How to Report a Customized Cosmetics Sales Business — Compounding Manager, Facility Standards, and the 30,000 won Report Fee

Procedure

1. 1. Confirm that the business must be reported

   Customized cosmetics are cosmetics made by adding the contents of other cosmetics or raw materials designated by the Minister of Food and Drug Safety to the contents of manufactured or imported cosmetics, and cosmetics made by subdividing such contents (Cosmetics Act, Article 2, Subparagraph 3-2). Simple subdivision of cosmetics specified by Prime Minister's Decree, such as solid soap, is excluded. Because you may not arbitrarily mix or subdivide cosmetics already distributed and sold to consumers (same Act, Article 5, Paragraph 3), decide first where the contents and raw materials for mixing and subdividing will come from.

2. 2. Secure a compounding manager and check grounds for disqualification

   A customized cosmetics compounding manager must have passed the qualification examination administered by the Minister of Food and Drug Safety (Cosmetics Act, Article 3-4). If the business operator has passed the examination, the operator may personally perform the compounding manager's duties at one of its stores, and that store is deemed to have a compounding manager (Enforcement Rule, Article 8-2, Paragraph 4). A person under adult guardianship or a person serving a sentence of imprisonment without labor or heavier, or under a suspended sentence, for violating the Cosmetics Act, among others, may not file the report (Cosmetics Act, Article 3-3).

3. 3. Prepare the mixing and subdividing space and the facility specification

   The mixing and subdividing space must be separated or partitioned from spaces used for other purposes, with an exception only where it is recognized that no public health hazard is likely to arise (Enforcement Rule, Article 8-4). Based on the store floor plan and photographs, set out the location of the mixing and subdividing space, the partition method, and the equipment and tools to be used in the facility specification.

4. 4. Submit the report and receive the report certificate

   Attach a copy of the compounding manager's certificate and the facility specification to the customized cosmetics sales business report (Form No. 6-3) and submit it to the head of the regional office of food and drug safety with jurisdiction over the store; the corporate register certificate is checked by the office through shared administrative information (Enforcement Rule, Article 8-2, Paragraphs 1 and 2). If the requirements are met, the business is entered in the report ledger and a report certificate (Form No. 6-4) is issued (same Article, Paragraph 3). To operate temporarily for up to 1 month outside the reported location, file a separate report with a copy of the report certificate and a copy of the compounding manager's certificate attached.

5. 5. Post-report obligations and change reports

   You must check the quality test reports of contents and raw materials before mixing or subdividing, prepare and keep sales records (batch number, expiry date or period after opening, sales date and quantity), explain to consumers, and report adverse reaction cases (Enforcement Rule, Article 12-2). When you change the business operator, the store's trade name or location, or the compounding manager, file a change report (Form No. 6-5) with the report certificate and documents proving the change attached, and if the location moves, file it with the regional office with jurisdiction over the new location (Enforcement Rule, Article 8-3).

Required documents

• Customized cosmetics sales business report (Enforcement Rule of the Cosmetics Act, Form No. 6-3)
• Copy of the customized cosmetics compounding manager certificate (the operator's own certificate if the operator has passed the examination)
• Facility specification (status of separation or partition of the mixing and subdividing space, and equipment and tools)
• Store floor plan and photographs of the mixing and subdividing space (supporting materials for the facility specification)
• Lease agreement or other proof of the right to use the store location
• Corporate register certificate (for corporations; checked by the head of the regional office of food and drug safety through shared administrative information)
• Supply contracts for contents and raw materials to be mixed or subdivided, and materials showing how quality test reports will be received
• For a temporary business report, a copy of the customized cosmetics sales business report certificate (same Enforcement Rule, Form No. 6-4)

Fees

The customized cosmetics sales business report fee is 27,000 won for electronic filing and 30,000 won for in-person or postal filing. There is no fee for a change report on a change of compounding manager, and other change reports cost 9,000 won for electronic filing and 10,000 won for in-person or postal filing (Enforcement Rule of the Cosmetics Act, Annexed Table 9). Our office fee starts from the amount shown above and may vary depending on the number of stores, the scope of the facility specification, and whether a temporary business report or change report is handled at the same time; we will give you an exact quote after reviewing your documents.

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Legal basis and review date

• Cosmetics Act, Article 2
• Cosmetics Act, Article 3-2
• Cosmetics Act, Article 3-3
• Cosmetics Act, Article 3-4
• Cosmetics Act, Article 5
• Cosmetics Act, Article 36
• Cosmetics Act, Article 40
• Enforcement Rule of the Cosmetics Act, Article 8-2
• Enforcement Rule of the Cosmetics Act, Article 8-3
• Enforcement Rule of the Cosmetics Act, Article 8-4
• Enforcement Rule of the Cosmetics Act, Article 12-2
• Enforcement Rule of the Cosmetics Act, Article 13
• Enforcement Rule of the Cosmetics Act, Article 14
• Enforcement Rule of the Cosmetics Act, Annexed Table 9

Checked against the statutes on 2026-10-25

Statutes and public notices change, so each case needs to be checked individually. Statute titles are given in English for reference. The Korean statutes are the authoritative text.

Check these first

• Arbitrarily mixing or subdividing cosmetics already distributed and sold to consumers is prohibited (Cosmetics Act, Article 5, Paragraph 3), and the quality test reports of contents and raw materials must be checked before mixing or subdividing (Enforcement Rule, Article 12-2), so decide the supply structure for contents and how you will obtain quality test reports before filing the report.
• A customized cosmetics compounding manager must receive initial training within 6 months from the date of starting work and refresher training every year thereafter (Enforcement Rule, Article 14, Paragraph 1), and the operator must report the previous year's list of raw materials by the end of February each year (Enforcement Rule, Article 13, Paragraph 4). Violations are subject to an administrative fine of up to 1,000,000 won (Cosmetics Act, Article 40, Paragraph 1).

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