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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, August 30, 2022

"1 substance, 1 assessment" information session: the Q&A (2/2)

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After each of the presentations made by the European Commission services at the “1 substance, 1 assessment” (1S1A) information session, the speakers a...

Monday, August 22, 2022

"1 substance, 1 assessment" information session: the Q&A (1/2)

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After each of the presentations made by the European Commission services at the “1 substance, 1 assessment” (1S1A) information session, the speakers a...

Thursday, July 14, 2022

"1 substance, 1 assessment": the common data platform on chemicals

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This is the last part of the “1 substance, 1 assessment” (1S1A) initiative, which the European Commission presented in its entirety at the information...

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

"1 substance, 1 assessment": the horizontal legislative proposal on data

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The fourth part of the “1 substance, 1 assessment” (1S1A) initiative, which the European Commission presented in its entirety at the information sessi...

Monday, July 4, 2022

Cosmetic ingredients under the spotlight of the European Commission

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During the Cosmetics Europe Annual Conference, held on 15-16 June 2022, Rizos-Georgios Manikas, DG Grow’s Scientific and Policy Officer, gave an updat...

Monday, July 4, 2022

"1 substance, 1 assessment": the proposal for a standalone ECHA founding Regulation

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is at the heart of the various initiatives of the European Commission’s Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CS...

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Are cosmetics essential? The Cosmetics Europe study

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In the wake of the European Green Deal and the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainable Development, which is one of its components, essentiality or essenti...

Monday, June 27, 2022

"1 substance, 1 assessment": the reattribution of scientific work

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At the information session on the “1 substance, 1 assessment” (1S1A) initiative organised by the European Commission on 1 June 2022, each of its compo...

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

"1 substance, 1 assessment": the coordination mechanism

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At the information session on the “1 substance, 1 assessment” (1S1A) initiative organised by the European Commission on 1 June 2022, the speakers, aft...

Monday, June 20, 2022

The revision of the Cosmetics Regulation as seen by Cosmetics Europe

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Initiated in 2021, the revision process of the Cosmetics Regulation is largely in line with the European CSS (Chemicals Strategy for Sustainable Devel...

Monday, June 20, 2022

Revision of the Cosmetics Regulation: end of the public consultation... and after?

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This 21 June 2022 marks the end of the public consultation period on the revision of the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009. A revision that raises a lot ...

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Measuring the SPF in vitro: the prospects of the future ISO 23675 standard

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It is an understatement to say that a validated in vitro test method for measuring the value of an SPF is long overdue. Many projects are under consid...