Laws & regulations
Council aims to fight greenwashing with new rules for companies in the EU
EU Ministers responsible for the Environment agreed on 17 June 2024 on a text to fight "greenwashing", via a prior verification of...
Patents: New treaty against biopiracy agreed at UN
Representatives of Indigenous peoples celebrated on Friday May 24 at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, following the agreement...
EU further restricts the use of silicones D5 and D6 in cosmetic products
A recent update of the REACH regulation has amended the conditions of use of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4),...
Genetic resources: UN accord aimed at battling the ’biopirates’
After more than 20 years of talks, the United Nations wants to finalise an international agreement this month on combating so-called...
Wastewater: EU parliament votes for “extended producer responsibility”
It’s confirmed! Pharmaceutical and cosmetics manufacturers will have to pay for eliminating micropollutants in urban wastewater within...
PFAS: French MPs vote to ban “forever chemicals” in cosmetic products
On April 4, French MPs approved a bill introduced by the Green party that aims at restricting the manufacture and sale of any cosmetic...
Reduction, recycling… what’s in the EU provisional agreement on packaging?
As the quantity of packaging waste continues to increase within the European Union, the Council and Parliament have reached a provisional...
New Zealand’s EPA updates regulation on cosmetic products to ban PFAS
New Zealand is set to become one of the first countries to ban substances often described as "forever chemicals" from cosmetic products....
Deal on urban wastewater: the EU wants the cosmetics industry to pay
The European Parliament, the Council and the EU Commission have reached an agreement on the revision of the Urban Wastewater Treatment...
Ban meaningless say NGOs as EU Court rejects appeal to avoid animal testing
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled against German chemicals company Symrise AG, who challenged a European Chemicals...
