On 2 October 2024, the Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization (JSMO) notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a draft standard for the labelling of chemical substances. The second edition of the draft standard, DJS 990:2024, is expected to
Read More...On February 9, 2021, Chile approved its rules for the classification, labeling, and notification of dangerous chemical substances and mixtures (Decree 57) in the official gazette. The Decree 57 was promulgated in November 2019 and communicated
Read More...On April 29, 2020, China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) published the Measures on Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances (MEE Order 12). The amendment will come into force on January 1, 2021 and replace the cu
Read More...What is CMSR? India released the fourth draft of the Chemical (Management and Safety) Rules (CMSR) on March 16, 2020. The CMSR will regulate Substances, Substances in Mixture, Substance in Articles and Intermediates that are manufactured, imported
Read More...On March 11, 2019, Taiwan’s EPA published the amended regulation on New and Existing Chemical Substances, specifying Standard Registration for 106 existing chemical substances. From 1 January 2020, manufacturers or importers who manufacture or impo
Read More...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 2019. Taiwan’s EPA published the draft of Guidance
Read More...Russia is the only country of the Eurasian Economic Union that is in the process of a national inventory formation.
Read More...A South Korean industry support group published a list of 332 substances that require prompt CICO (Chemical Substance Information Communicative Organization) establishment. These s
Read More...China opened a public consultation on the new Guidance on Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances. The draft guideline provides implementation design for the MEE ORDER 12 with regards to the scope of registration, data requir
Read More...To support the introducers under current Australian chemical regulation (AICIS), authorities have rolled out minor improvements in categorization along with adding few chemicals in
Read More...To support the introducers under current Australian chemical regulation (AICIS), authorities have rolled out minor improvements in categorization along with adding few chemicals
Read More...On November 19th, 2020, the Standardization Administration of China (SAC) published the Guidelines for the Use and Control of Key Chemical Substances in Consumer Products (GB/T 39498-2020), with its effective date on June 1st, 2021. The
Read More...Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) has amended its chemical control law ‘Toxic Chemical Substances Control Act (TCSCA)’ and renamed it 'Toxic Chemicals and Concerned Substances Control Act (TCCSCA).' This regulation came i
Read More...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 an
Read More...Notification to the Vietnam chemical inventory is reopened the notification to the inventory may be done before 15th April 2021. A longer time duration of about six months is provided so that all stakeholders could gather relevant information and nom
Read More...The Union Cabinet ratified ban on seven Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) listed under Stockholm Convention. The Stockholm Convention is a global treaty to protect human health and environment from POPs, which are identified chemical substances
Read More...The Law Bill 6.120/2019 is in possession of the Environment and Sustainable Development Commission (CMADS) of the Deputies’ Chamber since early December 2019, aiming to create the National Inventory of Chemical Substances in order to consolidat
Read More...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 Application and Chemical Substa
Read More...To ensure the implementation of Measures for the Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances (MEE Order No.12), MEE released the final version of Guidance on the application of MEE Order No.12 which is expected to come into f
Read More...With the approaching of the implementation of MEE Order No.12, MEE published a transition measure – Notice on Transitional Arrangements for Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substance – on 27th October 2020. This measure a
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