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GRADUAL PHASEOUT

EU finalises 2026 roadmap to transition to non-animal

testing for cosmetics and chemicals

The European Commission has depend on the development and valida-
confirmed plans to finalise its ‘Save tion of such alternatives.”
Cruelty-Free Cosmetics’ roadmap
by early 2026, setting the stage for In July 2023, the EU laid out its
a gradual transition toward non- action plan to phase out animal testing
animal testing in chemical safety in response to a European Citizen’s
assessments. Initiative, ‘Save Cruelty-free Cosmetics’
that was presented to the European
The roadmap will lay out structured Parliament in January that year.
actions and concrete recommendations
for integrating New Approach Methodo- will take years, and will depend on both While there are a growing number
logies (NAMs) across 15 legislative development and validation of the of NAMs options, the EU has clearly
areas that still rely on animal testing – alternative methods. said that it still expects the changes to
including, but not limited to, the take a long time. However, it also said
REACH Regulation. The Executive Vice-President for that it intended to eventually reach a
Industrial Strategy, Stephane Séjourné, regime of zero animal testing and aims
After the roadmap is released, the assured that while the European Com- to “integrate, where scientifically and
work to phase out animal testing will mission intends to stick to its commit- legally feasible,” the new testing methodo-
start immediately, however the EU was ments, the implementation of new rules logies into the REACH regulation on
clear that progress to validate NAMs “will require years, since progress will chemicals.
FRAGRANCE MANUFACTURING

Eurofragance completes €10-mn expansion of its

flagship factory in Barcelona

Spanish fragrance maker, Euro-
fragance, has inaugurated its expanded
production facilities in Rubí, Barcelona.
The company said €10-mn has been
invested in new facilities and dosing
robots, enabling to triple the factory’s
production capacity.

Fragrance production carried out on
the Rubí site is now equivalent to half
of the company’s global annual output.
This will allow the group to meet the
growing demand of its customers in the
EAT (Europe, Africa and Turkey) and
Middle East markets.

In addition, the expansion also en- categories of products beyond fine per- “The renovation of our flagship
ables Eurofragance to augment and fumery which require greater produc- factory along with a redesigned work-
improve its production capabilities for tion volumes. space and new robotics allow us to triple

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