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Terms of the MOU include creating cosmetics regulation in line with international best practices to overcome the challenges of the cosmetics market

The European trade association for the cosmetics and personal care industry has launched COSMILE Europe, a database designed to help consumers easily find information on cosmetic ingredients used in Europea. Currently available in 14 languages, the database provides information on almost 30,000 ingredients used in cosmetics. It includes information on ingredient properties, their function, whether they are man-made and/or of natural origin and in which types of products they can be found....

The ICCS will fund scientific evaluation of animal-free safety assessment approaches, share results with cosmetic and chemical regulators and fund education and training activities in animal-free safety assessment approaches.

The ICCS will fund scientific evaluation of animal-free safety assessment approaches, share results with cosmetic and chemical regulators and fund education and training activities in animal-free safety assessment approaches.

Up to 12,000 substances could fall within the scope of the new ‘restrictions roadmap’

The European Parliament and Council of the European Union will meet this month and next to adopt final positions on the upcoming European Climate Law that targets climate neutrality by 2050 and a 55% reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

Aiming for a climate neutral future​ In January, last year, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen told attendees at the World Economic Forum 2020 that the European Union would do “whatever it takes”​ to the unlock investment, innovation and creativity needed to become climate neutral by 2050​. The EU, Von der Leyen said, was on a mission to become the world’s first climate neutral continent. This goal was detailed in the EC’s European Green Deal​ – a programme co...

Industry has to closely consider the EU Single Market for Digital Services proposal, issued in December last year, and continue its fight on derogations and extensions on the upcoming microplastics restriction under REACH (Getty Images) The European Green Deal will be the biggest policy challenge for the cosmetics and personal care industry in 2021, but industry must also focus on upcoming change around microplastics and digital services, says the director-general of...