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...In August 2020, the 5th draft of the Chemicals Management & Safety Rules (CMS Rules) was published by the Government of India. These draft rules are based on the EU REACH legislation and the existing Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous C
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Read More...The European Commission announced the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability on 14th October 2020, as a key commitment policy to the European Green Deal. The ambition of the European Green Deal is to ensure climate neutrality and circular econo
Read More...On November 3rd 2020, Australian government announced that introducers (manufacturers or importers) of cosmetic toothpaste or oral hygiene products need to register their business only if their products meet the requirement of Therapeutic Goods (
Read More...The “Occupational Safety and Health Act” was revised on January 15, 2019 and came into effect from January 16, 2020. In relation to this Act, the “Material Safety Data Sheet” (MSDS) was recently revised and will be effective from January
Read More...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 preparation for dossiers in public seminars in Oc
Read More...The Central Government of India in exercising its powers conferred by section 16 of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Act (2016) prepared the following amendments in the orders that were published by the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers,
Read More...The amended SEA Regulation, the “Bylaw on Classification, Labeling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures” (the CLP regulation) in Turkey, was published on 10 December 2020 in the Official Gazette No.31330. This amendment harmoniz
Read More...According to a statement released by ECHA on January 11, 80% of all EU-REACH registrations held in the UK have been or are in the process of being transferred back into the EU. The remaining 20%, for which the transfer process had not be
Read More...On January 4th, 2021, the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) addendum, concerning the active substance Glyphosate (G01), entered into force. The resolution RDC 441/2020 applies to all technical and formulated products register
Read More...On 23rd March 2021, Chinese National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) launched a new platform for the registration and filing of cosmetics to support the implementation of ‘Cosmetic Supervision and Administration Regulation (CSAR)’ and
Read More...South Korea added three substances in the 741 existing biocidal substance list therefore, the total number of biocidal chemicals in the existing list becomes 744 entries. It includes: Chlorine dioxide generated from sodium chlorite by oxida
Read More...The recent MSDS amendment in South Korea was enforced on 16 January 2021. This amendment requires chemical manufacturers and importers to deliver and submit an MSDS to the competent authority (Korean Occupational Safety and Health Agency, KOSHA
Read More...On 21 Dec. 2020, China MEE announced that the second batch of 238 substances have fulfilled the requirements for IECSC supplementation and will be managed as existing chemical substances. On 17 November 2020, China MEE released a publ
Read More...On the 24 December 2020, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) released the final versions of technical risk assessment guidelines. These guidelines will guide and regulate risk assessment activities and assisting the implementation
Read More...On January 11, 2021, a stakeholder consultation meeting was organized by Additional Secretary (Chem) to discuss BIS standards of 12 chemicals. Nine of the twelve standards under consideration are concluded to be made mandatory. The 12 BIS s
Read More...Following the end of the Brexit transition period on 1st January 2021, the UK REACH Regulation is now in force. UK REACH, which has been described as mirroring its EU counterpart, applies instead of EU REACH in respect of Great Britain (England,
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