Regulation (EU) 2024/2865 of 23 October 2024, amending Regulation (EC) No.1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP), was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 20 November 2024. It will apply from 1 July 2026, with a derogation from certain rules for complex substances.

Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, which establishes a framework for setting ecodesign requirements for products, came into force on 18 July 2024. Delegated acts of the Commission are to lay down the rules according to types or groups of products. In its recent report, the JRC (Joint Research Centre) provides some food for thought on this subject.

A recent French study, published in the Journal Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie - FMC, scrutinised the INCI lists of cosmetics used in dermatology. The results: only 15% of them were free of ingredients of concern to the target population.

Understanding consumer needs is crucial for players in the cosmetics industry. At the Beauty Leaders Summit held in Paris on November 20 and 21, 2024, logistics specialist GXO unveiled the results of one of its latest studies. Kamran Iqbal, Commerce Strategist, was in charge of the presentation.

South Korea is one of the countries that sets the pace for the cosmetics industry. On the occasion of the second edition of the Beauty Leaders Summit (held in Paris on November 20 and 21, 2024), Florence Bernardin, Founder of the Cosme Lab agency, presented the latest South Korean cosmetics trends.