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Horizon 2045: four scenarios to prepare for the future

To mark CEW France’s “Journé de la Beauté 2026”, an innovative session broke with the usual round-table format. Olivier Parent (Director of Prospective Studies at Comptoir Prospectiviste), Frédérique Lenglen (Strategic Communications Advisor) and Karine Cottin (Senior Advisor, Inspire Positive Change) presented the Biotech 2045 Forecasting Capsule, a project initiated by Jean-Yves Berthon, Chairman of Greentech, in partnership with Burson and Comptoir Prospectiviste. The task: to imagine four po...

Retail in the age of the experience

To mark CEW France’s Beauty Day 2026, a round-table discussion brought together Catherine Spindler (President of Sephora for Europe and the Middle East) and Hubert de Malherbe (Director of the design agency Malherbe Paris) to address a single question: what will the shop of the future look like in ten years’ time? Their answers both centre on experience and emotion.

Impact, comparison, brand and stocks in Directive (EU) 2024/825

During a webinar held on 12 June 2026, Ambroise Pascal, the DGCCRF’s Ecological Transition Officer, and his team addressed the key issues raised by the entry into force of Directive (EU) 2024/825, which aims to combat commercial practices amounting to greenwashing. The final section of their presentation covered claims of carbon neutrality, comparison services, brands and product names, and the is...

Claims in Directive (EU) 2024/825

During a webinar held on June 12, 2026, Ambroise Pascal, the DGCCRF’s Delegate for Ecological Transition, and his team addressed the main issues raised by the implementation of Directive (EU) 2024/825, which aims to combat commercial practices that amount to greenwashing. The second part of their presentation focused on generic environmental claims and future environmental claims.

Sustainability labels in Directive (EU) 2024/825

During a webinar held on 12 June 2026, Ambroise Pascal, the DGCCRF’s Ecological Transition Officer, and his team addressed the key issues raised by the entry into force of Directive (EU) 2024/825, which aims to combat commercial practices amounting to greenwashing. The first major section of their presentation focused on sustainability labels (and the subsequent question-and-answer session).

Monday, October 10, 2022

From Green Deal to eco-design and environmental rating

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The European Green Pact, its actions for the climate, its aim to protect the environment and the oceans, its incentives for the circular economy… have...

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 ...