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Advertising past your own file is prohibited

Article 13 of the Cosmetics Act prohibits labelling or advertising likely to mislead consumers into thinking a cosmetic is a medicine, likely to mislead them into thinking a non-functional cosmetic is a functional one, or different from the examination results of the product’s safety and efficacy.

The third limb is the one that catches careful brands: copy can be accurate about the product and still unlawful because it goes beyond what was examined, so the marketing ceiling is set by the regulatory file rather than by what the formula does.

94

94 of a possible 97Tier A, primary document or measured outcome. Nothing at this tier is allowed past 97, however good it looks.

Verified August 6, 2026Rechecked every 365 days, next by August 6, 2027.

Constraint

Held since February 1, 2012A rule, law or policy that limits what you may do or say. The earliest date we are willing to say this held. It may well have been true before that; we do not backdate a record past the evidence we have read. Supported, version 1.

This entry is wrong if

Article 13(1) is amended to remove the limb prohibiting labelling or advertising different from the examination results, or Korean enforcement practice is shown to treat that limb as requiring proven falsity.

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Evidence

  1. Tier Aregulation

    Korea Ministry of Government Legislation (National Law Information Center): Cosmetics Act (Act No. 20901), English translation

    Article 13 (Prohibition of false labeling and advertising) (1) Neither business operator nor seller shall label or advertise in any of the following manners: 1. Labeling or advertisements likely to mislead consumers into thinking the cosmetics are medicines; 2. Labeling or advertisements likely to mislead consumers into thinking any cosmetic other than a functional cosmetic is a functional cosmetic, or labeling or advertisements different from the examination results of its safety and efficacy; 3. Deleted; 4. Other labeling or advertisements likely to deceive or mislead consumers by misrepresentation.

    Read 2026-08-06 · Open government · page hash 92590839801f

History

  1. v1created

    Initial entry from the Korean government's own English translation of the Cosmetics Act, read 2026-08-06 through the National Law Information Center Open API (target=elaw), which flags this text 현행, currently in force. Articles were taken from the publisher's own markup rather than split out of flattened text.

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  • kr
  • korea
  • advertising
  • claims
  • labelling
  • enforcement
  • compliance

Cite this entry

“Advertising past your own file is prohibited”, The Orbt Market Index 0.1.0, entry omr:kr:a-true-claim-can-still-be-unlawful, retrieved September 9, 2026, https://tryorbt.com/markets/entry/kr--a-true-claim-can-still-be-unlawful. Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22679129

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