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In the 2009 Regulation on Cosmetic Products (1223/2009), the European legislator included a provision on the publication of an inventory of nanomaterials used in cosmetics by the European Commission, this catalogue was originally planned for January 2014. The publication of the inventory has long been delayed, and, on 15 June 2017, the European Commission finally released a catalogue based on the submissions made by responsible persons to the Cosmetics Products Notification Portal (CPNP).

ECHA has just launched the European Union Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON). The EUON is a website in 23 EU languages that will aim to give citizens, workers and professionals access to information on nanomaterials on the EU market. The EUON will be launched in 3 steps, with additional information being made available at each step and is currently funded up until 2020. 

The ECHA  Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) has been assessing TiO2 under the CLP regulation. Today, 9 June,  ECHA published a press release that 'Titanium dioxide proposed to be classified as suspected of causing cancer when inhaled'.  RAC concluded that the available scientific evidence meets the criteria in the CLP Regulation to classify titanium dioxide as a substance suspected of causing cancer through the inhalation route.

On 25th of May, ECHA published five documents related to nanomaterials. These documents, 4 which are guidance documents and one which is a recommendation how to prepare REACH registration dossiers containing nanoforms. All these documents are valuable for the 2018 registration deadline as well as for already registered substances.