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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, December 23, 2019

CSR through Expanscience's lens

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For several years, the issue of corporate social responsibility in the cosmetics industry has been one of the hot topics. The majority of the actors i...

Monday, December 16, 2019

The ecotoxicology of cosmetic ingredients, between myth, science and regulation

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How to assess the real ecotoxicity of cosmetic ingredients and their effects on the environment? How can we measure their biodegradability, their pers...

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Microbiome through the lens of social networks

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The beneficial role of microbiome is widely demonstrated and many researchers around the world agree. But to develop new care, consumer opinion and ex...

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Chartres Congress: the FEBEA Q&A – Claims / Labelling Part

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As every year, at the end of the Cosmetic Valley Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress held in Chartres on November 6 and 7, 2019, the entire FEBEA team a...

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Chartres Congress: the FEBEA Q&A – Regulations / GMP Part

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As every year, at the end of the Cosmetic Valley Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress held in Chartres on November 6 and 7, 2019, the entire FEBEA team a...

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Nagoya, in practical terms... and in complexities!

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The Nagoya Protocol, which entered into force on 12 October 2014, aims to guarantee the sovereignty of countries over their biological resources. Whil...

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Which restrictions to expect for microplastics?

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Very wide definition, very broad scope, very short transition periods… The proposal to restrict microplastics, published by ECHA in January 2019, coul...

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Chartres Congress: the FEBEA Q&A - Ingredients Part

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As every year, at the end of the Cosmetic Valley Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress held in Chartres on November 6 and 7, 2019, the entire FEBEA team a...

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Challenges for the Agency and inspection reports: the ANSM news

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Transparency and publication of data, management of alerts, follow-up to the Health Police Decision on phenoxyethanol, alert on products containing pr...

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

DGCCRF: Control reviews 2018-2019 and 2020 outlook

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They control products safety, compliance with regulations that prohibit or limit the use of certain cosmetic ingredients, the veracity and relevance o...

Monday, November 25, 2019

Should the Cosmetics Regulation be revised?

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Is the definition of a cosmetic product set out in Regulation 1223/2009 still adapted to the increasingly innovative products offered by industry? Is ...

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

IFRA: while waiting for the 49th amendment

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It is highly anticipated, and in many ways sometimes feared, because it can involve changes in fragrance formulations and certificates. The 49th amend...