In this Law, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings assigned thereto, unless the context requires otherwise:

• 1. Law: The Cosmetics Law.

• 2. Regulations: The implementing regulations of this Law.

• 3. Authority: The Saudi Food and Drug Authority.

• 4. Board: The Authority’s Board of Directors.

• 5. President: The Chief Executive Officer of the Authority.

• 6. Cosmetic Product: Any product containing one or more substances that is intended for external use, including skin, hair, nails, lips, the external parts of the genitals, teeth, or membranes lining the oral cavity, for cleansing, perfuming, caring, beautifying, and protection purposes, or for changing and improving body odor.

• 7. Listing: Registering the cosmetic product in the relevant cosmetics register after being approved by the Authority.

• 8. Listing Person: The natural or legal person under whose name the cosmetic product is registered at the Authority.

• 9. Factory: The local facility where the cosmetic product is manufactured.

• 10. Good Manufacturing Practices: A quality assurance system which ensures that the cosmetic product is produced in accordance with high and appropriate quality standards.

• 11. Warehouse: A location licensed by the Authority to store and distribute a cosmetic product for commercial purposes.

• 12. Laboratory: A laboratory assigned by the Authority to analyze and examine cosmetic products.

• 13. Circulation: The stages through which a cosmetic product passes until delivery to the consumer, including import, export, manufacturing, preparation, processing, packaging, wrapping, preparing, storing, transportation, possession, marketing, distribution, display, merchandising, and sampling.

• 14. Withdrawal: The withdrawal of a cosmetic product from the market by the Authority following certain procedures or measures.

• 15. Recall: The procedures or measures taken by the listing person, at his own initiative or upon the request of the Authority, to retrieve a cosmetic product which is not safe for consumer use or is in violation of this Law, and to prohibit the circulation thereof.

• 16. Counterfeit Product: A cosmetic product the content, identity, or source of which is deliberately changed, whether it contains the same components improper components, or no components, or contains contaminated substances.

• 17. Spoiled Product: A cosmetic product whose physical and chemical properties or bacterial content have changed.

• 18. Advertisement: Any statement, whether written, audio, visual, or otherwise, which aims to directly or indirectly promote, sell, or market cosmetic products.

This Law shall apply to cosmetic products, including their factories and warehouses, as well as the circulation of and trading in such products.

The Authority shall issue the technical regulations and standard specifications for cosmetic products and their factories, as well as the requirements for their workers.

The Authority shall prescribe substances the use of which in cosmetic products is prohibited or restricted, and post the same on its website.

The Authority shall verify the compliance of cosmetic products with the technical regulations, standard specifications, and conditions, and may for this purpose seek the assistance of specialized companies.

A cosmetic product may not be imported or circulated in the Kingdom unless it is listed with the Authority and a listing certificate is obtained therefrom in accordance with the rules and conditions specified in the regulations.

The application for listing a cosmetic product shall be submitted by the factory or company, or their representatives, in accordance with the procedures and conditions specified in the regulations.

The Authority shall decide on the listing application within 15 days following completion of the requirements. If the application is accepted, a listing certificate shall be issued; if, however, the application is rejected or no decision is rendered thereon, the Authority shall provide justification therefor.

The listing person shall ensure that the cosmetic product:

• 1. is safe; and

• 2. does not cause any harm to the consumer’s health if, under normal circumstances, the product is used in accordance with the usage and disposal instructions indicated on the identification label.

The listing person shall:

• 1. notify the Authority if the cosmetic product causes harm to its users, contains a manufacturing defect, or is recalled in any country;

• 2. keep the product information file and present it to the Authority upon request;

• 3. notify the Authority of any modification to the product;

• 4. document the wholesale of the product; and

• 5. notify the Authority of any misuse of the product.