These Regulations are prescribed pursuant to Paragraph 6 of Article 5 of the Cosmetics Hygiene and Safety Act (the “Act”).

Before the enforcement of the Act, cosmetics have obtained the license of medical or poisonous drugs per the Statute for Control of Cosmetic Hygiene shall be deemed as Specific Purpose Cosmetics within the valid term of such license.

The terms used in these Regulations are defined as follows:
1. Specific purpose cosmetics: refers to cosmetics designated by public announcement of the central competent authority per Paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Act, and used for sunscreen, hair-dyeing, permanent waving, antiperspirant, deodorant, tooth-whitening or other purposes.
2. Authorization letter: refers to a certificate issued by the original overseas manufacturer, the headquarter, or its contract manufacturer of specific purpose cosmetics, allows registration applicant to import and distribute such cosmetics.
3. Manufacture and Free Sale Certificate (“MFSC”): refers to a certificate issued by the country of origin proves the approved manufacturing and free sale.
4. Ingredients list: refers to a formula table of full ingredients issued by the manufacturer or the headquarter identifying names and content of ingredients.
5. Certificate of analysis: refers to documentation identifying characteristic, active ingredients, identification methods, quantitative methods, an acceptable range of content, test results, and other determination data.