Position papers & Publications

VdMi position on the Ecodesign Regulation for Sustainable Products

VdMi position on the proposal amending the Industry Emissions Directive 2010/75/EU of 6 April 2022

Comparative Compilation of Nano Definitions and the Consequences

VdMi Position on the Circular Economy Action Plan within EU Green Deal

Information sheet: Requirements regarding Pigments and Fillers detailed in Guidelines and Laws for Food Contact Materials

VdMi position on the introduction of a generic approach to risk management (GRA) under REACH Regulation

VdMi position on the introduction of a generic Mixture Assessment Factor (MAF) under REACH Regulation

CITplus article "Classification and particle size of titanium dioxide"

Results on the measurement study of powder mixtures with titanium dioxide

FAP Info Nitrate as degradation product of the (photocatalytic) decomposition of nitrogen oxides

VdMi position on the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability

VdMi Position on the introduction of new hazard classes in the CLP Regulation

VdMi position on the restriction proposal for PFAS

VdMi position on the EU initiative to set migration values in ceramic FCMs

VdMi position paper on the simplification and digitalisation of chemical labels

Eurocolour position paper on the concepts of MOCS

FAQ Brochure on Consequences of the Classification of Titanium Dioxide Powders

VdMi statement on Requirements of the 15th Amendment of the Plastics Regulation (EU) No 10/2011

Position Paper and Information on the Classification of Titanium Dioxide

Differences between the physical particle size and the aerodynamic diameter of a particle

VdMi position paper on the Revision of EU’s CLP Regulation

VdMi position paper on the Revision of EU’s REACH Regulation

Results of Round Robin Study - Pearlescent Pigments

Information sheet: colorants and additives for pharmaceutical packaging / medical devices

Information sheet on the classification of TiO2 used as raw material for producing “frit, chemicals”

Fact Sheet and Current Situation: Classification of Azo Pigments in Water Hazard Classes

Questions und Answers on Masterbatches in Bioplatics

Position paper and state of discussion on the proposed restriction under Annex XV REACH for Intentionally added microplastics

VdMi First evaluation of the chemical strategy for sustainability

VdMi brief information on the EU Green Deal

Classification of titanium dioxide powders poses analytical challenges for manufacturers

Position paper regarding the release of titanium dioxide from photocatalytic building materials

Status Document / Position Paper on the ECHA restriction proposal „Intentionally Added Microplastics”

Legal measures against the classification of titanium dioxide

VdMi information sheet on CICPs in the production of which titanium dioxide is used as a raw material

Position Paper of the Pigment and Filler Industry in the Nano Discussion

Evaluation and Classification EFSA Report E171

Results Titanium Dioxide in Plastics

Position on the EU Commission’s Plastics Strategy

German translation of the Eurocolour Statement regarding Amendments to the REACH Annexes to address nanoforms of substances and impacts on the pigment and filler industry

German translation of the Eurocolour Statement on the publication „Literature study on the uses and risks of nanomaterials as pigments in the European Union“

Report from the Photocatalysis Colloquium 2018

VdMi VCI Assessment of the results of the NanoDefine project with regard to the concrete use of (real life) pigments and fillers and other comparable particulate substances

Technical instructions on how to report substance identity information for CICPs in IUCLID 6

VdMi summary of research project on can interior coatings

Eurocolour Guidance document for the Registration of Complex Inorganic Coloured Pigments

Facts on the Nano Discussion in the Pigment and Filler Industry

FAP Voluntary Commitment

Information leaflet on the FAP Voluntary commitment

VdMi-VKI-Position Paper on plans for a new European regulation on ceramics in contact with foodstuffs

VdMi statement on the proposal for a harmonized classification of Titanium dioxide

VdMi Position Paper on the Revised Version of BfR Recommendation IX

VdMi - Information circular from FG EGK regarding the use of low-melting glass colours

VdMi Position Paper on the Toys Directive

Small particles hit the big time. All Things nano under the sun?

"Farbe und Lack" article on FAP 10/2011 (German only)

Information letter: Chlorine-containing colourants/pigments in masterbatches/colour concentrates

The Pigment Industry - An old-established industry between classic pigments and nanotechnological products

REACH - manufacturers and processors are jointly challenged - Extract from the flyer of the Masterbatch Association (German only)

Opinion on the so-called Southampton study on azo dyes e.g. in food (German only)

Inorganic Pigments under REACH (German only)