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The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) have developed an integrated guidance framework for chemical safety in isolated storage and industries subject to the Manufacture, Storage,

According to ECHA, there is a new intention to identify a Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) from Belgium together with France. The substance of interest is 4,4'-sulphonyldiphenol (i.e. Bisphenol S (BPS), EC 201-250-5, CAS 80-09-1), and the follow

Following the “One enterprise, one chemical product, and one QR code” principle, China’s new Hazardous Chemical Registration Comprehensive Service System was launched on February 16, 2022. It supports registry of hazardous chemicals with the au

The Helsinki Chemicals Forum held from June 8 to 9, 2022 was a great success, from which key highlights of the industry were discussed brilliantly. This is a hybrid event, a first of its kind and there were more than 200 international policymakers, i

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The Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) has released its updated Rolling Action Plan (RAP), which lists ongoing and recently completed chemical evaluations. This initiative is essential to protect human health and the environm

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘the Rules on Approval of Chemical Safety Information Exception’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) on October 18th, 2022. Currentl

On 25 February 2025, the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published two reports detailing its 2024 evaluation activities under UK REACH, covering dossier evaluation and substance evaluation. This annual report, required by Article 54 of UK REACH,

In the upcoming year 2023, the Indian Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) is expected to commence workplace training in the use of international chemical safety cards (ICSCs). A non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the use

On 1 December 2022, the Swedish Chemicals Agency (KEMI) published an announcement asking the government for more funding to ensure that Sweden can fulfil the demands of EU’s Market Surveillance Regulation. This regulation that came into force in Ju

On 16th December 2022, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change, Turkey announced that the terminology table with English-Turkish equivalents of terms related to chemicals management regulation has been updated.   With the

On 2nd February 2023, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change of Turkey announced a new regulation related to KKDIK registration dossiers for sections 1.7 and 13.1.  Firstly, the Turkish importers of the foreign company they

On 16 September 2024, Ukraine notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of its draft Regulation on the "Procedure for State Registration of Hazardous Factors". This regulation, issued by the Ministry of Health, outlines the procedure for the regist

The Government of Canada is moving forward with the modernization of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA), a critical step in protecting the environment and public health. This modernization emphasizes that every Canadian has the ri

ECHA, the European Chemicals Agency, has updated its guidance for importers and manufacturers of polymers and monomers to comply with minimum requirements for REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals) regulations. T

On November 13, 2024, Brazilian President Lula sanctioned Law 15.022/24, previously known as PL 6120/24, establishing the National Inventory of Chemical Substances. This law establishes a comprehensive framework for effective risk assessment and mana

The updated EU Classification, Labelling, and Packaging (CLP) Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2024/2865) officially entered into force on 10 December 2024. The updated CLP Regulation was adopted by the Council of the European Union on 14 October 2024 and

  In recent years, Peru has intensified its efforts around the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) and its management of chemicals. On July 26, 2024, the Peruvian Ministry of the Environment announced the publication of the draft Supreme Decree to a

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 chemical safety and management of chemical products in accordance with t

On 16 January 2025, the UK notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of its draft Cosmetic Products (Restriction of Chemical Substances) Regulations 2025. The regulation, which is expected to be adopted on 31 March 2025 and come into force on 30 Se