Legislation
Letter to the member of the European Parliament and to the members of the Petition Committee
On January 26th, the Petitions Committee of the European Parliament met to which, among others, Michael Dirks and Erich Mähnert, the petitioners of the second Savethepigments petition, gave an impressive speech. A recording of the session can be viewed via the following link. In order to share our knowledge on tattoo safety, we drafted a…
Read MoreREACH: ESTP Comments to the UK Calls for Evidence on the tattoo REACH restriction
Last year The UK government opened a call for evidence for evaluate if it should amend the restriction or adopt it unchanged. We took the time to answer the comprehensive list of questions. Our comments were gathered in a document of almost 12 pages. The final draft will now be drawn up following the ongoing…
Read MoreREACH: ESTP letter to the European Ombudsman
Letter regarding Legal uncertainties of the current REACH Restriction on tattoo ink and permanent make-up Dear Ms Emily O’Reilly, We, the European Society of Tattoo and Pigment Research, were funded in 2013 with the aim to advancesafety of the tattooing practice and ink ingredients. We promote research in this field to understand therelation of ink…
Read MoreOnline participation project „Vision of a holistic tattoo legislation in the EU”
The ESTP starts an exciting experiment: How would a tattoo legislation look like, if we write it? Join the discussion and make your ideas heard. Online Participation Project: Vision of a holistic tattoo legislation in the EU Dear members of the ESTP, dear stakeholders of the tattoo community, In response to the ongoing debate concerning…
Read MoreESTP Open letter to the European Commission
The European Commission is about to finalize the restriction proposal on tattoo inks and permanent make up under REACH. The ESTP board once again expressed their concerns in an open letter.
Read MoreESTP comments on the upcoming REACH restriction on tattoo and permanent make-up inks
In December 2018, the ECHA announced the 2nd public consultation on the Draft opinion of the ECHA Committee for Socio-economic Analysis (SEAC) on the proposed restriction on substances in tattoo and permanent make-up inks. The members of the ESTP board compiled a second extensive comment about the drawbacks and limitations of the proposed restriction under…
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