The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare vide its notification dated 15th December 2020 has published the cosmetic rules, 2020 which grants license and registration for importing cosmetics into India.
An application for registration of a cosmetic product intended to be imported into India shall be made through the online portal of the Central Government in Form COS-1 either by the manufacturer himself or by his authorized agent or the importer in India or by the subsidiary in India authorized by the manufacturer.
The Central Licensing Authority may, on being satisfied, grant import registration certificate in Form COS- 2 or may reject such application for which reasons shall be recorded in writing within a period of six months from the date of application and it shall remain valid in perpetuity, subject to payment of registration certificate retention fee before completion of the period of five years from the date of its issue, unless, it is suspended or cancelled by the Licensing Authority.In case of a new cosmetic, the applicant shall obtain prior permission in Form COS- 3.
However if the manufacturer or authorized agent or importer fails to comply with any of the conditions of the Registration Certificate, the Central Licensing Authority may, after giving him an opportunity to show cause as to why such an order should not be passed, by an order in writing, stating the reasons, therefore, suspend or cancel the registration certificate for such period as it thinks fit either wholly or in respect of some of the cosmetics to which it relates.
Further, if the cosmetics are manufactured at more than one premises, a separate application for each of such premises shall be made and a separate license obtained for each such premises.
