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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, May 4, 2010

How about a little cosmetic network?

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You probably know more than one network, this English word used to describe all kinds of networks, from the most playful to the most technical… What w...

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Suzanne... Stay in the baths!

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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Cosmetovigilance 2009 report: the FEBEA reading

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We spoke to you about it on 27 March in this same section: the Afssaps (French Health Products Safety Agency) has just published the Cosmetovigilance ...

Sunday, March 14, 2010

European organic label: the big manoeuvres

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What will be the dominant organic label of tomorrow? While Cosmos is still skating and a new European reference system is in preparation on the Colipa...

Sunday, December 27, 2009

After the death of its founder, Yves Rocher will remain a family business

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The succession had been prepared for over four years. Despite the death of its founding president, who passed away on 26 December at the age of 79, th...

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

COSMOS, after all, is… for next year!

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The harmonisation of the different European organic cosmetics labels was a dream… until the various negotiations underway made us think that it would ...

Friday, May 15, 2009

COSMOS, it's for tomorrow! (All right, rather the day after tomorrow...)

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We have been hoping for this for several years. We talk about it, we imagine it, we expect it… but waiting for the standardized European specification...

Monday, March 16, 2009

End of testing cosmetics on animals?

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Since March 11, 2009, another milestone has been reached in the progressive ban on animal testing planned by the European Community. After the ban dea...

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Cattier's response to the Afssaps ban on its foaming gel for babies

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On 6 January, we learned of the ban on the manufacture, packaging, distribution and marketing of the hair and body foaming gel from the Bébé range of ...