Publications

The­se are all the gui­dan­ce docu­ments for the 51^st amend­ments to the IFRA Standards

IFRA issues a series of gui­dan­ce docu­ments to sup­port its mem­bers in their work – hel­ping them to ensu­re the con­ti­nued safe use and enjoy­ment of fra­gran­ce mate­rials in a way that res­pects health and the environment.A selec­tion of public gui­dan­ce docu­ments is on the link below.

Fra­gran­ce is an essen­tial part of our daily lives and our well-being, health, and hygie­ne. It is a key ele­ment of every­day pro­ducts such as per­so­nal care pro­ducts and cos­me­tics, hand sani­ti­sers, sur­fa­ce clea­ners and anti-bac­te­rial deter­gents, as well as fine fra­gran­ces (per­fu­mes). The fra­gran­ce industry is a posi­ti­ve for­ce for envi­ron­men­tal, social and eco­no­mic sus­tai­na­bi­lity. The foun­da­tions of the sector’s approach on fra­gran­ce safety and sus­tai­na­bi­lity are the IFRA Stan­dards and the IFRA-IOFI Sus­tai­na­bi­lity Char­ter. For nearly 50 years, the fra­gran­ce industry has advan­ced the safe use of its ingre­dients, notably via the esta­blish­ment of an industry-wide Code of Prac­ti­ce and the IFRA Standards3, which are based on a con­ti­nuously refi­ned risk assess­ment approach for fra­gran­ce ingre­dients carried out by the Research Ins­ti­tu­te for Fra­gran­ce Mate­rials (RIFM). The IFRA-IOFI Sus­tai­na­bi­lity Char­ter takes a lifecy­cle approach to its pro­ducts across the value chains. Further­mo­re, the Euro­pean Union already has one of the most com­prehen­si­ve and pro­tec­ti­ve regu­la­tory sys­tems and we are com­mit­ted to sup­por­ting the EU in buil­ding on this solid, exis­ting scien­ce-based fra​me​work​.In Decem­ber 2019, the Euro­pean Com­mis­sion pre­sen­ted its Com­mu­ni­ca­tion on the Euro­pean Green Deal,4 an umbre­lla com­mu­ni­ca­tion cove­ring seve­ral sec­tor-spe­ci­fic deli­ve­ra­bles inclu­ding the Che­mi­cals Stra­tegy for Sus­tai­na­bi­lity (CSS). IFRA sup­ports the aims of the Green Deal to trans­form the EU’s eco­nomy for a sus­tai­na­ble futu­re. We also sup­port the EU’s efforts to ensu­re health and envi­ron­men­tal pro­tec­tion whi­le at the same time impro­ving the com­pe­ti­ti­ve­ness of Euro­pean industry, pro­mo­ting reco­very from the COVID-19 pan­de­mic, fos­te­ring the EU’s open stra­te­gic auto­nomy and making the transition to a bio-based economy.

This study has been com­mis­sio­ned by the Inter­na­tio­nal Fra­gran­ce Asso­cia­tion (IFRA) to assess the busi­ness impacts to the Euro­pean (EU) fra­gran­ce industry of selec­ted actions from the EU Commission’s (EC) Che­mi­cals Stra­tegy for Sus­tai­na­bi­lity (CSS): Towards a Toxic-Free Environment.

Its mis­sion is to pro­mo­te the safe use of fra­gran­ce ingre­dients and mix­tu­res for everyone’s enjoyment.The IFRA Code of Prac­ti­ce is the fra­gran­ce industry’s com­mit­ment to ensu­ring best prac­ti­ce in our­in­dustry. It applies to all IFRA mem­bers worldwide.Our Code covers the manu­fac­tu­re and hand­ling of all fra­gran­ce ingre­dients and mix­tu­res and all type­sof appli­ca­tions, in so far as the­se are cove­red by safety assess­ments con­duc­ted by the Resear­chIns­ti­tu­te for Fra­gran­ce Mate­rials (RIFM) and con­se­quently fall within sco­pe of the IFRA Standards

The IFRA-IOFI Gui­dan­ce docu­ment and its Anne­xes (see links below) help com­pa­nies navi­ga­te the wide variety of Access and Bene­fit Sha­ring (ABS) regu­la­tions that have ari­sen worldwide.