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EUDR: Everything you need to know about the "Deforestation-free" RegulationSubscribers only

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 situationSubscribers only

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 inspectionsSubscribers only

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” missionsSubscribers only

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 authoritiesSubscribers only

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, April 2, 2013
Eco-design and cosmetics: the environment-friendly water drop?Subscribers only
The principle of eco-design is not new in cosmetics: it has been discussed since the 1970s. But it is increasingly being talked about today, and as a ...
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Nanomaterials and cosmetics: risks and opportunitiesSubscribers only
Obviously, nowadays, nanos are questioned: definition, notification, specific French declaration, safety, how consumers will understand the mandatory ...
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Nanos: seven key points to understandSubscribers only
Nano-particle, nano-ingredient, nanomaterial, nano-object … though tiny, nanos are topical. They are talked about, and should be even more talked abou...
Monday, February 11, 2013
Sun protection assessment: which methods, in which countries?Subscribers only
Assessing the protection index of a sunscreen is essential, be it to display on the label the right SPF, or to comply with the one-to-three ratio requ...
Monday, February 4, 2013
DGCCRF surveys: 2012 report and 2013 plansSubscribers only
In France, the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines (ANSM) is not the only authority competent for cosmetics. The DGCCRF can also program inqui...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Cosmetics: why organic is not workingSubscribers only
Organic cosmetics are ubiquitous in media, with an always positive green image. However, the sector is valued at 3% of the overall cosmetics market, a...
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Some precautions to take... for the principle!Subscribers only
Potentially harmful substances and principle of precaution are not good friends. Especially when the former are more and more questioned by the consum...
Monday, January 21, 2013
REACH: what does change on June 1, 2013Subscribers only
The REACH Regulation, implemented on 1 June 2007, enters a new phase this year, with the immediate registration of substances manufactured or imported...
Monday, January 14, 2013
Nanomaterials: the safety assessmentSubscribers only
On the 6 July, 2012, the SCCS released its Guidance on the safety assessment of nanomaterials in cosmetics. A sixty-two page document, which Clara Arr...
Thursday, January 10, 2013
A response to a crisis: the good approachSubscribers only
A crisis may occur any time. The topic is not the economic crisis, but a media hype, a crisis in the consumers’ confidence, an accidental crisis on a ...
Monday, January 7, 2013
ANSM 2012 inspections reportSubscribers only
Monitoring the market and its practices is one of the duties of the French ANSM. Sometimes working in cooperation with the DGCCRF, it commands inspect...
Monday, December 24, 2012
Export: the beauty world, and its marketsSubscribers only
On December 11, the Cosmetic Network team of Ubifrance organized the first Rencontres Internationales de la Beauté (International Meetings on Beauty)....
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