The NIA’s newly formed Regulatory Committee held its first meeting on 6 June with members from across Europe and the USA attending. The Regulatory Committee is the first outcome from the NIA’s strategy review and has been formed to assess and address any global regulatory issue, regulation or standard that is current or proposed that may have a bearing on nanomaterials or the interests of NIA members. The Committee will meet quarterly and is open for Corporate and Associate Members to join.
The first meeting was an opportunity for the members to review the Committee’s terms of reference and the current meetings that the NIA regularly attends. The Committee reviewed the agenda for the upcoming OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN) meeting, where the NIA will be attending as part of the Business at OECD (BIAC) delegation. There was also a discussion on some of the upcoming issues that the Committee would like to cover, such as the ongoing consultation on UK REACH, how the NIA should cover sustainability issues, the terminology being used in regulations and standards around nanotechnology and how the NIA can best act as an interface between Members and policymakers.
Once approved, minutes from the Committee will be shared to the Members’ area of the NIA website. Corporate and Associate Members who still would like to join the Committee, please forward your nomination to Nikolina (nikolina.latkovic at nanotechia dot org).
