Cosmetics Europe

Cosmetics Europe represents the interests of the cosmetics and personal care industry in Europe.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and International Fragrance Association

28 Nov 2025 · Chemicals omnibus - CRM and Cosmetics Regulation

Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Unilever

13 Nov 2025 · Chemical omnibus - Cosmetics Regulation

Meeting with Jeannette Baljeu (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Nov 2025 · Chemicals omnibus

Meeting with Gabriela Tschirkova (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis), Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

6 Nov 2025 · Environmental Omnibus

Meeting with Hans Ingels (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

6 Nov 2025 · Presentation of the Cosmetics Europe position in relation to the developments related in particular to the Commission Proposal on Simplification Omnibus VI on Chemicals

Meeting with Vita Jukne (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

30 Sept 2025 · Omnibus on Chemicals proposal, the upcoming REACH revision and the environmental omnibus.

Meeting with Eric Mamer (Director-General Environment) and

22 Sept 2025 · Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, REACH revision, animal testing

Meeting with Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

12 Jun 2025 · Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive

Meeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné), Bertrand L'Huillier (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

5 Jun 2025 · Challenges faced by the European cosmetics industry and their impact on the competitiveness of the sector with the special focus on SMEs

Meeting with Emmanuelle Maire (Head of Unit Environment)

28 May 2025 · Proposal for the Directive on Green Claims

Meeting with Adam Jarubas (Member of the European Parliament)

21 May 2025 · Sytuacja sektora kosmetycznego w Polsce i Europie

Meeting with Danuše Nerudová (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

19 May 2025 · discussions with Stanpa on Green Claims Directive

Meeting with Stefan Fuehring (Head of Unit Secretariat-General)

19 May 2025 · Exchange of views on the revision of the Regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH) and or general simplification issues

Meeting with Laurence De Richemont (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

12 May 2025 · Exchange of views on the Commission’s simplification agenda

Meeting with Pietro Fiocchi (Member of the European Parliament) and

7 May 2025 · Tematiche ambientali

Meeting with Chiara Galiffa (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič)

5 May 2025 · Challenges of the cosmetics industry

Meeting with Pablo Arias Echeverría (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Apr 2025 · Green Claims Directive

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

10 Apr 2025 · Impact of US tariffs

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and

10 Apr 2025 · Impact of US tariffs

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Commissioner) and

9 Apr 2025 · Competitiveness

Meeting with Klaus Berend (Director Health and Food Safety)

7 Apr 2025 · Evaluation of ethanol under the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR)

Meeting with Matthias Jorgensen (Head of Unit Trade)

1 Apr 2025 · Exchange of views on proposed EU countermeasures to US Section 232 tariffs on steel, aluminium, and derivative products

Meeting with Vita Jukne (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

24 Mar 2025 · Implementation of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD), revision of the REACH Regulation concerning substances used in cosmetic products

Meeting with Gabriela Tschirkova (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

18 Mar 2025 · Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive

Meeting with Dolors Montserrat (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Mar 2025 · Current situation of the cosmetic industry in the EU

Meeting with Emmanuelle Maire (Head of Unit Environment) and L'Oréal

7 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views on the Green Claims Directive (“GCD”) and the Bioeconomy Strategy

Meeting with Vilija Sysaite (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

25 Feb 2025 · UWTTD and others

Meeting with Michel Sponar (Acting Head of Unit Environment)

19 Feb 2025 · Discussion on the implementation of the recast Urban Wastewater Directive

Response to Single Market Strategy 2025

31 Jan 2025

Meeting with Vilija Sysaite (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

30 Jan 2025 · UWWTD, REACH

Meeting with Hans Ingels (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and International Fragrance Association

29 Jan 2025 · Increasing numbers of harmonised classification of substances as carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxicants category 1B and consequences for cosmetic products

Meeting with Jessika Roswall (Commissioner) and

15 Jan 2025 · Exchange on implementation of the European Green Deal legislation including on chemicals regulation and REACH and Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive

Meeting with Patrick Child (Deputy Director-General Environment) and

9 Jan 2025 · Meeting on UWWTD, Classification of substances, Cumulative impact assessment exercise, REACH, Animal testing, ECHA funding, ESPR, Green Claims

Meeting with Massimiliano Salini (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Dec 2024 · REACH

Meeting with Marta Wcisło (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Nov 2024 · Discussing future of European cosmetics

Meeting with Danuše Nerudová (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Procter & Gamble

5 Nov 2024 · discussions on Green Claims Directive

Meeting with Christophe Clergeau (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Oct 2024 · Chemicals

Meeting with Andrey Novakov (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Oct 2024 · CLP Regulation / REACH Regulation

Meeting with Maria Grapini (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Sept 2024 · Standards Harmonization and Intellectual Property

Meeting with César Luena (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Jul 2024 · Cosmetics Regulation and REACH

Meeting with Cyrus Engerer (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

8 Dec 2023 · Green Claims Directive

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

23 Oct 2023 · Packaging and packaging waste regulation, chemicals legislation

Meeting with César Luena (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Oct 2023 · PPWR

Meeting with Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and FoodDrinkEurope

12 Oct 2023 · Directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Confederation of Finnish Industries EK

18 Sept 2023 · Green Claims

Meeting with Cyrus Engerer (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

12 Sept 2023 · Green Claims Directive

Meeting with Nils Torvalds (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Fern

7 Sept 2023 · PPWR

Meeting with Daniela Rondinelli (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Jul 2023 · Various

Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Jun 2023 · Classification, labelling and packaging Regulation, Cosmetics Regulation

Meeting with Pietro Fiocchi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

13 Apr 2023 · Urban wastewater treatment (recast)

Meeting with Luisa Regimenti (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

1 Mar 2023 · PPWR

Meeting with Nils Torvalds (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

26 Jan 2023 · Urban wastewater treatment

Meeting with Jan Huitema (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

20 Dec 2022 · Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation

Meeting with Alessandra Moretti (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

25 Nov 2022 · Framework for setting eco-design requirements for sustainable products

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

13 Oct 2022 · Overview of the situation of the European cosmetics industry, including in relation to the current energy crisis, and exchanges on upcoming legislative reforms affecting the cosmetics industry

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

27 Sept 2022 · Implementation of the European Green Deal, in particular circular economy and chemicals policies

Meeting with Elena Montani (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius)

27 Sept 2022 · Implementation of the European Green Deal, in particular circular economy and chemicals policies

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

18 Jul 2022 · Discuss the forthcoming revision of the Cosmetics Products Regulation

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

1 Mar 2022 · Chemicals strategy; CLP Regulation

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

5 May 2021 · Implementation of the chemicals strategy for sustainability

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

29 Mar 2021 · REACH; microplastics

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

7 May 2020 · Discussion to introduce the cosmetics sector and certain issues of importance, especially in the current COVID-19 context

Meeting with Timo Pesonen (Acting Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

10 Dec 2019 · Courtesy meeting to introduce themselves and present their priorities

Response to Labelling fragrance allergens

21 Dec 2018

Meeting with Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

27 Jul 2017 · Plastics Strategy

Meeting with Aurore Maillet (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella)

26 Jul 2017 · Plastic Strategy

Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner)

1 Dec 2015 · Regulations Cosmetics Industry

Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and

1 Dec 2015 · 1) The Contribution of the Cosmetics Sector to the European Economy, and the role of SMEs; better regulation; TTIP

Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

12 Feb 2015 · Vision of Cosmetics industry - link with Europe and internal market