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The EU ​“One Subs­tan­ce One Assess­ment” (OSOA) pac­ka­ge was published in the Offi­cial Jour­nal on 12 Decem­ber 2025 and ente­red into for­ce on 1 January 2026.

A visit to IFRA mem­ber com­pany IFF’s Til­burg site high­ligh­ted how inno­va­tion, sus­tai­na­bi­lity, and EU che­mi­cals policy con­nect on the fac­tory floor. The dis­cus­sions focu­sed on the prac­ti­cal impact of Omni­bus VI on Europe’s fra­gran­ce industry and competitiveness.

On 3 February, par­ti­ci­pants of a Break­fast Event at the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment in Brus­sels dis­cus­sed the futu­re of the EU cos­me­tics and fra­gran­ce sec­tors in the con­text of the Omni­bus VI pac­ka­ge on chemicals.

Today in Ant­werp, IFRA atten­ded the third Euro­pean Industry Sum­mit, whe­re policy­ma­kers and industry repre­sen­ta­ti­ves revie­wed Europe’s indus­trial com­pe­ti­ti­ve­ness and the imple­men­ta­tion of the Ant­werp Declaration.

Matthias Vey, Vice Pre­si­dent of Scien­ti­fic Affairs for IFRA will be spea­king at the IFRA UK Sen­si­ti­sers Semi­nar, taking pla­ce in Lon­don on 7 May 2026.

Gene­va, 4 February 2026 – The Inter­na­tio­nal Fra­gran­ce Asso­cia­tion (IFRA) has published its Annual Report 2025, mar­king a year defi­ned by glo­bal con­nec­tion, scien­ti­fic pro­gress and strengthe­ned enga­ge­ment with regu­la­tors, mem­bers and sta­kehol­ders worldwide.

IFRA published an opi­nion in EU news outlet Eurac­tiv urging a scien­ce-based, wor­ka­ble approach to the EU’s Che­mi­cals Omni­bus pro­po­sal to safe­guard fra­gran­ce-sec­tor inno­va­tion and con­su­mer confidence.

IFRA has joi­ned the Euro­pean Commission’s Cri­ti­cal Che­mi­cals Allian­ce to sup­port a coor­di­na­ted approach to safe­guar­ding essen­tial chemicals.

IFRA’s Direc­tor for Euro­pe, Auré­lie Perri­chet, high­lights a cri­ti­cal moment for the futu­re of safe and crea­ti­ve fra­gran­ce in Euro­pe as dis­cus­sions advan­ce on the Che­mi­cals Omnibus.

IFRA and the Inter­na­tio­nal Society of Per­fu­mer-Crea­tors (ISPC) took part in a cons­truc­ti­ve exchan­ge with Euro­pean Com­mis­sion offi­cials and Mem­ber Sta­tes on 21 Novem­ber at the mee­ting of the Cos­me­tics Pro­ducts Wor­king Group (CPWG) in Brussels.

This year marks the 20^th anni­ver­sary of the Euro­pean Part­nership for Alter­na­ti­ve Approa­ches to Ani­mal Tes­ting (EPAA). Its Annual Con­fe­ren­ce this year was a sig­ni­fi­cant miles­to­ne in pro­mo­ting inno­va­ti­ve, huma­ne, and scien­ti­fi­cally robust alter­na­ti­ves to ani­mal tes­ting for regu­la­tory scien­ce. IFRA was proud to par­ti­ci­pa­te in the events, con­tri­bu­ting to dis­cus­sions that sha­pe the futu­re of scien­ce-dri­ven and sus­tai­na­ble safety assessments.

Brus­sels, 6 Novem­ber 2025 – The Euro­pean Council’s Gene­ral Approach on the Che­mi­cals Omni­bus (Omni­bus VI) Regu­la­tion has mis­sed the chan­ce to sim­plify pro­vi­sions of the Cos­me­tics Pro­ducts Regu­la­tion and tac­kle long-las­ting com­pe­ti­ti­ve­ness hurd­les iden­ti­fied by the industry whi­le main­tai­ning the highest con­su­mer safety stan­dards. This out­co­me risks undoing pro­gress towards a clea­rer and more pre­dic­ta­ble sys­tem. The cos­me­tics, fra­gran­ce and essen­tial oil indus­tries are deeply con­cer­ned by this outcome.