Cosmetic Products Glossary

• AFNOR: Association Française de Normalisation (French National Organization for Standardization). It provides the well-known standardisation NF labels and AFAQ (French Association for Quality Assurance) certificates for material and non-material goods.
• ANSM: National Agency for the Safety of Health Products
• ARPP: Autorité de Régulation Professionnelle de la Publicité [French Professional Regulatory Authority for Advertising].
• CAS (Registry Number): Chemical Abstract Services. The CAS registry number is a numeric identifier that is assigned to a chemical substance (natural or synthetic).
• EU (number): European Community Number. The European Community number (EC number) is a unique seven-digit identifier that was assigned to substances for regulatory purposes within the European Union by the European Commission.
• CSP: Public Health Code.
• SCCS: Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety.
• DGCCRF: General Directorate for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control.
• PIF: Product Information File.
• DMD: Date of Minimum Durability.
• Adverse Effect (AE): an adverse reaction for human adverse health event attributable to the normal or reasonably foreseeable use of a cosmetic product.
• Serious Adverse Effect (SAE): A serious adverse effect leading to hospitalization, permanent or temporary functional incapacity, disability, congenital anomalies, immediate life-threatening, or death.
• GMP (BPF): Good Manufacturing Practices or Bonnes Pratiques de Fabrication.
• EO: Essential Oils
• INAO: National Institute of Origin and Quality.
• Ingredient: Any substance or mixture intentionally used in the manufacturing of a cosmetic product.
• Mixture: Solution consisting of at least two substances.
• Nanomaterials: An insoluble or bio-persistent and intentionally manufactured material, having one or more external dimensions, or an internal structure, on a scale from 1 to 100 nm.
• PAO: Period After Opening.
• Substance: A chemical element and its compounds in its natural state or obtained through a manufacturing process, including any additive necessary to preserve its stability and any impurity resulting from the process used, but excluding any solvent which may be separated without affecting the stability of the substance or changing its composition.
• CMR Substance: substances that are Carcinogenic, Mutagenic or toxic to reproduction (Reprotoxic).