This page provides easy access to Cosmetics Europe positions on policy, regulatory and technical topics related to the cosmetics and personal care industry. Grouped under different sections, documents such as Cosmetics Europe responses to European Commission (EC) consultations, statements and joint industry statements can be found here.
Policy Insights
Cosmetics Europe’s recommendations on policy, regulatory and technical topics
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18 Dec 2023 |
Cosmetics Europe's argumentative paper against the ban on environmental claims for products containing hazardous substances | Read more |
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Cosmetics Europe’s recommendations for the Council’s General Approach on PPWR | Read more |
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Cosmetics Europe's Position Paper on the Green Claims Directive Proposal For more information: Cosmetics Europe's information paper on the regulatory framework of cosmetic product claims and advertising |
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Cosmetics Europe key recommendations: for a clear and fair EPR scheme in the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive | Read more |
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1 April 2023 |
Cosmetics Europe Position Paper on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) Proposal | Read more |
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14 March 2023 |
Cosmetics Europe Position Paper on the EC’s Proposal for the Revision of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) | Read more |
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1 Nov 2022 |
Cosmetics Europe Position Paper on the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation Proposal & its provisions on Unsold Consumer Products | Read more |
Cosmetics Europe responses to the EC’s Public Consultations, Inception Impact Assessments and Roadmaps on Legislative and Non-Legislative Proposals
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3 April 2024 |
Cosmetics Europe response to ex post European Commission's public consultation on the ''One Substance, One Assessment'' legislative package Proposals for Regulations on a Common Data Platform on Chemicals and on the Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks to ECHA |
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21 June 2022 |
Cosmetics Europe response to the public consultation on the targeted revision of the Cosmetic Products Regulation (CPR) | Read more |
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14 April 2022 |
Cosmetics Europe response to the public consultation on the revision of the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation | Read more |
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29 Oct 2021 |
Cosmetics Europe response to the inception impact assessment on the revision of the Cosmetic Products Regulation (CPR) | Read more |
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31 May 2021 |
Cosmetics Europe response to the public consultation on the revision of the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation | Read more |
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16 Nov 2020 |
Cosmetics Europe response to the public consultation on the Sustainable Products Initiative (SPI) | Read more |
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08 Sep 2020 |
Cosmetics Europe response to the public consultation on the Digital Services Act (DSA) | Read more |
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01 Sep 2020 |
Cosmetics Europe response to the inception impact assessment on the revision of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD) (Formerly Roadmap) | Read more |
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31 Aug 2020 |
Cosmetics Europe response to the inception impact assessment on the legislative proposal on substantiating green claims | Read more |
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11 Aug 2020 |
Cosmetics Europe response to the roadmap on the New Consumer Agenda | Read more |
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06 Aug 2020 |
Cosmetics Europe response to the inception impact assessment on the revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) (Formerly Roadmap) |
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19 June 2020 |
Cosmetics Europe response to the roadmap on the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) | Read more |
Cosmetics Europe statements on policy, regulatory and technical topics
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21 Mar 2024 |
Cosmetics Europe reacts to the report by OCU |
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13 Mar 2024 |
Cosmetics Europe welcomes the publication of the ECD in the Official Journal of the European Union | Read more |
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12 Mar 2024 |
Cosmetics Europe welcomes the European Parliament’s position on the Green Claims Directive | Read more |
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30 Jan 2024 |
Cosmetics Europe reacts to the provisional agreement on the UWWTD recast | Read more |
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19 Dec 2023 |
Cosmetics Europe reacts to the Council’s General Approach on PPWR | Read more |
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17 Oct 2023 |
Cosmetics Europe disappointed with the Council position on UWWTD recast | Read more |
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5 Oct 2023 | Cosmetics Europe concerned about European Parliament’s position on UWWTD revision | Read more |
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10 April 2023 |
IFRA and Cosmetics Europe welcome European Parliament’s support for the CLP revision | Read more |
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10 Mar 2023 |
Cosmetics Europe comments on the Microplastics Restriction | Read more |
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20 Sept 2023 |
Cosmetics Europe reacts to the EP ENVI Committee’s vote on the UWWTD recast | Read more |
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30 Nov 2022 |
Cosmetics Europe reacts to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation proposal |
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7 April 2022 |
Highly misleading report by Plastic Soup Foundation – cosmetics industry reaction |
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31 Aug 2021 |
Cosmetics Europe statement on alternatives to animal testing – the only way forward for the EU |
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25 March 2021 |
Statement on „Zum Abschminken – Plastik in Kosmetik“ Report by Greenpeace | |
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1 March 2021 | ECHA RAC and SEAC Opinion on an Annex XV dossier proposing restrictions on intentionally-added microplastics | Read more |
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14 Oct 2020 |
Cosmetics Europe statement on the European Commission’s Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) | Read more |
Joint industry statements co-signed by Cosmetics Europe
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15 April |
Relaunching European Competitiveness: A Joint European Industry Manifesto |
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3 April |
Joint statement in reference to “the ban of green claims for products containing hazardous substances” in the Green Claims Substantiation Directive (GCD). | |
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29 Jan 2024 |
Joint industry statement on references to “state-run producer responsibility organisations” in the PPWR |
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22 Jan 2024 |
Joint statement in reference to “the ban of green claims for products containing hazardous substances” in the Green Claims Substantiation Directive |
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EU packaging rules that work. Making the Single Market and sustainability go hand in hand | |
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Banning green claims on products containing certain substances can hinder innovation and progress in sustainability | |
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Safeguarding the Internal Market Legal Basis of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation to obtain best possible outcomes | |
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02 March 2022 |
The beauty and personal care industry supports a global agreement to address plastics pollution | Read more |
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14 Oct 2021 |
Cross-industry joint statement: a European agenda for evidence-based and better policy making | Read more |
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24 June 2021 |
Joint industry call for an EU approach to packaging waste labelling | Read more |
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05 May 2021 |
Joint statement on the 1st meeting of the High-Level Roundtable (HLRT) on the implementation of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) | Read more |
