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What does the future hold for palm oil in cosmetics?

During the 5th edition of the Lipids & Cosmetics Congress, held on January 28 and 29, 2026, a round table discussion was organized on the theme “Palm oil: what does the future hold?” Hervé Plessis, CEO of Stéarinerie Dubois, Philippe Guariloff of Chanel, Julie Cortal of Nopalm Ingredients, Antoine Piccirilli, Scientific Director of La Fabrique Végétale, and Marie-Odile Hecht, Director of Cosmoya, outlined possible answers to this question.

MoCRA enforcement in the USA: a status update

It is two years old, but the implementation of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA), the regulatory framework for cosmetics in the United States, has not yet reached full maturity. Some rules are still missing, while the implications of those already in effect can be measured. At the 23rd Cosmetic Valley Regulatory Issues - Fragrances & Cosmetics Congress held on November 19 a...

A world tour of allergen labelling

At the 23rd Regulatory Issues Conference - Perfumes & Cosmetics held on 19 and 20 November 2025, Linh de Beaucorps and Juliette Blès from FEBEA revisited the issue of international acceptance of mandatory European labelling for “new” allergens, providing an update on the situation in different countries and geographical areas.

Fragrance ingredients under the spotlight

At the 23rd Regulatory Issues Conference - Perfumes & Cosmetics held by Cosmetic Valley on November 19 and 20, 2025, Frédéric Lebreux, Head of Human Safety Sciences at Givaudan, presented an overview of fragrance ingredients “under the spotlight” in Europe, whether or not they are targeted for classification as CMRs.

Some information about IFRA 52

At the 23rd Regulatory Issues Conference - Perfumes & Cosmetics held on November 19 and 20, 2025, Frédéric Lebreux, Head of Human Safety Sciences at Givaudan, presented an overview of fragrance ingredients “under the spotlight,” whose conditions of use are set to change or which are threatened with prohibition. He began by providing an overview of the upcoming changes to IFRA Standards.

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Chartres congress 2017: FEBEA’s Q&A (1/3)

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Just like every year, to conclude the Chartres regulatory congress, the whole FEBEA team (French Federation of Beauty Companies) answered all sorts of...

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

DGCCRF controls: results and plans for 2018

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The first day of conferences of the 2017 edition of the Chartres Congress ended with the results of the controls carried out by the DGCCRF (French Gen...

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Passport for Germany (3/3): regulatory framework and market approach

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With its particular structure and very specific distribution channels, the German cosmetics market has characteristics that need to be perfectly integ...

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

CMR ingredients: the story of an inevitable death

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Formaldehyde, Titanium dioxide, Zinc pyrithione, D4 and D5, Salicylic acid… they already are, or are likely to be soon classified as CMRs – with the c...

Monday, December 18, 2017

Passport for Germany (2/3): German cosmetics distribution

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Contrary to what we may think, the German cosmetics market is not that easy to understand and penetrate for a French company. At a Workshop on Decembe...

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

REACH: the 2018 deadline and the main sticking points

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The long registration and evaluation procedure for chemicals placed on the European market is coming to an end, the last deadline being May 31, 2018 f...

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Passport for Germany (1/3): the German cosmetics market

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They are just next door, but they buy and consume cosmetics differently. Their market and distribution systems follow their own rules, and even a few ...

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

European Cosmetics Regulation: 10 topical issues (2/2)

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The 15th annual Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress held in Chartres, France, last November 15-16, 2017, started with the traditional update on the late...

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Brexit: what impacts on European cosmetics companies?

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The exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, scheduled for May 29, 2019, counts among the hottest topical issues. Other than its political ...

Monday, November 27, 2017

European Cosmetics Regulation: 10 topical issues (1/2)

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The 15th annual Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress held in Chartres, France, last November 15-16, 2017, started with the traditional update on the late...

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Endocrine disruptors: an update on scientific knowledge (3/3)

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At Cosmed’s 17th JEST, a day of scientific and technical exchanges held in Montpellier, France on September 29, and dedicated to critical cosmetic ing...

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Sustainability: a basic for the cosmetics industry

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The notion of sustainable development involves multiple aspects conveyed very differently by companies. The last annual Sustainable Cosmetics Summit h...