pictos_nano_animations  pictos_nano_videos  pictos_nano_cartoons  pictos_nano_quiz
 animations  videos  cartoons  quiz

Before REACH

How to manage risk before REACH implementation?

In France, from 2007 to 2017 which is the implementation period of REACH ("Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals"), integration into the regulations can be done in two different ways for a compound occurring simultaneously in a "classic" form and in a "nano" form. Either we consider these two forms as a single substance (already on the market) or as two separate substances.

If the nanomaterial is regarded as a substance already on the market

151-reglementation-OUI

"Nano" form is considered as a classic form.

If the nanomaterial is regarded as a substance already on the market, the applicable regulation depends on the date it was placed on the market:

  • placed on the market after 1981, the substance has already been the subject of an assessment that probably does not take into account the possible dangers specific to a "nano" form. Article 14 of Directive 67/548/EEC and the Labor Code R.231-52-12 stipulate that the reporter must notify the competent authority of all new information on the effects of the substance on health,
  • placed on the market before 1981, the assessment of the dangerousness is the responsibility of the public authorities (793/93/CE). The Commission shall designate each Member State as reporter for the assessment of certain substances, on the basis of information collected from industrialists.

There are only 150 actual evaluations on the 100 000 cases present on the market. Article 7 of Regulation 793/93/CE specifies that a manufacturer who has provided information on a substance, for which more than 10 tons/year have been placed on the market, must notify the competent authorities as soon as he becomes aware of new toxic effects.