Taiwan plans to ban PVC in Plate Packaging Materials from November 2022
On November 15th, 2021, Taiwan’s EPA published a draft regulation that would restrict the production, import, and sale of flat packaging materials containing polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The draft regulation is based...
Read MoreTaiwan: Deadline for Standard Registration extends to 5 years
On November 23rd, 2021, Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Agency amended the Regulations of New and Existing Chemical Substances Registration and extended the submission of 106 PECs to 5 years. Considering the impacts...
Read MoreTaiwan: Deadline for Standard Registration of 106 PECs proposed to be postponed to 2023
On May 27 Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) proposed an amendment to the Regulation on New and Existing Chemical Substances. The regulation was first published in 2014 and had previously been...
Read MoreTaiwan’s EPA modified Chemical Registration Fee
Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) has published the modification of the fee structure for chemical registration on April 7, 2021. In response to the international trend of reducing the use of...
Read MoreUpdate of the list of Prohibited ingredients in Cosmetic Product
The Ministry of Health and Welfare in Taiwan circulated a list of Prohibited ingredients in Cosmetic Products on 3 December 2020. After 60 days of publication consultation, the list is now...
Read MoreTaiwan’s EPA extended the deadline for Standard Registration regardless of tonnage to 2022
The EPA showed its intention to grant the extension of the deadline for Standard Registration of 106 PECs as chemical manufacturing and import associations in Taiwan raised their concerns over the...
Read MoreTaiwan’s EPA encourages companies to prepare their PEC Registration now
According to the amended Toxic and Concerned Chemical Substance Control Act, Taiwan’s EPA has to regularly review its fee scheme. According to the proposed revision on “the Toxic Chemical Substances Handling...
Read MoreCompanies can receive registration completion code after submitting the first even information items
Aug-12-2020
In June, Taiwan’s EPA published official guidance on how to prepare a standard registration dossier for the first list of 106 Priority Existing Substances (PECs). Companies are required to submit nine...
Read MoreTaiwan's EPA published Guidance on Existing Chemical Substances Standard Registration (1st version)
According to Taiwan’s Toxic and Concerned Chemical Substance Control Act (TCCSCA), new and existing substances must be registered in Taiwan. The first batch of 106 PECs was published on 11 March...
Read MoreDelay of the Second batch of PECs list for Standard Registration for Taiwan’s TCCSCA: An Interview with Chemical Watch with our Regulatory Manager
My understanding from speaking with the Toxic and Chemical Substance Bureau is that the EPA’s plan to delay the Pecs deadline is partly due to the pandemic. But it is also...
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