On February 14, 2023, the European Commission (EC) appealed the November 23, 2022, decision of the European General Court that annuls the 2019 harmonized classification and labeling of titanium dioxide as a carcinogenic substance by inhalation in certain powder forms. As reported in our December 6, 2022, memorandum, the court concluded that the EC
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France Asks Providers to Give Updated R-Nano Declaration Numbers to Customers upon Request
By Lynn L. Bergeson & Carla N. Hutton on
Posted in EU Member State, International
The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) has posted “important information” for the 2022 reporting period under R-Nano, France’s national reporting scheme for substances in nanoparticle form. ANSES states that it is asking providers to give an updated declaration number to their customers upon request, “even if they have no…
France Seeks More Protective European Definition of Nanomaterials
By Lynn L. Bergeson & Carla N. Hutton on
Posted in International, Legal/Regulatory Issues
As reported in our May 7, 2021, blog item, the European Commission (EC) recently held a targeted stakeholder consultation to update, test, and verify the preliminary findings of its review of the 2011 Recommendation on the definition of a nanomaterial. According to a July 23, 2021, news item posted by the French Agency…
ANSES Evaluates R-Nano Register, Offers Recommendations to Improve Reliability and Optimize Its Use
By Lynn L. Bergeson & Carla N. Hutton on
On December 1, 2020, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) announced the results of an assessment of R-Nano, France’s national reporting scheme for substances in nanoparticle form. In 2013, France began requiring companies that manufacture, import, and/or distribute a “substance with nanoparticle status” in an amount of at least…
NGOs Call for France to Require Labeling and Restriction of Consumer Products
By Lynn L. Bergeson & Carla N. Hutton on
Posted in International, Legal/Regulatory Issues
According to a July 12, 2017, press release, a coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGO) wrote to the French Prime Minister and several ministers to call for labeling and restriction of nanomaterials in consumer products. The NGOs request that three measures be taken “as a matter of urgency”:
- Temporarily ban titanium dioxide particles present in
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