PROCEDURES OF ANNOUNCING DOMESTIC COSMETIC.

According to the Circular no. 06/2011/TT-BYT dated on January 25^th 2011, all cosmetic products (which was listed by Drug Administration – Ministry of Health) marketed in Vietnam must be applied notification domestic cosmetic product procedure. We – Khanh Duong Law Firm are grateful to present clients our legal procedure on cosmetic product notification in Vietnam as follows:

I)        REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

1. Template for notification of cosmetic product (the form of template was provided on Circular No.06/2011/TT-BYT).
2. A notarized copy of Business Registration Certificate of the Client in Vietnam. In case, the cosmetic domestic produced, but organizations, individuals who are responsible for putting products on the market are not the manufacturer must have a copy of business registration certificate of the producer (have legal notarized);
3. List of Ingredients of cosmetic product notified, including: all ingredients, concentration, content or percentage of each.
4. Sample of products.
5. Quality standards of cosmetics and testing methods.
6. Checking of ingredients and documentary evidence.
7. Technical data or clinical data to demonstrate special uses (if applicable).
8. Document of stability testing. (if applicable)
9. Commitment of manufacturers or owner that formula does not include the prohibited substances and complies with the limits on the content of restricted substances and manufactures the notified formulas.
10. Letter of authorization for the representative organizations or individuals to distribute the cosmetic products in Vietnam.
11.  CD of Templates for notification of cosmetic product.

II)     COMPETENT AGENCY:

Organizations, individuals are responsible of putting products on the market must submitted the proclamation dossiers to Ministry of Health.

III)    TIME SCHEDULE: 15-20 working days

IV)     PRESCRIPTION: 05 years