European Sunlight Association

About the European Sunlight Association

Voice of the European indoor tanning industry

ESA publishes Manifesto

Our European Code of Conduct

ESA - Shedding some light

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COVID-19 and vitamin D - an overview

Get to know about the relationship of vitamin D and the immune system

European Safety Standards

ESA actively engages with EU policy-makers to define and implement operating standards in sunbed services across Europe, ensuring the highest possible level of safety.

UV and Vitamin D Research

The European Sunlight Association promotes and finances research on the positive and negative effects of UV exposure.

Responsible
Tanning

ESA has developed a European Code of Conduct to guarantee that tanning studios are providing safe and responsible tanning.

Members

The European Sunlight Association (ESA) represents national associations and individual companies. ESA currently has 24 members from 16 countries, of which 12 are EU countries.

news & events

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May 12th, 2022

White Book “The Positive Effects of Sunlight”

The second edition of the ESA White Book provides an update of the current scientific knowledge focusing on the health effects of exposure to the sun and sunbeds, with a special focus on […]

March 3rd, 2021

Tanning Studio COVID-19 Preventive Measures – Protocol

At these challenging times when COVID-19 measures must be carefully observed and implemented, inspired by the Belgian indoor tanning association’s initiative, we have prepared a set of recommendations in a form of a ‘protocol’ to […]

September 9th, 2020

Scientific Factsheet “Health benefits of moderate exposure to UV radiation”

As a reaction to the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 pandemic many research teams around the world published data from their clinical and observational studies that have shown positive effects of vitamin D. More specifically, two […]