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…

Monday, October 16, 2017

The global natural beauty market as seen by Euromonitor

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The natural cosmetics trend is spreading all around the world, but with a few differences in terms of consumer perceptions and expectations, depending...

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Cosmetics market and trends in South Korea

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, October 2, 2017

K-Beauty to capture Paris

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The first edition of the K-Beauty in Paris show was held last September 22 by Kotra, a Korean trade promotion governmental agency. It gathered 22 bran...

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Customizable cosmetics: regulatory prerequisites

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At the 2017 Cosmed International Congress, Vanessa Picot, Cosmetics Inspector at ANSM, made an update on what ANSM has been working on and on the late...

Monday, September 18, 2017

Cosmetics claims in China

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All marketing departments dream about a ‘World’ claim that could be used the same way on all markets. And everyone knows how inaccessible this dream s...

Monday, September 11, 2017

Cosmetics market and trends in China

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, September 11, 2017

Reconstructed skin: a new approach to cosmetics tests?

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Already prohibited by the European Regulation in the cosmetics industry, animal testing is more and more disparaged and often criticized among the gen...

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Cosmetics claims in Russia

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All marketing departments dream about a ‘World’ claim that could be used the same way on all markets. And everyone knows how inaccessible this dream s...

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Safety assessment report: ANSM expectations (2/2)

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On June 29, 2017, at the meeting organized by ANSM (French National Agency of Medicine and Health Products Safety), which gathered cosmetics safety as...

Monday, August 28, 2017

Cosmetics market and trends in Russia

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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...

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

The three major trends impacting the cosmetics market – by Euromonitor

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At the 2017 Cosmetics Europe Week, Ildiko Szalai, of Euromonitor, provided an overview of the cosmetics market condition on the global level. Beyond s...

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Sun protection: should we go for an SPF100+?

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SPF30, SPF50, SPF50+… A common assumption is that the protection they provide is not that different from what gross figures suggest. At the Sun Protec...