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| Article 19 (Marking, Labelling, etc. on Package of Cosmetics) |
| (1) | Pursuant to the proviso to Article 10 (1), only the name of cosmetics, the trade name of a manufacturer-seller and the price shall be marked and labelled on the primary or secondary package falling under any of the following: |
| 1. | A package of cosmetics the net contents is not less than 10ml or 10g; |
| 2. | A package of cosmetics manufactured or imported so as for customers to try and use them in advance to choose, etc. a product, not for sale. |
| (2) | Ingredients which need not be marked or labeled pursuant to Article 10 (1) 3 of the Act refers to the following ingredients: <Amended by Ordinance of the Prime Minister No. 1010, Mar. 23, 2013> |
| 1. | Ingredients eliminated in the course of manufacture and do not remain in a final product; |
| 2. | Ingredients which are incidental ingredients, such as a stabilizer and a preservative, and are present in any raw materials themselves, and contained in amounts of less than the amounts displaying their effects; |
| 3. | Ingredients excluding the following ingredients in cases of a package of cosmetics, the net content of which is more than 10ml but not more than 50ml or the weight of which is more than 10g but not more than 50g: |
| (a) | Tar colors; |
| (b) | Gold foils; |
| (c) | Kinds of phosphates contained in shampoo and rinse; |
| (d) | Alpha hydroxy acid (AHA); |
| (e) | Raw materials displaying efficacy and effects in cases of functional cosmetics; |
| (f) | Raw materials, the compound limits of which are publicly notified by the Minister of Food and Drug Safety. |
| (3) | Matters requiring attention in using the cosmetics as labelled on a package of such cosmetics pursuant to Article 10 (1) 9 of the Act shall be as listed in Appendix 3. |
| (4) | Matters required to be marked and labelled on a package of cosmetics pursuant to Article 10 (1) 10 of the Act shall be as follows: <Amended by Ordinance of the Prime Minister No. 1010, Mar. 23, 2013> |
| 1. | Bar codes determined by the Minister of Food and Drug Safety; |
| 2. | In cases of functional cosmetics, the efficacy and effects, and method of use and optimal dosages reviewed or reported; |
| 3. | Where the name of any ingredient is used as a part of the name of a product, the name and the ingredient (excluding Aromatic products); |
| 4. | Where human cell or tissue material is contained in any cosmetics, their content; |
| 5. | In cases of labeling "organic farming" on any cosmetics and advertising the cosmetics to that effect, the content of such materials; |
| 6. | In cases of imported cosmetics, the name of the manufacturing country (in cases of marking the country of origin under the Foreign Trade Act, the name of the manufacturing country may be omitted), and the name and location of manufacturing company. |
| (5) | Where intending to omit to mark and label the ingredients used in manufacturing the relevant cosmetics pursuant to paragraph (1) and (2) 3, it must be possible to verify such omitted ingredients as follows: |
| 1. | To mark the telephone number or homepage address so as for customers to immediately confirm all ingredients under Article 10 (1) 3 of the Act; |
| 2. | To always keep, in selling stores, printed materials marking all ingredients under Article 10 (1) 3 of the Act, such as a manual. |
| (6) | Standards and methods for marking on packages under Article 10 (1) 3 of the Act shall be as listed in Appendix 4. |