19 Oct 2017
NIA hosted its second open regulatory webinar of 2017 on July 5, combined with a welcome presentation from new Member, VITO.
NIA kick off the webinar with a look at priorities in July, that included the catalogue of nanomaterials in cosmetics, ECHA news on guidelines, Board of Appeal outcomes for both titanium and silicon dioxide and newly...
17 Oct 2017
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...
17 Oct 2017
NIA was delighted to be in action across EuroNanoForum in Malta, between June 21-23. We joined forces with partners across Europe to create the most active exhibitor booth. NIA, INERIS, University of Leeds, Tutech, Joanneum and National Research Centre for the Working Environment (NRCWE) worked together to present mini-workshops, discussion...
16 Oct 2017
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released a summary dossier of the Testing Programme of Manufactured Nanomaterials on Silver Nanoparticles.
10 Oct 2017
Test Guideline 318: Dispersion Stability of Nanomaterials in Simulated Environmental Media has been released by the OECD. According to the international organisation it ‘provides a simple and effective tool that can analyse the dispersion stability of nanomaterials in aqueous media. It is one of the prerequisites for a subsequent robust and...
9 Oct 2017
The European Commission has just published its proposal for amending the REACH Annexes to address nanoform substances. The proposal is in the form of a Commission Regulation to amend Annexes I, III, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI and XII. The Commission Regulation itself is only 3 Articles, and the main text changes for the REACH Annexes are provided in...
8 Sep 2017
Last week, the NIA was asked by Chemical Watch (CW article published behid paywall) to provide comments to the recent article by Danish researcher Steffen Foss Hansen ‘React now regarding nanomaterial regulation’ published in NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY | VOL 12 | AUGUST 2017 | www.nature.com/naturenanotechnology.
25 Aug 2017
NIA is delighted to welcome our two new Members from Canada, CelluForce and the National Research Council Canada and invite all comers to a webinar, on September 22 at 1500 CEST, that showcases their priorities and also takes a look at the impact of CETA on trade and collaboration.
31 Jul 2017
The NGO Client Earth has filed a complaint with the EU Ombudsman on the late publication of the European Catalogue of Nanomaterials in Cosmetics, presented in June 2017, when the Regulation on Cosmetic Products had fixed the 11 January 2014 as the deadline for the publication of this catalogue.
18 Jul 2017
NIA announces two new Member services, due to be launched in September, as part of an expanding portfolio of activities:
7 Jul 2017
The Board of Appeal of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has released two decision annulling a 2015 ECHA decision requiring additional information and data on Syntetic Amorphous Silica (SAS). The original decision was based on substance evaluation performed by The Netherlands Competent Authority where a number of requests were made.
The...
14 Jun 2017
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...
9 Jun 2017
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...
25 May 2017
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.
23 May 2017
NIA was part of a multi-project consortium that delivered the 2 day workshop "Nanomaterials: Industrial workshop on Safe by Design" in Bilbao on April 24-25, managed by the project Nanogentools.
Projects dedicated to building the concept and tools behind Safe by Design came together, including:
22 May 2017
NIA was delighted to welcome new Member, Squire Patton Boggs, with a dedicated webinar.
Anthony Bochon introduced SPB and focussed on nanomaterial priorities in 2017, including national directories and safety considerations within REACH.
19 May 2017
Early in 2017, the United States of America Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) announced the introduction of a rule on the 'Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements' for chemical substances when manufactured or processes as nanoscale materials. The rule was originally supposed to come into force on 12 May 2017. The US Environmental Protection...
12 May 2017
NIA is one of the accredited stakeholder to ECHA. On 16-17 May, NIA will attend the next ECHA Nanomaterial Expert Group Meeting (ECHA NMEG).
NIA Members who are interested will find more information about the meeting at the Members Area.
5 May 2017
NIA welcomes publication of the JRC Science for Policy Report 'NANoREG framework for the safety assessment of nanomaterials'.
The comprehensive report was co-authored by NIA's David Carlander from the collaborative work within the NANoREG project "A common European approach to the regulatory testing of nanomaterials", funded by the European...
21 Apr 2017
NIA is delighted to be sharing a stand at the EuroNanoForum 2017 with Joanneum Research, University of Leeds, INERIS,Tutech and National Research Centre for the Working Environment (NRCWE).
The stand will hold discussion groups, workshops and other activities including a showcasing of industry developments in new sectors, safe-by-design tools and...
