Germany pushes for stronger nano-specific REACH requirements

Five years after nano-specific information requirements entered into force under REACH, Germany has told the European Commission they need reinforcement. The call follows a national review by German competent authorities, feeding into the OECD's compilation of country activities on manufactured nanomaterials. While the original requirements were a useful first step, Germany's review found real gaps: missing test methods for nano-specific endpoints, few updates to existing dossiers, limited nanoform evaluations by ECHA, persistent data shortfalls, difficulty grouping similar nanoforms, and no registration trigger when downstream users generate nanoforms from bulk substances. Germany has passed these findings to the Commission as input for the ongoing REACH revision, pushing for better data availability and a firmer "no data, no market" standard for nanomaterials.