Benefits of Joining INGRECOS
By becoming a member of INGRECOS, you gain access to numerous benefits that enhance your standing in the cosmetic ingredients industry.
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Join a network and engage with your peers in France and across Europe
- INGRECOS Biennial Conference : Held every two years, this must-attend event provides a unique opportunity to broaden perspectives by addressing strategic topics essential for the future of cosmetic ingredients.
- Quarterly Plenary Committee meetings : Join us every three months for meetings that bring together all members. These gatherings are an opportunity to discuss sector challenges and stay informed about the latest French, European, and international developments impacting cosmetic ingredients.
- Regular Working Groups : Participate in INGRECOS expert-led thematic working groups focused on major issues concerning cosmetic ingredients.
- Membership in EFfCI : By becoming a member of INGRECOS, you automatically join EFfCI, the European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients. This grants you access to its Working Groups and Annual Conference.
- INGRECOS Biennial Conference : Held every two years, this must-attend event provides a unique opportunity to broaden perspectives by addressing strategic topics essential for the future of cosmetic ingredients.
- Quarterly Plenary Committee meetings : Join us every three months for meetings that bring together all members. These gatherings are an opportunity to discuss sector challenges and stay informed about the latest French, European, and international developments impacting cosmetic ingredients.
- Regular Working Groups : Participate in INGRECOS expert-led thematic working groups focused on major issues concerning cosmetic ingredients.
- Membership in EFfCI : By becoming a member of INGRECOS, you automatically join EFfCI, the European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients. This grants you access to its Working Groups and Annual Conference.
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Make Your Voice Heard
Representation and Dialogue: INGRECOS is a recognized stakeholder at both the national and European levels. We engage in dialogue with public authorities to advocate for your interests in the development of regulations, laws, and standards.
Representation and Dialogue: INGRECOS is a recognized stakeholder at both the national and European levels. We engage in dialogue with public authorities to advocate for your interests in the development of regulations, laws, and standards.
Member testimonials
List of priority themes for 2025-2026
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Benefit from Regulatory Monitoring
- Tracking and Analysis: INGRECOS monitors, analyzes, and deciphers all French, European, and international regulatory news. This enables you to anticipate technical and regulatory developments that could impact your business.
- Regulatory Summaries: Members have access to summaries from the Plenary Committee to ensure they stay up to date. Presentations from the Plenary Committees are available on the extranet.
- INGRECOS Working Groups (GT) and EFfCI Working Groups (WG) Reports: Members can access meeting minutes from working groups on topics of interest to them.
- Tracking and Analysis: INGRECOS monitors, analyzes, and deciphers all French, European, and international regulatory news. This enables you to anticipate technical and regulatory developments that could impact your business.
- Regulatory Summaries: Members have access to summaries from the Plenary Committee to ensure they stay up to date. Presentations from the Plenary Committees are available on the extranet.
- INGRECOS Working Groups (GT) and EFfCI Working Groups (WG) Reports: Members can access meeting minutes from working groups on topics of interest to them.
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Consult the Experts
- Regulatory Expertise: Get answers to your questions from the experts at the Technical Office – Regulatory and Environmental Affairs Committee and INGRECOS’s regulatory network.
- Regulatory Dialogues: INGRECOS organizes webinars with high-quality speakers and Nagoya Protocol workshops with National Competent Authorities, designed to address your questions on topics relevant to you.
- Regulatory Expertise: Get answers to your questions from the experts at the Technical Office – Regulatory and Environmental Affairs Committee and INGRECOS’s regulatory network.
- Regulatory Dialogues: INGRECOS organizes webinars with high-quality speakers and Nagoya Protocol workshops with National Competent Authorities, designed to address your questions on topics relevant to you.
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Conviviality and Interaction
Welcoming Environment: Our meetings take place in a friendly and inviting setting, designed to encourage interaction among members while fully respecting competition law.
Welcoming Environment: Our meetings take place in a friendly and inviting setting, designed to encourage interaction among members while fully respecting competition law.
Syndicate Highlights
2026 : Next INGRECOS Conference
In 2025: 3 in-person Plenary Committees (Puteaux and Lyon), 1 remote Plenary Committee, 4 BT CARE meetings and specific sessions to address members' questions
Between June 2024 and June 2025: 7 China WG, 8 Nagoya/ABS WG, 5 Task Force EUDR, 3 Nanomaterials WG, 5 Environment WG
et 5 réunions GT Environnement
“ RENCONTRES INGRECOS” : the Union’s Thematic Days
• March 2024: Environmental challenges facing cosmetic ingredients
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December 2021: Cosmetic ingredients: Responding together to tomorrow’s challenges
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March 2019: Bio-based ingredients
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