Participation in agencies
INERIS participates in the work of national, European and international agencies to assess and categorise the hazards and risks associated with chemicals, in particular ANSES, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), the thematic centres of the European Environment Agency, the Eionet network, the OECD and national and international standardisation committees.
As part of the work carried out within the OECD, INERIS teams have been responsible for coordinating France's national activities for test guidelines for more than fifteen years. The Institute itself is involved in the development of new biological tests, in , the publication of guideline 250 (EASZY test for the characterisation of endocrine disrupting potential (EDP)) in 2021. It also contributes to comitology and circular testing organised within the framework of PEPPER (national platform for the pre-validation of tests designed to characterise EPs).
INERIS coordinates or participates in numerous national and European research projects on the assessment of chemical hazards and is able to offer industry high value-added services ranging from hazard characterisation to technical and economic analysis of substitution opportunities.
With this experience, the Institute supports the French public authorities on these issues and contributes to national plans and programmes such as the PNSQA*, PNSE4*, SNPE2*, and the European PARC programme* . The Institute is also responsible for France's national assistance service, which each member country makes available to manufacturers and importers to support industry (particularly SMEs) in implementing the REACH, CLP and POP regulations.
