On 21 July 2016, the European Commission Directorate-General for the Environment hosted a workshop in Brussels to advance the Third Regulatory Review on Nanomaterials. The draft document is now open for comments
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and Health Canada (HC) run a new consultation on a Proposed prioritization approach for nanoscale forms of substances on the Domestic Substances List (DSL) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA)
Through its participation to the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), NIA is able to provide comments to key OECD documents.
Prepared by the German delegation, and part of the OECD Working Group of the National Coordinators of the Test Guidelines (WNT) expert group on the environmental fate of nanomaterials, the draft OECD draft new test guideline on agglomeration of nanomaterials in aquatic media is now open for comments.
ECHA has just launched on 25 January 2017 a consultation for Competent Authorities for REACH and CLP (CARACAL) and the European Commission for a draft Appendix to Chapter R.6 of the Guidance on IR&CSA (QSARs and grouping of chemicals) on 'recommendations for nanomaterials'
ECHA has launched, on 31 January 2017 a consultation for Competent Authorities for REACH and CLP (CARACAL) and the European Commission for a draft update of the Appendices to Chapters R.7a, R.7b and R7.c of the Guidance on IR&CSA (Endpoint specific guidance) on “recommendations for nanomaterials” regarding environmental endpoints
The Swedish Chemical Agency (Kemikalieinspektionen, KEMI) launched in the Autumn of 2016 a consultation reporting requirements for nanomaterials in products aimed for the Swedish market
ECHA launched, on 24 February 2017 a consultation for Competent Authorities for REACH and CLP (CARACAL) and the European Commission for a draft update of the Appendices to Chapters R.7a and R7.c of the Guidance on IR&CSA (Endpoint specific guidance) on “recommendations for nanomaterials” regarding human health endpoints
*** This consultation is now closed ***
The Austrian Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt Österreich) has launched a 2nd Stakeholder Consultation on the European Commission Study for the Review of the List of Restricted Substances under RoHS 2 Directive (Draft 1st Interim Report)
*** This consultation is now closed ***
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has announced that it is running a consultation on a 'reflection paper on medicines delivered using nano-sized block copolymer micelles'. It has written the document in collaboration with the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
The Working Party on Nanotechnology (WPN) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is undertaking a project on the Responsible Development of Nanotechnology. It aims to identify policies for the responsible development of nanotechnology, as well as establishing how these policies are being implemented.
