Advocacy Actions
Comments to the Chinese Mission to the EU on Wildlife Protection Law revision
Comments to the Chinese Mission to the EU on Wildlife Protection Law revision
Read moreLetter to the Department of Resource Conservation and Environment Protection, National Development and Research Commission (RCEP NDRC) on Cosmetics Contain Plastic Microbeads
The Cosmetics Working Group in the European Chamber submitted a letter to the Department of Resource Conservation and Environment Protection, National Development and Research Commission (RCEP NDRC), responding questions in terms of plastic microbeads that RCEP raised on the previous face-to-face communication on 16 January 2020.
Read moreLetter to Integrative Supervision Bureau of National Health Commission (NHC) on Urgent Import of Antibacterial Products and Simplified the Notification Process during the Epidemic of COVID-19
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China submitted a letter to Integrative Supervision Bureau of National Health Commission (NHC), collating information in terms of urgent import of antibacterial products and simplified the notification process during the epidemic of COVID-19 following the practice of urgent import of medical devices.
Read moreComments to NMPA on “Regulations on the Adjustment of the Procedure for the HP Renewal for Special Cosmetics”
Cosmetics Working Group submitted our comments on “Regulations on the Adjustment of the Procedure for the HP Renewal for Special Cosmetics” to NMPA. The WG welcomed such a revision of regulation as it will overall simply the renewal procedures. Some technical related issues were raised in our comments, to make the regulation more practical.
Read moreMeeting 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 moreLobby Letter on the Industrial Concerns on the Notice of the Nationwide Implementation of Notification Management of Imported Non-special Cosmetics (No. 88 of 2018)
A lobby letter on the concerns of the cosmetics industry in terms of the Notice on the Nationwide Implementation of Notification Management of Imported Non-special Cosmetics (No. 88 of 2018) issued by the NMPA was submitted.
Read moreLobby Letter on How to Classify the Five Categories of Cosmetics Used to Belong to “Special” in the CSAR Call for Comments Draft
The Cosmetics Working Group submitted a lobby letter on how to classify the five categories of cosmetics used to belong to “Special” in the CSAR Call for Comments Draft to NMPA and Shanghai FDA.
Read moreConsultation Meeting with National Medical Products Administration on Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulations (CSAR)
A delegation, led by Madam Yan, the Deputy Commissioner of the NMPA, visited Shanghai FDA on 3 November to collect comments from Shanghai FDA and representatives from the industry on the second call for comments draft of CSAR.
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.
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