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, December 17, 2021

China: operational implementation of CSAR for cosmetic products

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Since January 1, 2021, China has been implementing its new Cosmetic Supervision and Administration Regulation (CSAR). Composed of more than 20 texts, ...

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

DGCCRF: Review of controls and outlook for 2022

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During the 19th Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress, which took place in Chartres on December 1st and 2nd, 2021, Ambroise Pascal and Catherine Argoyti, ...

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Plastic packaging in the age of the 3Rs

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Plastics do not get much press these days. And the same goes for plastic packaging, especially single-use packaging, which is in the crosshairs of mor...

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

New allergen labelling: regulatory and practical aspects

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Since 2012 and a certain Opinion of the SCCS, the issue of labelling a considerably increased number of allergens has been worrying the cosmetics indu...

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Prospects for organic cosmetics by 2025

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What factors may influence the future of the organic cosmetics sector? What threats could it face? In order to give the sector’s professionals the key...

Monday, November 22, 2021

Vegan certification for the cosmetics industry

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Veganism is on the rise, and the promise of no animal testing alone is a key purchasing criterion for more and more consumers. But Vegan certification...

Monday, November 8, 2021

Microbiome-friendly: a certification for cosmetic products and ingredients

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It is increasingly known how important a balanced microbiome is for health in general, and for the skin in particular. And we are seeing more and more...

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Ecological certification: European Ecolabel vs COSMOS

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At the time of committing to its ecological transition, and wanting to have it certified by an independent body, it is not always easy to choose which...

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Ecodesign and extraction of cosmetic ingredients

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The development of eco-designed ingredients often involves many challenges. One of them is to succeed in combining innovation in extraction processes ...

Monday, October 11, 2021

The regulatory future of endocrine disruptors

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Numerous actions are planned within the framework of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability drawn up by the European Commission. Some of them will ...

Monday, October 4, 2021

Environmental impacts: how to choose the right ingredients

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What ingredients should be used in the eco-design of a product? What criteria should be used to choose them? How can the environmental impact of a pro...

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

The eco-challenges of logistics applied to cosmetics

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When we talk about the current movement towards eco-responsibility and sustainable development, we often think of reduced packaging, purified formulas...