Colipa

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Colipa International regulatory cooperation

• Sergi Corbalán
• Colipa Deputy Director - Legal International
  Affairs

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ASSOCIATION MEMBERS
KPC Slovenia KTF Sweden KOZMOS
Hungary LIKOCHEMA Lithuania NCV The
Netherlands PSVAK Greece SKW
Switzerland SPT Denmark STANPA
Spain Slovak Association for Branded Products
Slovakia TY Finland UNIPRO Italy
AIC Portugal Association of Latvian Chemical
Pharmaceutical Industry Latvia CSZV
Czech Republic CTPA UK DETIC
Belgium FCIO Austria FIP
France Federation of Estonian Chemical
Industries Estonian ICDA Ireland IKW
Germany KLF Norway
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INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
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• Colipa International regulatory cooperation

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Colipa Working Group structure

• Colipa Working Group Structure (International
  Affairs)

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Priority countries/ regions

• Key markets
• USA Canada
• Japan
• Korea
• Countries/regions inspired by EU Cosmetics
  regulations
• ASEAN
• Russia
• China
• Latin America

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International Cooperation (I)

• Objective International Alignment
• International alignment of cosmetics regulations
  not complete harmonization but rather
  rapprochement of technical issues.
• On the basis, whenever possible, on the key
  features of EU cosmetics regulations

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International Cooperation (II)

• Main interlocutors
• National/regional industry associations EU
  Chambers of Commerce
• National/regional regulators competent
  authorities
• European Commission (HQ EC Delegations in third
  countries)

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International Cooperation (III)

• Partner European Commission
• International Cosmetics Alignment Process (EU,
  US, Japan, Canada)
• Regulatory dialogue (e.g. DG ENTR AQSIQ)
• Market Access Issues
• TBT notification procedure

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Typical technical barriers to trade

• Differences with EU cosmetics regulations that
  hinder trade
• Pre-market registration for cosmetics (unlike a
  light notification and in-market control in the
  EU)
• Labelling requirements lack of recognition of
  the International Nomenclature Cosmetics
  Ingredients (INCI)
• Dis-harmonised system of forbidden/restricted/posi
  tive lists of ingredients
• Dis-harmonised definition of a cosmetic product
• Animal testing non-acceptance of alternative
  methods

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Colipa involvement in TBT notification system

• Recent examples
• China
• G/TBT/N/CHN/209 - hygienic specifications for
  cosmetics EC comments, Chinese reply, EC
  reaction.
• G/TBT/N/CHN/238 - administrative specifications
  for cosmetic labelling and marking EC comments 

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Colipa views on challenges of the TBT
notification system

• Supra-national developments (Mercosur, Andean
  Pact, ASEAN)
• Stage where drafts are to be notified
• Implementation of regulations
• - Implementation legal texts
• - Guidance documents

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Thank you for your attention. Sergi Corbalán
scorbalan_at_colipa.be