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On 20 February 2024, the Council adopted the Directive to “empower consumers for the green transition”. The new rules will enhance consumers’ rights by amending the unfair commercial practices directive (UCPD) and the consumer rights directive (CRD) and adapting them for the green transition and the circular economy. This is Read more…
On 22 January 2024 a consortium of various associations released a joint statement regarding the ban of green claims for products with hazardous substances which will be included in the Green Claims Directive (GCD). The statement was the following:
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is UK’s regulator of advertising and its role is to respond to concerns and complaints from consumers and businesses and take action to ban ads which are misleading, harmful, offensive or irresponsible. Recently, ASA made a decision regarding a cosmetics manufacturer and a YouTube ad related to Read more…
The European Commission has not set up regulations on claims regarding natural and organic cosmetic products. The evaluation of the claims might depend on the interpretation of the competent national authorities. Also, there are different private standard label schemes, e.g., NATRUE and COSMOS setting up requirements on these claims, with Read more…