The Federation

FFPS, representing the Selective Perfumery community

The French Federation of Selective Perfumery represents all the players in selective distribution: chains, franchises, department stores, associated trade and independents. It represents and defends, addressing the public authorities, brands and other stakeholders, the activity specific to Selective Perfumery and the professions of the 17,770 people working in it.

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Our priorities

As a professional organisation, the FFPS represents its members to defend their interests before the public authorities, while also providing them with the services needed to develop their activity.

The FFPS takes action in the following areas:

  • Defending the Exemption Regulation, which is due to expire in 2022
  • Negotiating branch agreements under the new collective agreement,
  • Setting up training courses for employees (certification for the role of sales consultant in perfumery).
  • Defending a sustainable footprint for selective activities through cooperation with players upstream and downstream.
  • Enhancing the image of the profession and providing information about the challenges facing the sector with its stakeholders.

Our priorities

Fédération française de parfumerie selective

Comme organisation professionnelle, la FFPS représente ses adhérents pour défendre leurs intérêts auprès des pouvoirs publics tout en leur apportant les services nécessaires au développement de leur activité.

La FFPS agit dans les domaines suivants :

  • La défense du règlement d’exemption dont la prochaine échéance est en 2022
  • La négociation des accords de branche dans le cadre de la nouvelle convention collective,
  • La mise en place des parcours de formation pour les salariés (certification du métier de Conseillère(er) Beauté en Parfumerie Sélective).
  • La défense d’une empreinte durable des activités du sélectif à travers la coopération avec les acteurs amont et aval 
  • La valorisation de l’image de la profession et l’information sur les enjeux du secteur auprès de ses parties prenantes .

Projects of importance to the profession

The FFPS, which is involved in projects of importance to the profession, has equipped itself with commissions and working groups:

  • The Social Committee is working on an overhaul of the national collective agreement that organises relations between employees and employers in the sector. It is also working on a blueprint for a new target-specific training offer. (Link to Taking part in training page)
  • The Logistics Committee is dedicated to modernising the supply chain, in collaboration with the FEBEA (Federation of Beauty Companies) and manufacturers and distributors, in collaboration with the GSI and ECR France standardisation bodies
  • The Legal Affairs Committee sees to the enforcement, observation and compliance with European rules (VEBR) governing Selective Distribution in perfumery.
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