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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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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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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31 Aug 2021 |
Cosmetics Europe statement on alternatives to animal testing – the only way forward for the EU | 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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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 |