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Workplace risk assessment can be defined as a systematic procedure for analysing workplace components to identify and evaluate hazards and safety characteristics (Harms-Ringdahl 2001). Due to EU regulation (Council Directive 89/391/EEC) each member state of the European Union has to establish national legislation to demand risk assessment procedures in enterprises of all sizes. In Estonia, the Act on Occupational Health and Safety that requires risk assessment at the every workplace was adopted in 1999. Workplace risk assessment has to be conducted by the employers using their own resources or by registered practitioners in occupational health (Occupational Health and Safety Act 1999). 

European Union European Communities (Infant Formulae and Follow-on Formulae) Regulations, 1998 (FSAI, 1999) Council Directive 89/107/EEC (EEC, 1989) European Parliament and Council Directive 94/34/EC (EEC, 1994) Regulation EC No. 258/97 (EC, 1997) Council Directive 90/220/EEC (EEC, 1990) Established by generally accepted scientific data Food additive Food additive Novel foods, novel food ingredients Genetically modified organisms... 

While the text of the final resolution recast of the European Union s Cosmetics Directive may have been the first national or supranational instrument to be passed by a Parliament with nano-specific provisions within its text, it will certainly not be the last. The Eurojjean Parliament and Council is still to vote on the inclusion of nano-specific provisions in the recast of its Novel Food Regulation and nano-specific amendments to the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACFI) Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006) appear inevitable. While such measures are jurisdiction specific, their impact—it passed—will be felt more widely non-European parties wishing to place products onto the European Community market will be required to comply with such instruments. As such, regulatory action within any one jurisdiction will have an impact beyond their territorial boundaries. 

Safety assessment of preservatives, as for other food additives, is based on reviews of all available toxicological data, including observations in humans and in animal models. From the available data, a maximum level of an additive that has no demonstrable toxic effect is determined. This is called the no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL) and is used to determine the acceptable daily intake (ADI). The ADI refers to the amount of a food additive that can be taken daily in the diet, over a lifetime span, without any negative effect on health. Food additive legislation adopted by the European Union is included in several European Parliament and Council Directives (Directives 95/2/EC and 2006/52/ EC, which have been replaced by the Regulation (EC) 1333/2008 in 2011). 

Council Regulation (EU) No 333/2011 of 31 March 2011 establishing criteria determining when certain types of scrap metal cease to be waste under Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. Official Journal of the European Union L 92/2, 8.4.2011. http // eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do uri=OJ L 2011 094 0002 0011 EN PDF... 

EC (2009) Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council. Directives 79/111 [EEC and 91/414/EEC. Official J Eur Union L309 1-50... 

Within the European Union, the European Commission (EC) has codified the GLP requirements for medicinal products in the Introduction and General Principles chapter of Directive 2003/63/EC [31]. Within this document it is stated that nonclinical (pharmacotoxicological) studies must be carried out in conformity with the provisions related to GLP laid down in Council Directives 87/18/EEC3 on the harmonization of regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of the principles of GLP and the verification of their application for tests in chemical substances and 88/320/EEC4 (corrigenda 1, 2, and 3) on the inspection and verification of GLP [32,33], The OECD principles have been adopted by the European Union and published, in their revised form, in the appendix to Directive 2004/10/EC [32], The GLP Web site of the EC contains detailed reference information and links for member state GLP compliance [34],... 

In the European Union, Directive 92/32/EC and EC Council Regulation 793/93 require risk assessment for new and existing substances, respectively. Principles for this risk assessment have been established, supported by a detailed package... 

Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC. Official Journal of the European Union L338/4, 13 Nov. 2004. 

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