Training The seventh edition of the Chartres Cosmetics and Perfumes Regulations Congress

November 4 and 5, 2009 - A congress on the implications of regulations in the perfumes and cosmetics world was held in Chartres, as part of Cosmetic Valley's meetings and with the backing of Codel (Eure-et-Loir Development Committee).

Some 400 delegates took part in this seventh edition of the congress which enabled Research and Development and Regulatory Affairs personnel to keep up to date with the latest changes in regulations.

On the agenda:

- The adoption of the new European Regulations for cosmetics: an inventory of the changes in comparison to the cosmetics directive.
Catherine Desmares, cosmetic and biocide products publicity assessment manager for AFSSAPS (French agency for the safety of health products)
Anne Laissus-Leclerc, Regulatory Affairs manager at LVMH
Anne Dux, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs manager, European Relations manager at FEBEA (Beauty Businesses Federation)

- Organic certification: primary and standard materials referential COSMOS
Nicolas Pajot, member of the UNITIS bureau
Betty Santonnat, Development manager Cosmebio

- Alternatives to animal testing: the latest on toxicology methods
Alexandre Angers, Scientific advisor ECVAM

- REACH: implementing the European directive
Laurence Hoffstadt, PhD at ECHA (European Chemicals Agency)
Laetitia Halbeisen, Regulatory Affairs manager Stearinerie Dubois

- Applying the "Classification, Labelling and Packaging" of products regulation: impact on cosmetics products
Jean-Gr