ICADA e.V. represents small and medium-sized companies in the German-speaking cosmetics industry. The EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 in its current form represents a successful, harmonized legislation at the EU level but here are some points showing room for improvement. The definition of cosmetic products should include parts of the ears that are considered external in order to avoid boderline issue (Art.
ICADA e.V.
Industry association · Germany · EU Transparency Register 68184848165-11
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 326 consultation files tracked so far (29,503 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1205 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #1068 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
Declares membership of
- Project-depending cooperation with a variety of European organizations/associations/institutes.
- smeunited, Brussels
- SBS
- small business standards
- Brussels
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Registered as
- International cosmetic and device association eV (ICADA eV)
- Head office
- Düsseldorf, Germany
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
Track ICADA in PolicySpeak: request access →
Work at ICADA e.V.? so we know who speaks for it.
Their record over time
ICADA e.V. filed 1 position on 21 Mar 2025, across 1 of the 326 legislative files tracked here.
What they argued
Looking for an argument rather than an organization? Search every submission for a phrase and see everyone who used it.
Is this your organization?
Everything on this page comes from ICADA e.V.’s own submissions to the European Commission — we have added nothing and interpreted nothing. If something is wrong or out of date, email info@policyspeak.com and we will correct it. If you are an individual named in a record, our privacy policy sets out your rights to correction, objection and removal.
Quotes are verbatim from submissions published by the European Commission, trimmed to their opening passage and never summarized by a model. Organizations only, never individuals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the European Commission is not liable for this reuse.