@techreport{JRC113469, number = {KJ-NA-29647-EN-N (online)}, address = {Luxembourg (Luxembourg)}, issn = {1831-9424 (online)}, year = {2019}, author = {Rauscher H and Roebben G and Mech A and Gibson P and Kestens V and Linsinger T and Riego Sintes J}, isbn = {978-92-79-99660-3 (online)}, publisher = {Publications Office of the European Union}, abstract = {This report supports the implementation of the European Commission’s Recommendation on a definition of nanomaterial (2011/696/EU). It addresses its key concepts and terms and discusses them in a regulatory context. Corresponding to the broad scope of the definition the considerations in this report can be applied across all relevant legislative areas; they are not specific to any particular piece of legislation. The report provides recommendations for a harmonised and coherent implementation of the nanomaterial definition in any specific regulatory context at European Union and national level. }, title = {An overview of concepts and terms used in the European Commission's definition of nanomaterial }, type = {Scientific analysis or review, Technical guidance}, url = {}, doi = {10.2760/459136 (online)}