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Les Round-up de l’été : La Réglementation cosmétique

Thursday, August 4, 2022Dossiers

Summer Round-up: Cosmetic Regulation

From 25 July to 19 August 2022, CosmeticOBS will be in “Let’s review before the start of the school year” mode! With a reminder of the most important topics of the moment and all the articles published since the beginning of the year that are related to them. In this “Regulation” section, the latest Decisions and Recommendations of the European Commission, a ruling of the Court of Justice, the Regulations published, to come or already in force, the developments in the United Kingdom and Brazil…

Règlement 2022/1176 : nouvelles restrictions pour la Benzophenone-3 et l'Octocrylene

Monday, July 11, 2022News

Regulation 2022/1176: new restrictions for Benzophenone-3 and Octocrylene

Regulation 2022/1176 of 7 July 2022, published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 8 July, amends Annex VI (authorised UV filters) to Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009. It provides for new concentration limits for Benzophenone-3 and Octocrylene, to be respected from 28 January 2023.

Cosmétiques ayant l’apparence de denrées alimentaires : un arrêt de la CJUE

Tuesday, July 12, 2022Jurisprudence

Cosmetics having the appearance of foodstuffs: a CJEU judgment

In a recent Judgment, the CJEU (Court of Justice of the European Union) ruled in favour of the Lithuanian national authorities, who had ordered the withdrawal from the market of bath bombs that looked like foodstuffs. According to the Court, the provisions of Directive 87/357 (on products which, appearing to be other than they are, endanger the health or safety of consumers) do not oblige the authorities to demonstrate that the risks are proven.

L'état du marché de la beauté prestige en Chine

Monday, August 1, 2022Market

State of the prestige beauty market in China

According to The NPD Group, skin care (67% of total e-commerce sales of prestige beauty products in China) remains the fastest growing cosmetic category in the country. This is due to the importance given to skin condition by the Chinese. Hair products have also performed well, with a 65% increase in 2021.

Lilial : interdit, mais encore présent dans certains cosmétiques sur le marché, selon le SCAV

Wednesday, August 3, 2022Ingredients

Lilial: banned, but still present in some cosmetics on the market, according to the SCAV

Since March 1, 2022, Butylphenyl Methylpropional (Lilial) is prohibited in cosmetics because of its toxic potential for the human body. The Service de la Consommation et des Affaires Vétérinaires of Geneva (SCAV) has therefore carried out checks at several distributors to see if products containing this substance had been withdrawn from sale. Results: non-conforming care products were found in 17% of the inspected shops.

L’après-shampoing sans rinçage se généralise

Thursday, July 21, 2022Products news

Leave-in conditioner becomes mainstream

Of course, it detangles the hair (the primary function of a conditioner!) by limiting breakage, but above all it does not use water and is therefore much more ecological! Other assets, it saves time and brings more care (because it stays on the hair). Packaged in spray, tube or bottle, it does not require any application time. No wonder this product is growing rapidly!

News

Export: the French cosmetics market is doing well, according to the French FEBEA

Olivier Becht, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, in charge of foreign trade, attractiveness and French abroad, presente...

Triclosan: babies contaminated through breastfeeding

According to a study published in the Journal Nature communication, the administration of Triclosan, a preservative and antimicrobial agent, via breas...

On the CosmeticOBS editors' agenda

Sunflower oil: the DGCCRF grants temporary derogations to certain labelling obligations

"1 substance, 1 assessment": the common data platform on chemicals

Cosmetics having the appearance of foodstuffs: a CJEU judgment

Regulation

Lilial: banned, but still present in some cosmetics on the market, according to the SCAV

Since March 1, 2022, Butylphenyl Methylpropional (Lilial) is prohibited in cosmetics because of its toxic potential for the human body. The Service de...

98 contributions to the consultation on the revision of the Cosmetics Regulation

98 contributions were received by the European Commission during the consultation on the revision of the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009, which ended o...

Endocrine disruptors: 2nd OPSS call for data

The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), which regulates cosmetic products in the UK, has launched a call for data for six ingredients with...

Horizontal legislation on chemical data: European Commission consultation

On 19 July 2022, the European Commission launched a Call for Evidence for its initiative “Chemical Safety - better access to chemicals data for safety...