions, procedures and requirements.

2)Define the product  scope of classification management

  • Registration management: special cosmetics and new raw materials  with higher safety risks of the functions for anti-corrosion, sunscreen,  coloring, hair dying, anti-freckle and whitening.

  • Filing management: general cosmetics and other new materials

3)Define the  responsibilities of each department of the competent authority

  • National Medical Products Administration (NMPA): to be in charge  of the registration and filing administration of cosmetics and new raw  materials nationwide; to be responsible for the registration and filing  administration of special cosmetics, imported ordinary cosmetics and new raw  materials.

  • The cosmetic technical review department of NMPA (hereinafter  referred to as the technical review department): be responsible for the  technical review of the registration of special cosmetics and new raw materials,  and bear the responsibility of the review work after the filing of imported  ordinary cosmetics and new raw materials.

  • The acceptance service department of administrative matters of  NMPA (hereinafter referred to as the acceptance department): accept the  registration required for the cosmetics registration and filing  administration according to its functions.

  • The examination and verification department of administrative  matters of NMPA: undertake the on-site verification required for the  cosmetics registration and filing administration according to the functions.

  • The adverse reaction monitoring department of the administrative  matters of NMPA: undertake the adverse reaction monitoring required for the  cosmetics registration and filing management according to its functions.

  • The information management department of administrative matters of  NMPA: undertake the certification delivery, information publicity and  corresponding information construction and management for the cosmetics  registration and filing management according to its functions.

  • The medical products supervision and administration departments of  provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central  Government: be responsible for the filing management of domestic ordinary  cosmetics within their respective administrative regions, and participate in  on-site verification related to the registration of special cosmetics. The medical  products supervision and administration departments of provinces, autonomous  regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government with  corresponding ability are entrusted by the National Medical Products  Administration to undertake the filing management of imported ordinary  cosmetics.

Chapte r  2: Basic Requirements (Article 8 to 13)

Contents: the definition and  responsibilities of registrants and filers, the requirements of cosmetic  registrants and filers and the obligations of domestic responsible persons  are clarified. An expert consultation mechanism has also been added.

  • Registrants and filers: refers to an enterprise or other  organization that places products to the market in its own name and can  independently bear civil liability.

  • Responsibilities of registrants and filers: assume the main  responsibility for product quality and safety, fulfill the obligations of  product registration and filing according to law, and be responsible for the  quality, safety and efficacy claim of its products.

  • When an overseas enterprise acts as a registrant or filer, an  enterprise legal person within the territory of China shall be designated as  the domestic responsible person. Its obligations include::

(1) Register and  file new cosmetic raw materials in the name of the registrant and filer, and place  the products on the domestic market;

(2) Assist the  registrant and filer in the monitoring of safety and reporting of new  cosmetic raw materials;

(3) Cooperate  with the supervision and inspection work of the supervision departments.

  • Expert consultation mechanism: the medical products supervision  and administration department, the technical review  department and other technical institutions responsible for the management of  registration and filing shall establish an expert consultation mechanism for  registration or filing, and listen to expert opinions on important issues in  the process of technical review, supervision and inspection.

Chapter III Registration and Filing Management of New Cosmetic Raw Materials includes the requirements of registration and filing management, safety inspection and reporting. The review procedures and timeline of pre-market registration and filing are stipulated. And the methods and requirements of post-market supervision are clarified and refined. CIRS Group has sorted out the application procedures for the registration and filing of different types of new cosmetics raw materials as follows:

Filing of imported new cosmetic ingredients


Filing of domestic new cosmetic ingredients


Registration of imported new cosmetic ingredients


Registration of domestic new cosmetic ingredients


The State implements a safety monitoring system for new raw materials that have been registered and filed. The period of safety monitoring shall be 3 years since the date when the cosmetics using approved or filed new cosmetic raw materials for the first time have been registered or filed. Please refer to the following summary process on how to use and monitor the registered and filed new cosmetics raw materials:

The use method of new cosmetic ingredients that have been registered or filed with a safety monitoring period of less than 3 years

The use method of new cosmetic ingredients that have been registered or filed with a safety monitoring period of more than 3 years

How to monitor the new cosmetic raw materials that have been registered or filed?

Both the registrants and filers of new raw materials and cosmetics produced with new raw materials shall perform corresponding monitoring responsibilities for the new cosmetic raw materials in the safety monitoring period. The specific monitoring work required by the registrants and filers of new raw materials and cosmetics produced with new raw materials as well as the monitoring work undertaken by the national and local Medical Products Administrations are summarized as follows:

According to the drafting instructions of Measures for the Administration of Cosmetics Registration and Filing (Draft for Comments), the core of the Measures is to clarify the system framework, work responsibilities, basic systems, basic procedures and responsibilities of all parties for the registration and filing of cosmetics and new raw materials. It actively responds to the demands of the industry, clarifies the number and time limit of supplements, avoids prolonged review without decision, and specifies that filing will be completed upon the submission of filing materials to prevent disguised approval. The government will conscientiously check and fill in the gaps, clarify the responsibilities and obligations of registrants and filers as well as access conditions, and strengthen supervision of the source of product liability. The Measures conscientiously implement the requirements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council for the reform of "delegation of power, control and service". New raw materials without high safety risk are put under the management of informed filing to accelerate the efficiency of the launch of innovative raw materials. It will focus on strengthening the provisions for safety monitoring period for new raw materials that have been registered or filed. The registrant and filer of new raw materials shall submit annual reports on the use and safety status of new raw materials to the adverse reaction monitoring department and the technical review department every year during the period of safety monitoring. In case of adverse reactions or possible safety issues of the cosmetics using the new raw materials, the cosmetics registrant and filer using the new raw materials shall submit a product status report, and the registrant and filer of the new raw materials shall conduct a safety assessment and submit a raw material status report. It is clear that the use of new raw materials in safety monitoring requires the consent of the registrant and filer of the new raw materials to protect the enthusiasm of new raw materials R&D enterprises. In the Measures, if the raw materials to be used in the production of cosmetics exceed the use purpose of use and the limit level of the used raw materials, it shall apply for the registration or filing of new raw materials. If safety differences are not involved, the safety monitoring period of the new raw material will not be set. That means the Inventory of Existing Cosmetic Ingredients in China may be managed to increase the use purpose and safe usage.

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Source:

http://fgk.chinalaw.gov.cn/government_public/content/2020-07/21/657_3252817.html

http://www.moj.gov.cn/news/content/2020-07/21/zlk_3252815.html

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