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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, January 4, 2016

The impact of the CLP on cosmetics

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In addition to the Cosmetics Regulation, which is specific to this sector, other more cross-disciplinary regulatory texts are to be taken into account...

Monday, December 21, 2015

ANSM cosmetics inspections: the results (2/2)

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It is with a very thorough – and complementary – presentation at the 13th edition of the regulatory congress held on November 18-19 in Chartres, Franc...

Thursday, December 17, 2015

ANSM cosmetics inspections: the results (1/2)

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The cosmetics sector depends on two market surveillance and supervisory authorities. Both were at the 13th edition of the regulatory congress held on ...

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

DGCCRF cosmetics inspections: the results

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At the 13th edition of the regulatory congress held last November 18-19 in Chartres, France, the cosmetics market supervisory authorities came to make...

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Nanomaterials: an update on the situation in Europe and around the world

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More than two years after the Cosmetics Regulation came into force, nanomaterials are part of the cosmetics ingredients whose status, and sometimes fu...

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Supervisory authorities: what they are… and what they are not

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The atmosphere was a little tense at the 13th edition of the regulatory congress held last November 18-19 in Chartres, France, when it was the French ...

Monday, December 7, 2015

Natural and organic cosmetics: the stakes involved in the future ISO standard

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The future ISO standard on natural and organic cosmetics has not even been finalized, and it already triggers very contradictory debates. It will serv...

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Preservatives: we’re in the midst of a crisis!

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We all know it, preservatives are often badly thought of, and regulatory changes are usually not favourable to them… so much that the cosmetics indust...

Monday, November 30, 2015

The Cosmetics Regulation today: Cosmetics Europe’s perspective

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Even after more than two years of actual existence, the Cosmetics Regulation still poses problems. At the 13th edition of the regulatory congress held...

Thursday, November 26, 2015

The Cosmetics Regulation today: the European Commission’s perspective

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Claims, CMRs, preservatives, allergens… more than two years after Regulation 1223/2009 came into force, there still remains grey areas and uncertainti...

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Regulatory congress in Chartres, France: a (little) special edition

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This annual event is organized by the Cosmetic Valley, and in 13 years of existence, the Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress has become a top priority f...

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Shea: a sustainable choice for cosmetics

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Sustainability is a growing concern for the cosmetics industry. Among “sustainable” ingredients, there is shea butter, which is harvested in Africa an...