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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 2, 2024

Without its revision, what will be the future of the Cosmetics Regulation?

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The late revision of the Cosmetics Regulation… is not over yet. Because now that the project has been officially shelved, it won’t be without conseque...

Monday, December 2, 2024

Hans Ingels, Gerald Renner: the Q&A at the Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress

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On 20 November 2024, at the end of their respective presentations at Cosmetic Valley’s 22nd Congress on Regulatory Issues - Fragrance & Cosmetics,...

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Skin variations depending on gender

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You’d think so, but Professor Reinhold Dauskardt, from Stanford University in the United States, has measured and proven it. The structure and barrier...

Monday, November 25, 2024

The essentials of essential use

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The concept of essential use was introduced by the European Commission as part of its Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability. In April 2024, it adopted...

Monday, November 25, 2024

5 key facts from the Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress 2024

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The 22nd edition of the Congress on Regulatory Issues Fragrance & Cosmetics, organised by the Cosmetic Valley, was held in Chartres (France) on 20...

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

The European "One substance, onr assessment" initiative: an update

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The “One substance, one assessment” (1S1A or OSOA) assessment process is a commitment by the European Commission, expressed in the European Green Deal...

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Which anti-ageing claims in the United States?

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In a country where legal action is easily taken (both by consumers through class actions and by competitors), it is particularly important to understa...

Monday, July 15, 2024

Revision of the European Commission's "Sunscreen Products" Recommendation

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In 2006, the European Commission adopted a Recommendation “on the efficacy of sunscreen products and the claims made relating thereto”. Twenty years l...

Monday, June 24, 2024

The revision of the Cosmetics Regulation: we're still talking about it (?)

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The CEAC (Cosmetics Europe Annual Conference), held in Brussels on 19 and 20 June 2024, had the revision of the Cosmetics Regulation on its agenda (we...

Monday, May 13, 2024

The fate of cosmetic ingredients in Great Britain

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Since the Brexit, Great Britain has regained control of the management of cosmetic ingredients. With its own CLP classifications, specific provisions ...

Monday, April 22, 2024

The cosmetics regulatory framework in the United Kingdom

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With Brexit, the United Kingdom has also regained its regulatory independence, and this has not spared the cosmetics sector. After initially copying t...

Monday, April 22, 2024

The British cosmetics market

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There’s movement in the Great Britain! And we’re not just talking about regulations, but also the cosmetics market, which, despite the Brexit, continu...