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EXCLUSIVE Documents now available on the NIA Website
Published: Tuesday 27 April 2010
Registered NIA Members can now download the following exclusive documents (i.e. Meeting Presentations, Meeting Notes, etc.), recently uploaded onto the secure ‘Members only’-area of the NIA website.
Meeting Reports (by the NIA Delegate)
The following Meeting Reports have been written by NIA delegates; these Meeting Reports are intended for the use by registered NIA Members only.
27th April 2010
Standardization: CEN/TC352/WG2/PG1: Guide to labelling of manufactured nanoparticles and products
(Brussels, 30th March 2010)
Synopsys:
Since the last meeting in Paris, the draft report had undergone considerable changes and was circulated for comments from the project group. These comments were then taken into consideration and a revised draft was developed which was subject to the meetings discussion. [...]
Soundbites:
- There were concerns that being a TS, the document may become mandatory rather than voluntarily. [...]
- There was also a discussion with regards to global relevance policy. There was a suggestion that maybe the document should be changed [...]
- The term nano-enabled effect was to be replaced with nanoscale phenomena [...]
Registered NIA Members can download the full Standardization CEN/TC352/WG2/PG1 from the'Members only'-area on the NIA website by following the link to 'Meeting Reports'.