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…

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Nano labelling in cosmetics: as from 50% or 10%?

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As from what threshold of nanoparticles is a material considered a nano? At two recent events, Cosmed’s 2018 Rencontres Réglementaires (a congress ded...

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Passport for Japan (3/3): the Japanese regulatory framework

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With its particular mentality and specific distribution channels, the Japanese cosmetics market has characteristics that need to be well-understood be...

Monday, April 9, 2018

Cradle to Cradle: the next must-have label?

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Today, everyone is focused on naturalness, health, environmental, and resource preservation, responsible products and companies… This trend has emerge...

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Cosmed’s Regulatory Congress in 7 points

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On March 22, 2018, the professional association of cosmetics SMEs organized its traditional congress dedicated to cosmetics regulations in Paris. CMRs...

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Passport for Japan (2/3): Japanese cosmetics distribution and market approach

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It is not easy for a French company to approach and penetrate the Japanese cosmetics market. At a workshop dedicated to Japan on March 20, 2018, Busin...

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Passport for Japan (1/3): the Japanese cosmetics market

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They live on the other side of the world and are known for being complex to understand (at least for Westerners), and more Asian than Asians… but the ...

Monday, February 19, 2018

How to adapt cosmetics packaging to consumers’ desires

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Marielle Belin is the founder of La Marque & La Manière, a consulting agency specialized in revealing the emotional personality of a world for bra...

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Codes for good packaging

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Packaging is often the first interface between a consumer and a product, so it is essential for it to be efficient. At the PCD 2018 show, Design Packa...

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Cosmetics market and trends in the United Arab Emirates

Everyone knows the cosmetics industry is one of the most flourishing in the world. However, trends and consumers’ desires vary from one country to ano...

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Cosmetics market and trends in Japan

Everyone knows the cosmetics industry is one of the most flourishing in the world. However, trends and consumers’ desires vary from one country to ano...

Monday, February 5, 2018

Towards responsible mica

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Mica is a precious ingredient for the cosmetics industry, in particular the makeup segment. But this mineral pigment is often extracted under rather u...

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Giving cosmetics a taste to regulate the skin: a new formulation approach?

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If your tongue is the first organ you think about when it comes to taste perceptions, it is far from being the only body part with taste receptors. Yo...