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Procedure NameThe Registration of Cosmetic
Description

Category

Permit/license

Responsible Agency       

 

National Medicine Regulatory Authority

Address: 120, Norris Canal Road, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka

Phone: +94 11 2698896/7

Legal base of the Procedure

National medicines regulatory authority act, no. 5 of 2015


Required Documents

No.

Document type 

Note 

1

 Application

 

2.

A copy of business registration certificate of the applicant with the detail list of Board of directors

 

3

Valid letter of authorization from the manufacturer appointing the local agent

 

4

Copy of free sale certificate issued by the health authority of the country of origin/Chamber of Commerce or any other government institution but it should be certified by Sri Lankan embassy  of  the exported country

 

5

Original/Certified Analysis report

If the SLS specification report is available for the relevant cosmetic it should be submitted as it is. If not it will not be accepted.

6

Master Formula with the detailsof the ingredients

 
7 Copy of the sample Import licence  
8 Original label with secondary and primary packaging If the lable mention  therapeutic claims the product will be accepted as borderline products Please refer the NMRA act to check the definition of a borderline product.

 

Process Steps

Step 1

Submission of registration application and two samples of the product to NMRA

Step 2

Process the Application

Step 3

Issue letter for payment of processing fee provided the application is complete.

Step 4

Pay the fee

Step 5 NMRA issues a specific File number and an Acknowledgement to the customer
Step 6 Evaluation to assess eligibility for registration
Step 7 Evaluator sends the  evaluation report for review by a panel of three regulatory pharmacists in the NMRA
Step 8 Panel issue the reviewed report to CEO, NMRA
Step 9 NMRA issue the registration certificate

*This information may be  subject to change in the future by the NMRA

 

CategoryImport

The following form/s are used in this procedure
TitleDescriptionCreated DateUpdated DateIssued By
SCHEDULE I Information required for registration of a cosmetic05-07-201805-07-2018National Medicines Regulatory Authority
This procedure applies to the following measures
NameMeasure TypeAgencyDescriptionCommentsLegal DocumentValidity ToMeasure Class
The Registration of cosmetic Registration RequirementNational Medicines Regulatory Authority Procedure to register cosmetic with NMRAProcedure to register cosmetic with NMRANational Medicines Regulatory Authority Act08-12-9999Good