EU REGULATORY ROUND UP – PAINT AND COATINGS COMPANIES MUST COMPLY WITH NEW EU NANOSAFETY RULES
January 1st, 2020
EUROPEAN Union (EU) paint and coatings companies must now - from January 1 (2020) - comply with new EU legal requirements on ensuring products containing nanomaterials are safe. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has released two guidance documents to help EU companies undertake new duties to prepare registration dossiers covering nanoforms any chemicals used in a product. These assessments will enable paint and coating companies provide additional information on nanomaterials sold into the EU market – a key goal of the new rules. One set of ECHA advice ...
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