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Today, at the Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting, Member States adopted the final text of the recast of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD). The European cosmetics industry strongly supports the overall objective of the directive to effectively tackle water pollution in Europe as well as the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) principle proposed. However, Cosmetics Europe remains highly concerned about the fairness and effectiveness of the adopted EPR scheme. Some of the industry’s concerns were also echoed by 16 Members States during the Council meeting. Read the full statement ⬇️

Have you heard about the Double Plate Method (DPM)? It was recently advanced to the final draft stage of the International Standard Organisation (ISO) publication process. It is a fully vitro Sun Protection Factor (SPF) test method, an alternative to the currently used in vivo international standard method. It provides reliable, repeatable and reproducible results. This means that highly comparable results are expected to be achieved while re-testing the sun protection products in different laboratories as well as re-testing it multiple times in the same facility. Importantly, the results are also consistent with those obtained using the currently used in vivo international standard. 

Today takes place the 2nd European Commission workshop on the roadmap towards phasing out animal testing for chemical safety assessments. This workshop is an opportunity for all stakeholders interested in the process to get involved and discuss critical elements related to developing, validating and implementing non-animal methods and their uptake across European chemical legislation. In one of the panel sessions, together with the speakers from the European Commission Joint Research Centre, EFPIA - European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations and Cefic, Director-General John Chave shares Cosmetics Europe’s experience, learnings and achievements from our work in translational research initiatives such as the Long-Range Science Strategy (LRSS) programme. He also focuses on the importance of other initiatives such as International Collaboration on Cosmetics Safety and collaboration between stakeholders to continue to promote use and regulatory acceptance of non-animal methods. Present in the picture : John Chave, Cosmetics Europe Andrew Worth, DG JRC, attending virtually Katrin Schutte, European Commission Georg Streck, European Commission Elisabet Berggren, European Commission Kerstin Kleinschmidt-Doerr, Merck Group Petra Kern, Procter & Gamble

October is the Breast Cancer Awareness Month. On this occasion and as part of our wellbeing at work initiative at Cosmetics Europe, we are participating in the #pinkatwork movement. We joined this campaign to support Think Pink Belgium, a national breast cancer organisation, and show solidarity with people diagnosed with breast cancer. Pink@Work is a campaign organised by Think Pink Belgium in collaboration with Think Pink Europe Learn more about Think Pink Belgium: https://bit.ly/4ffAYXI

Cosmetics Europe is delighted to share that earlier this week, the Double Plate Method (DPM) has been advanced to the final draft stage of the International Standard Organisation (ISO) publication process. The DPM is the only fully in vitro Sun Protection Factor (SPF) test method currently in this stage. It is expected for the ISO Central Secretariat to publish and recognise the method as an official international standard by early 2025. The method’s key attributes and advancement to the final draft stage represent major scientific progress in sun protection. We will be highlighting the key attributes in more detail in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!

Thrilled to announce that Cosmetics Europe received the Sustainability Leadership Award at the 2024 Sustainability Beauty Awards Ceremony in Paris, France, yesterday evening. 🌿 The award recognises our work on #CommitForOurPlanet, our cosmetic industry-wide initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve packaging solutions and act for nature. A big thank you to Commit For Our Planet partners and supporting partners for your dedication to improving the sector’s environmental footprint. Special thanks to Cosmetics Europe colleagues Emma Trogen, Sarah KHIRANI, PhD (present in the photo below) and Malgorzata Miazek for your exceptional work on the initiative. Learn more about Commit For Our Planet: https://bit.ly/3QaA7yp

Delighted to share that Gerald Renner has been given CAFFCI’s international friendly partners in the fragrance and cosmetics industry award today. ‘’This award is given to individuals and international partners who have made important contributions to the cosmetics industry in terms of international exchanges and cooperation.’’ The awards ceremony is taking place in the context of CAFFCI’s 40th anniversary and annual conference, in Nanjing, China. Thank you CAFFCI and happy anniversary from Director-General John Chave and the Cosmetics Europe team.

Today in Nanjing, China, Gerald Renner presents an overview of the European cosmetics market and discusses the potential revision of the Cosmetics Product Regulation at the 13th International Cosmetics High-Level Forum, a key session of the #CAFFCI 2024 Annual Conference.

Today, Emma Trogen presents the current regulatory framework for cosmetics and shares insights on what can be expected from the revision of Cosmetics Product Regulation (CPR) at the SEPAWA Congress in Berlin, Germany.

Today, John Chave speaks about the EU Cosmetics Regulation and recent developments in the EU Chemicals Regulation at the One Asia Cosmetics and Beauty Forum in Seoul, Korea.