Transforming the EU economy for a sustainable future: this is the ultimate objective of the European “Green Deal”. An ambitious plan whose “chemical substances” component will profoundly modify the regulatory environment of cosmetic products. From the revision of the REACH and CLP Regulations to the implications on the Cosmetics Regulation, Sammy Drissi Amraoui, REACH Restrictions Officer at the Directorate General for Risk Prevention at the French Ministry of Ecological Transition, presented the key points of these reforms during the Cosmetic Valley Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress which took place on December 1st and 2nd, 2021.

Following Sammy Drissi Amraou’s presentation at the Cosmetic Valley’s Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress held on December 1st and 2nd, 2021, Meglena Mihova, from the consultancy EPPA, came back to the impacts of the European Green Deal on the cosmetics sector, but focusing very concretely on its most sensitive aspects… and the elements of language useful to the industry in view of the next public consultations…

On 17 January 2022, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced that four hazardous substances had been added to the REACH Candidate List, which now has 223 entries. Among them, two can still be used in cosmetics.

For Euromonitor, a forecasting firm, it’s the same ritual every year. During the month of January, the agency unveils the trends it believes will emerge. And it is against the backdrop of the health crisis that the new consumer behaviors are taking shape.

Our hands deserve a little bit of pampering during this stressful time for them! And just as well, hand masks are on the rise!