Ukraine aligns its chemical policy with the EU

Since Ukraine became an EU candidate in June last year the country has been working on aligning its chemical policy with EU REACH. Last December the country published the law on...

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Belarus updates rules for the water transport of dangerous goods.

Apr-05-2023

Belarus has approved updated rules (Decree N.71) for the transport of dangerous goods on inland waterways, replacing a 2009 decree. The new rules, which take effect from 1 July, align with...

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Russia: EPR for waste is expected to be implemented in January 2025

Because most of household waste generated in Russia ends up on the landfills, the Russian authorities are now developing updated legislative mechanisms such as extended producer responsibility (ERP) for waste. The...

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Ukraine publishes a proposition to restrict triclosan lead and cadmium in food contact materials.

Ukrainian Ministry of Health has published a draft proposal to ban the chemical triclosan in production of plastic and food contact materials. Triclosan is an anti-bacterial chemical commonly used in kitchenware....

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Entry into force Eurasia REACH postponed

The entry into force date of Eurasia REACH has been postponed. The regulation was initially planned to come into force on 2nd June 2021.  This postpone is mainly due to the...

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Ukraine Notified Draft Chemical Regulation to the WTO

The Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine has notified the draft resolution, On Approval of the Technical Regulation on Safety of Chemical Products, to the WTO. This...

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Updates on Eurasia REACH implementation.

The Eurasian Economic Commission has published an updated draft of the 2nd tier of Eurasian Technical Regulation TR 041/2017 on “Safety of Chemical Products” (Eurasia REACH). The draft is available for...

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Russia has now published the finalized version of the inventory!

Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade (Minpromtorg) has now published the finalized version of the inventory of chemical substances. The finalized version contains +80.000 substances notified to the Minpromtorg from December...

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Ukrainian updated toy regulation in line with Directive 2009/48/EC of the EU

In September 2020, the Ukrainian government published a draft resolution of changes to the Ukrainian Technical regulation on Toy’s safety. The changes in the Technical Regulation are prepared to bring the...

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Russia has identified responsible institutions for implementing TR 041

The Government of the Russian Federation has identified responsible institutions for implementing the Eurasian Technical Regulation 041 (TR 041), an official decree published on 16 September 2020. The Ministry of Industry...

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