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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.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Palm oil: no longer in the Nature & Progrès certified cosmetics

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The Nature & Progrès association has just released an up-dated version of its specifications for the bio-ecological cosmetics it approves. Validat...

Friday, April 19, 2013

Organic labels: who does what, how, and at what cost?

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The Cosmebio, Ecocert, Nature & Progrès and Qualité-France organic (“bio”) labels are displayed, sometimes several of them at the same time on the...

Monday, April 15, 2013

Beyond Beauty, power of exchange

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Beyond Beauty, 9.10.11 September 2013 – the biggest European beauty tradeshow of the fall – is every year the meeting point for new brands, trends and...

Friday, April 12, 2013

FIFI Awards 2013: the prize list

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Issued for the first time 21 years ago by the Fragrance Foundation France to recognize the perfumes launched every year on the French market, the FIFI...

Friday, March 29, 2013

IFRA Updates Transparency List

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The International Fragrance Association (IFRA) has updated its transparency list, which lists ingredients that may be contained in fragrance compounds...

Thursday, March 28, 2013

An Internet portal dedicated to jobs in cosmetics

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Since some weeks, the Pole Pass offers PASS-REL, an Internet portal dedicated to the jobs and professions of the perfume industry, of cosmetics and of...

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

U?Cos: a gust of wind in the eco-design to rejuvenate the cosmetic industry

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A fresh breeze was blowing over Guingamp, on 21 March 2013. In fact, we are not talking of the Brittany climate and its renowned penetrating drizzle, ...

Monday, March 11, 2013

Animal testing in cosmetics: this is the end

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This 11 March 2013, full EU ban on animal testing for cosmetics enters into force. Planned by European legislation, and endorsed by the Commission, th...

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

in-cosmetics 2013 announces finalists for Lifetime Achievement Award

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The nominations are in and in-cosmetics 2013 can unveil the final three still in the running for the Lifetime Achievement Award. Nominations came in f...

Thursday, February 7, 2013

A new OCTA for the cosmetic apprenticeship tax

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Cosmed lets it know that a new body, a National Organism to collect and assign the apprenticeship tax (an OCTA, as per the French acronym) dedicated t...

Friday, February 1, 2013

Distributors: the FEBEA keeps you informed on your new obligations

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Most of the actors of the cosmetic world are aware of the major changes involved by the Regulation 1223/2009, which will be implemented in full on 11 ...

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Lea Nature and Capsum, awarded the Innovation Trophies

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Awarded on January 22 by Fleur Pellerin, the French Minister in command of SMEs, innovation and digital economy, the INPI Trophies (INPI comes for The...