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…

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Patent intelligence

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16,374 patents are currently registered with the keyword ‘Cosmetics’ in the INPI (French National Institute of Industrial Property) database. They rel...

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Metrological controls: away with the double standard!

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Filling cosmetic products on the manufacturing line may seem to be just an ordinary step, taken care of by the subcontractor alone. But controlling th...

Monday, February 9, 2015

When the cross channel creates the concept of increased store

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Béatrice Boussard, Founder & Manager of Sens'O, a retail marketing consulting firm, conducted the study "1, 2, 3 Contacts" Beauté on behalf of POP...

Monday, January 19, 2015

China: market and regulations

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At Cosmed’s International Congress last December 15, 2014, Tommy Kong, General Manager of Cosmetic Division of REACH24H Consulting Group, presented th...

Thursday, January 15, 2015

ASEAN: market and regulations (3)

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At the International Encounters held by Cosmed on 15 December 2014, UbiFrance Vietnam trade advisor Sylvie Fure and ASEAN Cosmetics Association VP A...

Monday, January 12, 2015

ASEAN: market and regulations (2)

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At the International Encounters held by Cosmed on 15 December 2014, UbiFrance Vietnam trade advisor Sylvie Fure and ASEAN Cosmetics Association VP Ala...

Thursday, January 8, 2015

ASEAN: market and regulations (1)

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At the International Encounters held by Cosmed on 15 December 2014, UbiFrance Vietnam trade advisor Sylvie Fure and ASEAN Cosmetics Association VP Ala...

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

India: market and regulations

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At Cosmed’s International Congress last December 15, 2014, Matthieu Lefort, Director of the UbiFrance office in India, and Alain Khaiat, Vice-Presiden...

Monday, December 29, 2014

South Korea: market and regulations

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At Cosmed’s International Congress on December 15, 2014, Hyeun-Suk Oh, Export Advisor of UbiFrance South Korea, and Tiger Kim, CEO of Korean firm Cosm...

Monday, December 22, 2014

Japan: market and regulations

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At Cosmed’s International Congress last December 15, 2014, Mikako Shiina, Export Development Manager of UbiFrance Japan, Yoko Nakamura, former delegat...

Thursday, December 18, 2014

When cosmetics leave traces

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Even when present in extremely low concentrations and when their presence is unavoidable, traces of impurities, contaminants, and prohibited substance...

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Cosmetics: how to be sustainable... sustainably

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You’d be hard pressed to find a congress that doesn’t address it at least once, or even devote an entire day to it: sustainability seems to be the new...