Laws & regulations
Cosmetics for babies: safety assessments must be improved
Following a series of controls, the French Agency for the Medical Safety of Health Products (AFSSAPS) pointed out insufficiencies in...
Europe updates its regulations for cosmetic ingredients
A new directive updating the rules governing cosmetic ingredients with regard to the progress of science was recently adopted by the...
Canada to restrict the use of four chemicals in cosmetics
Canadian authorities announced they will add two harmful substances to the Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist and will limit the use of...
Canada opens consultation on heavy metal impurities
Health Canada is opening a 45 day consultation on its draft guidance on heavy metal impurities in cosmetics. Interested parties can...
Terms of payment in France: consequences of recent regulatory changes
On the occasion of the latest information breakfast organised by the BeautyFULL Club in Paris, Frédéric Manin, lawyer and assistant...
China to require full labelling of cosmetic ingredients
According to Chinese media reports, Beijng authorities will require cosmetic products, whether imported or locally-made to be marked...
What’s new with intellectual property rights in France?
The French “law for the modernisation of the economy”, which was adopted in 2008, gave holders of intellectual property rights new tools...
French health agency slashes Cattier
French cosmetics maker Cattier just came under the fire of the French Health Products Safety Agency (AFSSAPS). The Agency said the...
French and European authorities question chemical exposure
Three EU scientific committees question “safe levels” of exposure to a number of substances in cosmetics, toys and cleaning products. In...
Australia’s TGA to review sunscreen testing procedures
An investigation of sunscreens distributed in New Zealand and tested in compliance with the Australia / New Zealand sunscreen standard...
