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…

Friday, November 9, 2012

Cosmetics and marketing in these digital times

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How can the Internet resources be used in order to support the development, then, the launch of a new cosmetic product, active ingredient or service? ...

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

In coming times: hydration, the Asian way?

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Their skin moisturization is a major cosmetic concern for the consumers, the world over. For the industry, it is not only an important source of reven...

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Promotions, packs or value bundles: which legal status?

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There are several ways to promote and sell products during a promotional campaign (which may comprise the sets designed for Christmas, Mother’s Day or...

Monday, October 8, 2012

Box sets: do them with the regulation on your side

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You do want to display box sets for Christmas (or Mother’s Day, Father’s Day…)? What a good idea, it sells well! However, beware: putting two cosmetic...

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Cosmetic efficiency, emotionally ups and downs speaking

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Clinical assessments, instrumental measures, tests with consumers, sensory analyses: all these methods are used to evaluate the efficiency of a cosmet...

Monday, September 17, 2012

Distributors of cosmetics: a focus on your obligations

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Pharmacists, owners of a perfume shop, of a beauty parlour, of a spa, hair-dressers, retailers of cosmetic products … do you know that you are conside...

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Which safety assessment for natural substances?

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As part of the obligations set out in Annex I to Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009, safety assessment concerns all substances, including natural substanc...

Thursday, July 5, 2012

GMP inspections

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What to do to be prepared for a GMP inspection? Obviously, by implementing in the company the relevant procedures to guarantee the Good Manufacturing ...

Thursday, June 28, 2012

GMP: the points to address

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From 2010 to 2011, the number of GMP inspections has almost doubled in France. The point, for the authorities, is to check how companies comply with t...

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Interactions between packaging, contents and regulation

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The interactions between packaging and formulations are still, and again, a major topic! Which exchanges between these intertwined components can be l...

Friday, May 11, 2012

Cosmetic labelling: the mandatory information

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There are on the label of a cosmetic product certain information which is required by regulation and mandatory. Neglecting them can lead to at least r...

Friday, May 4, 2012

Active ingredients: the innovation and its challenges, by Karl Lintner

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Innovation is at the core of the today’s cosmetic, up to the point when one wonders what the latter would be without the former … Active ingredients, ...