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Bolivia,Colombia,Ecuador,PeruProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Essential oils and resinoids; Soap

Resolution 2548, by which the use of the ingredients Trimethylbenzoyl Diphenylphosphine Oxide (TPO) and N,N-dimethyl-p-toluidine (DMPT) in cosmetic products is prohibited

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Resolución 2548, por la que se prohíbe el uso de los ingredientes Trimethylbenzoyl Diphenylphosphine Oxide (TPO) y la N,N-dimetil-p-toluidine (DMPT) en productos cosméticos

Bolivia and 3 other members notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 22 December 2025.

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At a glance

Products

Cosmetic products contemplated in chapters 33 and 34 of the HS

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Productos cosméticos contemplados en los capítulos 33 y 34 del SA

HS codes
  • 33 · Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
    • 33
  • 34 · Soap, organic surface-active agents; washing, lubricating, polishing or scouring preparations; artificial or prepared waxes, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster
    • 34 SOAP, ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, WASHING PREPARATIONS, LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS, ARTIFICIAL WAXES, PREPARED WAXES, POLISHING OR SCOURING PREPARATIONS…
Notifying members
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 22 December 2025. Check WTO ePing or Bolivia and 3 other members for its current status.
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/BOL/29
Keywords
Human health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/ECU/558; it forwards comments to Bolivia and 3 other members.

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What the notification says

The notified Resolution No. 2548 seeks to prohibit the use of the ingredients Trimethylbenzoyl Diphenylphosphine Oxide (TPO) and N,N-Dimethyl-p-toluidine (DMPT) in cosmetic products marketed within the Andean Community.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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