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What can we expect from the new Ecocert Sourcing platform?

On October 15, 2026, CosmeticOBS attended Ecocert’s press conference for the launch of its new Ecocert Sourcing platform. Sara Mayor (Director of the Cosmetics Business Unit at the Ecocert Group) introduced us to this new tool.

Organic cosmetics: sales are rising only in pharmacies

Sales of organic cosmetics are rising in chemists, but falling in organic shops and health and beauty shops. In organic shops, however, the decline is slowing. This is shown by the figures presented by Antonin Le Masle, Business Analyst at OpenHealth, during a webinar organised by Cosmébio and Synadiet on 15 October 2026.

A French FEBEA white paper on digital risks

Digital fraud has ceased to be a marginal phenomenon and has become a systemic threat to businesses, including those in the cosmetics sector. This white paper, which FEBEA has just published, aims to document the scale of the phenomenon and identify the conditions necessary to strengthen protection against it.

Joint call to action against counterfeiting

On September 30, 2026, nine organizations representing European industries, including Cosmetics Europe, released a document calling on the European Union to strengthen liability rules for online platforms and intermediaries in order to better prevent the sale of dangerous, illegal, or counterfeit products to European consumers.

Manifesto for the Digital Transition

In late September 2026, a coalition of organizations published a manifesto outlining recommendations for a digital transition. It advocates for a “one product, one EU Data Carrier” approach and calls for the implementation of a harmonized, flexible, and technology-neutral digital labeling system that would allow certain physical information to be replaced with information accessible online.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Cosmetics Europe: stop using MIT!

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Cosmetics Europe, the European personal care professional association, published this recommendation to the industry on December 13: it should discont...

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Oral health: new UFSBD recommendations

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The French Union for Oral and Dental Health (UFSBD), an organisation representing dentists, has just updated its recommendations to be applied daily. ...

Monday, November 4, 2013

FEBEA shares the audit of raw materials

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It is proud to announce this and it is indeed a first: the Federation of Beauty Companies offers a new service to all operators in the cosmetics indus...

Monday, October 28, 2013

COSMOS-Standard : 1st revision

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COSMOS-Standard version 2 was published on 21 October 2013. This is the culmination of the 1st revision process of this harmonised standard for organi...

Monday, October 21, 2013

ARPP updates Cosmetic Products Recommendation

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The Professional Regulatory Authority for Advertising has just published the 7th version of the ethical rules for advertising and claims relating to c...

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Cosmebio reporting for duty

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On its tenth birthday, the Ecological and Organic Professional Association committed to release a Sustainable Report every year: a transparency approa...

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

NAT: a logo for the natural cosmetic

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What is a natural cosmetic? Due to the lack of any official definition, it is an elusive concept, somewhat similar to a disparate catch-all. However, ...

Monday, September 16, 2013

Cosmetic short news: AFNOR: 4 collections of standards about the environmental labeling

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Latest cosmetics news in brief: AFNOR: 4 collections of standards about the environmental labeling - L'Oreal buys Nickel - Triman postponed for a year...

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

A new UD of Cosmetology, in Grasse

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Provided by the Nice Sophia Antipolis (Côte d’Azur, France), this new UD is specifically focused to formulation. Ideal to validate knowledge, to retra...

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Internet: a standard for consumer reviews

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AFNOR, on 4 July 2013, has published the first voluntary standard in the world, the NF Z74-501 standard, with an aim to make more reliable the consume...

Friday, August 2, 2013

Pierre Fabre: a new governance

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Following the Pierre Fabre passing away, on 20 July 2013, Laboratoires Pierre Fabre has announced, on the first of August, the setting up of a new gov...

Friday, July 26, 2013

Cosmetic short news: New Board of Directors, in Cosmebio

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Latest cosmetics news in brief: New Board of Directors, in Cosmebio - Pierre Fabre passing away - REACH: a reminder of the obligation of information -...