Laws & regulations
Cosmetics under fire: What is the impact on consumers and the industry?
After Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF), which targeted baby cosmetics, French consumers action group UFC-Que Choisir made a lot...
USA: Ban on microplastic beans in rinsed-off cosmetics
On Monday, December 28, 2015, President Obama signed into law the bill H.R. 1321 phasing out the production and sale in the USA of...
North America on the way to ban plastic microbeads in cosmetics
In the wake of Illinois, several North American states have voted or are considering measures to prohibit plastic microbeads in...
USA: What’s in the Personal Care Products Safety Act ?
Senators Dianne Feinstein (Democrats, California) and Susan Collins (Republicans, Maine) recently introduced the Personal Care Products...
UEAPME, IFRA and Cosmebio recommend a pragmatic approach to labelling of fragrance allergens
In a common position paper, UEAPME, the employers’ organisation representing small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe, the...
Cosmed calls for a simplification of the Cosmetics Regulation
On the occasion of the visit to France on 16 and 17 February of Franz Timmermans, First Vice-President of the European Commission and the...
Brazilian health agency simplifies registration of cosmetic products
Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (in Portuguese, Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária, ANVISA) recently published new...
Ban on cosmetics animal testing makes progress around the world
While 2014 has been marked by dramatic progresses towards a ban on a animal testing for cosmetics in several countries, including India,...
Australia bans commercial sunbeds over cancer fears
Most Australian states and territories are banning commercial sunbeds from the 1st of January 2015, in a crackdown on artificial tanning...
High Court refers questions about the scope of the ban on animal testing of cosmetics to the ECJ
In a recent judgment, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales has asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to rule on the...
