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, May 5, 2015

The sillage of a fragrance

The second Olfaction & Perspectives congress held by Cosmetic Valley, ISIPCA, and the Paris-Ile-de-France Chamber of Commerce and Industry left a ...

Thursday, April 30, 2015

GMP: the basics… in practice and common sense

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About 30 pages, 17 chapters, and 15 themes to put into practice… How to efficiently deal with standard ISO 22716, which details the guidelines as rega...

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

The worldwide tribulations of the Cosmetics Regulation

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More and more countries outside Europe are emulating European Regulation 1223/2009, and one could dream of harmonized cosmetics regulations all around...

Thursday, April 23, 2015

GMP at the core of the main contractor/subcontractor relationship

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Since 2013, the Responsible Person has been in charge of verifying Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) are complied with throughout the manufacturing l...

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

European variations on the Cosmetics Regulation

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The principle underlying European Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009 is that it is to be directly applied and identical in the 31 countries of the Europea...

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Cosmetics Regulations: when the implementing decrees become… transformations!

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European Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009, which entered into force on 11 July 2013, is directly applicable in the 31 countries of the European Economic...

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Algae: a world (of actives) yet to be exploited (Part 2)

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Algae were the main focus on the day of conferences at the6th edition of U’Cosmetics dedicated to marine cosmetics last March 12, 2015 in Guingamp, Fr...

Monday, April 6, 2015

From creating a perfume to diffusing it in the air

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Between the creation of a perfume and the moment it is diffused in the air, a process takes place which combines fine fragrance and high technology. T...

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

The brain and the sense of smell: implications on emotions and memory

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For perfumers and scientists alike, smell is unique among the senses. Its defining characteristic is its strong tie with emotions and with memory. At ...

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Marine invertebrates: tomorrow’s cosmetic actives?

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The sea is a rich source of cosmetic ingredients. But there are not just algae, sand, sludge, salt, or water in the marine world! Invertebrates, a fam...

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Algae: a world (of actives) yet to be exploited (Part 1)

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Algae were the main focus on the day of conferences of the 6th edition of U’Cosmetics dedicated to marine cosmetics last March 12, 2015, in Guingamp, ...

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Algae: a world (of actives) that is still little-known

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Brittany is a major area for marine cosmetics and ingredients derived from the sea. By making them the main theme of its 6th edition, U’Cosmetics sort...