News:Congresses

EUDR: Everything you need to know about the "Deforestation-free" Regulation

It was due to come into force on 31 December 2024, but has been postponed for a year. And for good reason: nobody was ready, whether economic operators or the authorities. So there is still time to get to grips with it and prepare for it. At the Cosmetic Valley’s 22nd Congress on Regulatory Issues - Fragrance & Cosmetics, held on 20 and 21 November 2024, Thomas Delille, of the law firm Squire Patton Boggs, presented a decoding of what he called “a veritable jewel of regulatory engineering th...

Consumers and sun protection: the current situation

During the Cosmetic Days organised by Cosmed in early December 2024, Valérie Rager-Brossard, Director of Customer Relations at the Appinio research institute, presented an overview of the uses and understanding of sun protection products by French consumers. The findings were mixed…

French DGCCRF: an update on the 2023, 2024 and 2025 inspections

At the Cosmetic Valley’s 22nd Congress on Regulatory Issues - Fragrance & Cosmetics, held on 20 and 21 November 2024, DGCCRF representatives Virginie Gallerand, Nathalie Delion, Flore Pluvinage and Isabelle van Hamme presented the results of investigations carried out in 2023, gave an update on controls in 2024 and announced the outlook for 2025.

The implementation of French Anses' “cosmetics” missions

One year ago, Anses became a new player in the French cosmetics safety landscape. At the Cosmetic Valley’s 22nd Congress on Regulatory Issues - Fragrance & Cosmetics, Sandrine Charles and Élodie Lontsi presented the implementation of their new missions concerning the vigilance and evaluation of cosmetic substances and products.

Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress 2024: the Q&A of the authorities

Following their respective speeches at the Cosmetic Valley’s 22nd Congress on Regulatory Issues - Fragrance & Cosmetics, held on 20 and 21 November 2024, the representatives of the French cosmetics control authorities, the Anses and the DGCCRF, answered questions from congress attendees. On the menu: status of certain ingredients, claims, cosmetovigilance, control philosophies…

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Overview of the regulations applicable to essential oils

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At the opening of the Cosmed’s CosmeticDays 2018 dedicated to essential oils, Hélène Chaumont, from Puressentiel, presented a review of the regulation...

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Endocrine disruptors explained by the FEBEA (3/3)

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The issue of endocrine disruption is a real public health issue, which political and health authorities have begun to consider as such. But pending th...

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Endocrine disruptors explained by the FEBEA (2/3)

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Complex substances, difficult to characterize, potentially dangerous to human health, endocrine disruptors are of concern to consumers. Especially sin...

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Brexit: the French tools to be prepared

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On 17 January 2019, the French government launched the “Plan related to a Brexit without agreement”. For some time now, the possibility of an exit of ...

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Endocrine disruptors explained by the FEBEA (1/3)

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The problem is a major concern for French people, but who knows exactly what we are talking about? Which substances have an endocrine disrupting actio...

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Moving towards more environmentally friendly plastic packaging

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The qualities of plastic are no longer to be praised, but its disastrous effects on the environment are no longer to be proven either. While it is not...

Monday, February 11, 2019

Brexit: legal implications

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Contracts, intellectual property, data protection, distribution… many aspects of the legal sphere can also be affected by Brexit. And it will be all t...

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Cosmetic claims from a European perspective

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While, in France, the new provisions resulting from the European Technical Document on Cosmetic Claims will apply, at least from a legal point of view...

Thursday, January 31, 2019

The new ARPP Recommendation "Cosmetic Products": causes and consequences

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The new ARPP Recommendation “Cosmetic Products”, or more precisely its 8th version, was published on 14 November 2018. With major changes in the rules...

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Why an 8th revision of the ARPP Recommendation "Cosmetic Products"?

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In France, self-regulation of cosmetic claims is the responsibility of the ARPP, particularly through its Recommendation “Cosmetic Products”. Its last...

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

The interest of professional regulations in advertising

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At the opening of the information meeting organised by the FEBEA on 16 January 2019 on claims, Loïc Armand, President of Cosmetics Europe and ARPP Dir...

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Brexit: the implications for customs

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As the “No-deal” scenario (the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union on 30 March 2019 without agreement) becomes increasingly feared, voices a...