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, January 2, 2024

Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress 2023: the Q&A of the DGCCRF

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At the Cosmetic Valley Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress held on 8 and 9 November 2023, representatives of the DGCCRF answered a large number of pract...

Monday, December 18, 2023

Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress 2023: the Q&A of the FEBEA - Miscellaneous questions section

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As every year, at the close of the Cosmetic Valley Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress held on 8 and 9 November 2023, the FEBEA team answered questions ...

Monday, December 11, 2023

Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress 2023: the Q&A of the FEBEA - Environmental regulations section

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As every year, at the close of the Cosmetic Valley Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress held on 8 and 9 November 2023, the FEBEA team answered questions ...

Monday, December 4, 2023

Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress 2023: the Q&A of the FEBEA - Ingredients section

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As every year, at the close of the Cosmetic Valley Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress held on 8 and 9 November 2023, the FEBEA team answered questions ...

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Cosmetics control authorities: the new French organisation

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The principle was ratified at the end of 2022 by a provision inserted in the Finance Act for 2023 and will come into force gradually from 2024. At the...

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

The revision of the Cosmetics Regulation... still on hold

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At the “Perfumes & Cosmetics - Regulatory Issues” congress organised by Cosmetic Valley in Chartres on 8 and 9 November 2023, Hans Ingels, Head of...

Monday, October 9, 2023

Cosmetics and the microbiome: a regulatory framework... under construction!

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Are living micro-organisms cosmetic ingredients? Do products designed to act on the skin microbiome fall within the scope of European Cosmetics Regula...

Monday, September 11, 2023

"New" allergens: the labelling rules

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New allergens to be labelled, new INCI names, new groups of substances to be declared under the same grouping name… the “Allergens” Regulation brings ...

Monday, August 28, 2023

Labelling of the "new" allergens: the impact on international markets

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Labelling “new” allergens as Europe will require is one thing, but getting this new labelling accepted in every country in the world is quite another....

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Some news on the revision of the Cosmetics Regulation

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Initially announced for before the summer, the European Commission’s proposal to revise Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009 will not finally arrive until a...

Monday, April 17, 2023

Hemp-derived ingredients: what you need to know before using them

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They are increasingly “trendy” but are still subject to controversial perceptions. However, ingredients derived from hemp, Cannabidiol (or CBD) in par...

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

The draft "Deforestation-free" Regulation and its impact on cosmetics

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Like so many other European regulations with an environmental focus, it is one of the consequences of the Green Pact that the European Commission pres...