Journal
NANOMATERIALS
Volume 13, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano13060990
Keywords
nanomaterial definition; nanomaterial categorisation; nanomaterial regulation; nanomaterial legislation; decision support; FAIRification
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The new recommended definition of a nanomaterial adopted by the European Commission in 2022 will have a significant impact on EU legislation addressing chemicals. The NanoDefiner framework and its e-tool implementation, developed as part of the NanoDefine project, provide instruments to determine whether a material is a nanomaterial or not. The framework and e-tool have been adjusted to align with the updated recommendation and validated through case studies.
The new recommended definition of a nanomaterial, 2022/C 229/01, adopted by the European Commission in 2022, will have a considerable impact on European Union legislation addressing chemicals, and therefore tools to implement this new definition are urgently needed. The updated NanoDefiner framework and its e-tool implementation presented here are such instruments, which help stakeholders to find out in a straightforward way whether a material is a nanomaterial or not. They are two major outcomes of the NanoDefine project, which is explicitly referred to in the new definition. This work revisits the framework and e-tool, and elaborates necessary adjustments to make these outcomes applicable for the updated recommendation. A broad set of case studies on representative materials confirms the validity of these adjustments. To further foster the sustainability and applicability of the framework and e-tool, measures for the FAIRification of expert knowledge within the e-tool's knowledge base are elaborated as well. The updated framework and e-tool are now ready to be used in line with the updated recommendation. The presented approach may serve as an example for reviewing existing guidance and tools developed for the previous definition 2011/696/EU, particularly those adopting NanoDefine project outcomes.
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