Organic Cosmetic Standard
Cosmos Organic Certification (Cosmos)
COSMOS(COSmetic Organic Standard) certification is certification mark of global level organic and natural cosmetic product which has been unified by COSMOS-AISBL, alliance of Germany BDIH, Italy ICEA, France ECOCERT & COSMEBIO, United Kingdom Soil Association in 4 European countries 5 notified body.
Certification agency officially designated by COSMOS-AISBL is Australia ACO, France Bureau veritas 및 ECOCERT, Italy ICEA, United Kingdom Soil Association, etc., and KTR has been designated as domestic certification agency.
Certification field
Cosmos Organic Certification
- 물리적 가공된 농산물 원료의 95% 이상은 유기농
- Appendix VI와 VII 원료 사용시 유기농 원료여야 함.
- 전체 함량 중 최소 20% 유기농(세정 제품 10%)
- 석유화학 성분은 2% 미만
Cosmos Natural Certification (Natural cosmetic product)
- 유기농 함량 최소 기준량 없음
- 석유화학 성분은 2% 미만
Item
| Classification of cosmetics | Example |
|---|---|
| Product for baby(less than 3 years old) | Shampoo, rinse, lotion, oil, etc. for baby |
| Product for bathing | oil, purified capsule, salt, bubble bath, etc. for bathing |
| Product for cleansing | Foam cleanser, body cleanser, liquid soap, water tissue, etc. |
| Product for eye make-up | Eyebrow pencil, eye liner, eyeshadow, mascara, etc. |
| Product for scent | Perfume, scent of powder, scent bag, cologne, etc. |
| Product for hair dye | Hair tint, hari color spray, etc. |
| Product for tone | Cheek rouge, foundation, base, lipstic, body painting, etc. |
| Product for hair | Shampoo, rinse, spray, conditioner, hair cream, etc. |
| Product for nail | Basecoat , nail remover, nail polish, nail cream, etc. |
| Product for shave | After shave lotion, shaving foam, shaving cream,etc. |
| Product for basic cosmetics | Skin tonic, essence, mask pactk, lotion, cream, cleansing water, etc. |
| Product for prevention of odor | Deodorant, etc. |
* For cosmetic defined in domestic Act and overseas Act, need to review on conformity
Certification procedure
* After issuing certification, follow-up management should be carried out once every 1 year as factory inspection
Fee for evaluation and certification
| KTR | COSMOS-AISBL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application fee | Fee for certification maintenance | License Fee | Certifier Fee | |
| Yearly sales by product | Yearly maintenance fee | |||
| 2 million won (3 hundred thousand won for extra product, expenses for factory evaluation separated) | Less than 1 hundred million won | 5 hundred thousand won/year | 0.4% of Yearly sales by product (Minimum amount EUR 250) | EUR 5 for each product |
| More than 1 hundred million won and less than 3 hundred million won | 1 million won/year | |||
| More than 3 hundred million won and less than 10 hundred million won | 3 million won/year | |||
* License Fee anf Certifier Fee are yearly payment at COSMOS-AISBL with 20% VAT not included
