In
article 9 of the EU Plastics Regulation 10/2011 it reads:
‘‘Substances in nanoform shall only be used if explicitly
authorized and mentioned in the specifications in Annex I’’
(EC, 2011). Until now titanium nitride (TiN) is the only plastic
additive that is approved in nanoform and listed under FCM
no. 807 with some specifications and restriction in use in the
positive list of the EU Plastics Regulation. Nanosized TiN is
used as a so-called reheat additive in the production of bottles
made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET).