Vietnam: 12 cases of confiscation of cosmetic product proclamation receipt number

According to Article 46 of Circular No. 06/2011/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, confiscating the cosmetic product proclamation receipt number is prescribed as follows:

1. The cosmetic product proclamation receipt number is confiscated in one of the following situations:

- The circulated cosmetic gets two unqualified lots which are concluded by the Government’s Cosmetic Quality Management Office;

- The circulated cosmetic gets the formula which is not exact as the proclaimed one in the file;

- The circulated cosmetic gets the label in which the origin and the source are written erroneously;

- The circulated cosmetic gets the label in which the cosmetic existing properties are written erroneously;

- The cosmetic unsafe for the consumer;

- The cosmetic which contains the prohibited substance, or the concentration, the content exceeds the permissible level;

- The cosmetic which is concluded of breaking the intellectual ownership right or falsifying another delivery-permissible product’s label.

- The product which is prohibited in the current country;

- The organizations or the individuals who put the cosmetic to the market gives out a request document of confiscating the cosmetic product proclamation receipt No;

- No Product Information File (PIF) for presenting to the Authority Office in accordance with the Article 12 of this Circular;

- Forging the document, using fake seal or forging the signature, the seal of the Authority Office of Vietnam or foreign country, of the manufacturer or the product owner;

- Dishonest declaring about contents referred to in the cosmetic proclamation receipt.

2. The authority of giving out a decision to confiscate the cosmetic product receipt number:

- The Medicine Management department – the Ministry of Health make decision to confiscate the domestics-manufactured product proclamation receipt Number issued by the Medicine Management department before April  25, 2009, for the imported products in the whole country.

- The Provincial and Central Cities Service of Health make a decision to confiscate the local manufactured product proclamation receipt number issued by their organization.

- The Management Department of the Moc Bai Entry Economical Area (Tay Ninh Province), the Management Department of the Quang Tri Province Economical Area decides to confiscate the locally manufactured product proclamation receipt No issued by their organization.

View details at Circular No. 06/2011/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, effective from April 01, 2011.

Thuy Tram

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