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 12, 2017

Mineral cosmetic ingredients: oils and stones

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At the 8th edition of the U’Cosmetics colloquium dedicated to mineral cosmetics, several speakers presented their specificities in terms of ingredient...

Monday, April 10, 2017

GMPs in practice: cleaning premises and equipment (1/2)

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Giving the floor a sweep or hosing it down is not enough to fulfil the objectives set out in standard ISO 22716 on Good Manufacturing Practices – far ...

Monday, April 3, 2017

Mineral cosmetic ingredients: powders and pigments

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At the 8th edition of the U’Cosmetics colloquium dedicated to mineral cosmetics, several speakers presented the specificities of mineral ingredients. ...

Monday, March 27, 2017

Mineral cosmetics… What is that about?

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What exactly are mineral cosmetics? At the 8th edition of the U’Cosmetics colloquium organized on March 16, 2017 by the students of University UCO Bre...

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Neurocosmetics: a revolutionary approach to cosmetics? (2/2)

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At the Jean-Paul Marty Days, Fabrice Lefevre, Marketing & Innovation Director of Givaudan Active Beauty, presented the result of his group’s lates...

Monday, March 6, 2017

Neurocosmetic: a revolutionary approach to cosmetics? (1/2)

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At the Jean-Paul Marty Days, a two-day scientific congress organized by the SFC (French Society of Cosmetology) in Paris in late 2016, Fabrice Lefevre...

Monday, February 20, 2017

Packaging in the era of mass personalization

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Today, personalization is one of the major trends impacting the world of cosmetics. Tailor-made products, products to be composed yourself with bases,...

Monday, February 13, 2017

Seeing packaging beauty differently

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Viewing beauty from a different angle, wondering whether we have really seen it all, and if it would not be useful to consider other innovative approa...

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Child-Resistant Packaging: for which products and how?

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For certain pharmaceuticals placed on the market, it has been mandatory for many years to use Child-Resistant Packaging that cannot be opened by toddl...

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

The ideal pump-bottle by WestRock

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WestRock is an American packaging supplier. To anticipate trends and market expectations, the company regularly conducts consumer studies. Sandy Grégo...

Monday, January 16, 2017

Cosmetics packaging safety: latest updates

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Everyone knows it under the name ‘Task Force Packaging’. The working group created to draft guidelines to help perform the safety assessment of cosmet...

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

ANSM: results of the 2016 controls on cosmetics (2/2)

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At the regulatory congress organized by the Cosmetic Valley in Chartres, France, in November 2016, Sophie Roques-Violin and Vanessa Picot, both from t...