OH-EBASHI and HANLING CHINA LEGAL NEWSLETTER 2023 February Issue was published.

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1.　China's Life Science and Healthcare-No.3 Amendment of the Regulations on Cosmetics in China By Yuchuan Sun (Hanling & Partners）and Fumi Takatsuki (Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners）
　In China, the basic regulatory mechanism of cosmetics has remained almost unchanged since the enactment of the Regulations on Hygiene Supervision of Cosmetics in 1989. However, the enactment of the Regulations on Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics on June 16, 2020 (effective from January 1, 2021) (the "Regulations") marked the first step of the material reform to the regulatory mechanism on cosmetics in China. Following the Regulations, competent authorities have released or amended a series of other measures and regulations to further implement such reform. Those regulations and rules include the Regulations on the Cosmetics Registration (effective from May 1, 2021), the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics Production and Sales Cosmetics(effective from January 1, 2022), and the Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics for Children (including not only products labeled "for children" but also "for families") (effective from January 1, 2022). And a new Cosmetics Production and Quality Management Code (Cosmetics GMP) was also enacted and came into effect since July 1, 2022....(Please click here to read more.）

2.　Legal Updates
　Release of the Rules on Security Certification of Overseas Processing of Personal Information Ver. 2.0
　On 26 December 2022, the National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee (TC260) released the Rules on Security Certification of Overseas Processing of Personal Information Ver. 2.0 (the "Rules on Certification") as one applicable standard mentioned by the Notice of the Implementation of Protection Certification of Personal Information (the "Notice") which is issued on 18 November 2022....(Please click here to read more.）