Sammy Drissi Amraoui recently joined the French General Commission for Sustainable Development, a cross-cutting department of the Ministry of Ecological Transition. His department has been entrusted with steering the negotiations on behalf of France on the European “Green Claims” Directive on the justification and communication of explicit environmental claims, which also includes a section on environmental labels. He was on hand to explain the ins and outs of this Directive at the Cosmetic Vall...

As every year, at the close of the Cosmetic Valley’s 22nd Congress on Regulatory Issues - Fragrance & Cosmetics, held on 20 and 21 November 2024, the FEBEA team answered questions prepared by delegates during the two days of conferences. The first part of the session focuses on regulations, labelling and cosmetovigilance.

On 5 December 2024, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) reviewed the latest meetings of its Scientific Committees. On the agenda: six opinions from the CER (Committee for Risk Assessment) on proposed CLH classifications affecting ingredients that may be used in cosmetics.

On 11 December 2024, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published Denmark’s proposal for harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) for Geraniol, a perfuming agent.

Following the mandate given by the European Commission in March 2024, the SCCS (Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety) has assessed the safety of the hair dye ingredient HC Red No. 18, and has just published its preliminary Opinion. It is open for comments until 13 January 2025.

Even though cannabidiol has been gaining ground in cosmetics since 2020, it does raise questions. That’s why Estelle Dehier, from Labosphère, has chosen to focus on the continuation (and end) of the series devoted to these ingredients that are the talk of the town.

Give your skin its own daily superpower with Pantodium Cica, an award-winning active ingredient at In-Cosmetics Asia 2024!