European Federation of Essential Oils

Sonninstrasse 28 (4th floor)
D-20097 Hamburg City Sued

Phone: +49 40 23 60 16 14/13
Fax: +49 40 23 60 16 10/11

E-Mail: efeo@wga-hh.de
Internet: http://www.efeo-org.org

 

Objects of the association

To safeguard and promote the particular interests of the importers, wholesalers and producers of essential oils, especially as suppliers to the perfume and cosmetics industry.

 

Focus of activities

The association was established in June 2002 in the light of emerging changes in the EU cosmetics guideline and consequent repercussions for the companies. Currently, the activities focus on:
  • Lobbying for acceptable future EU regulations in the cosmetics sector
  • Dealing with all technical, scientific and judicial issues arising in connection with essential oils
  • Generally promoting essential oils as a product group for use as raw material by the cosmetics industry, the flavouring industry and for other purposes
  • Keeping members regularly informed on specific issues, planned legislation and scientific matters
  • Implementation of REACH, the new EU Regulation on chemicals

 

Membership

62 (Total of 9 associations from EU Member States and USA plus 53 individual companies from EU states, Switzerland, USA, South America and India).

 

Chairman

Steve Smith, Copeland & Sons Ltd., Great Britain

 

Secretary General

Lutz Düshop, lawyer

 

Personal Assistants

Daniela Wollesen
Barbara Lautenbach
Petra Schröder

 

Additional information

The association interacts with the leading associations for the perfume and cosmetics industry, i.e. IFEAT, IFRA, EFFA and RIFM.

The organisational set-up is under VDC in Hamburg (essential oils dept.).