Advocacy Actions
Policy Interpretation of the Regulation of Shanghai Municipality on the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests given by Shanghai Municipal Administration for Market Regulation
Held a Workshop with Shanghai Municipal Administration for Market Regulation for Policy Interpretation of Shanghai Regulation on the Protection of Consumer Interests.
Read moreSHMPA meeting on raw materials submission, registration and notification and label management
On September 16th, the European Chamber cosmetics WG chair and vice chairs visited the vice director general of SHMPA, and they held a discussion on raw materials submission, registration and notification and label management.
Read moreEuropean Chamber Submitted Comments to the GACC on Measures for Random Inspection of Import and Export Commodities (Draft for Comments)
On 9th September, multiple working groups of European Chamber have submitted comments to the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) on the Measures for Random Inspection of Import and Export Commodities (Draft for Comments).
Read moreWG meeting: Understanding the European and Chinese updated standardisation strategies
On 24th May, the European Chamber organised a Working Group meeting on the EU and Chinese standardisation strategies.
Read moreCCPIT Online Roundtable on Current Situation of Foreign Investment in China
On 13th May, the Department of Development Research of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and the European Chamber co-organised an online roundtable on the situation for European business in China under the recent COVID-19 containment measures.
Read moreEuropean Chamber Attended CCPIT 2022 First Quarter Online Seminar with FIEs
On 25th March, the European Chamber attended the 2022 First Quarter Online Seminar on Business Environment for Foreign-invested Enterprises in China, organized by the research department of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT).
Meeting with General Operation Department of General Administration of Customs in China (GACC)
Director General of the General Operation Department, Jin Hai of General Administration of Customs in China (GACC) introduced the newly merged organization and the GACC's reform achievements in 2018. GACC representatives from the General Operation Department, Customs Control Department, Enterprise Management Department, Supervision and Internal Auditing Department, and Import and Export Food Safety Bureau also attended the meeting and answered Chamber representatives' questions.
Read moreMeeting with First Counsellor of Trade and Investment Section, Delegation of the European Union to China
The key lobby works in the past six months and the lobby plan of EUCCC Cosmetics Working Group in the following six months were introduced in this meeting. In addition, closer cooperation between the cosmetics working group and the trade and investment section of the delegation was highlighted, and some detailed plans were discussed as well, including better use of the coming EU-China regulators meeting and technical meeting. Due to the change of the management team of the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), and the senior working level officials on the Cosmetics Department, we both agreed that it would be a good opportunity for us to introduce EU practice and regulations of cosmetics to the Chinese officials.
Read moreLobby Letter to Health Food Evaluation Center of CFDA on the Impact of Marking Allergens in the Warning of Labels
The Cosmetics Working Group submitted a lobby letter on the Impact of Marking Allergens in the Warning of Labels to the Evaluation Centre. Member companies faced new requirements from the experts on the products labels, which are new requirement and without transitional period given. It will have huge impact to the industry, especially the EU brands. In addition to a lobby letter to explain that there has no urgency or necessity of have such a new requirement, we also asked for a meeting to exchange with evaluation center face to face after the National Day holiday.
Read moreComments on the Second Call for Comments Draft on the Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulations (CSAR) By Ministry of Justice (MOJ)
Cosmetics Working Group submitted the comments on the Second Call for Comments Draft on CSAR by MOJ on 31 Aug. For this round of call for comments, MOJ only chose some associations and organizations to collect written comments, and EUCCC was one of the selected ones. It was a very good opportunity for members to raise concerns and make comments directly. Our comments was mainly about products management, ingredients management, equal treatment to imported products and information disclosure.
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