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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

Chemical Regulations Updates in 2020 K-REACH K-REACH requires registration for all existing chemicals manufactured and imported to South Korea in quantities exceeding 1 ton per year. Joint registration is mandatory under K-REACH unless the

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

  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

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

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,

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 2019 to August 2020.

Japan’s Ministry of Environment (MoE) in 2021 has published the schedule for companies to notify new chemical substances manufactured or imported in volumes of less than 10 tonnes/year, or apply for the small volume chemical permits under the C

In 2020 Colombia became the third Latin American country to join the OECD. As a membership requirement, the country has to develop a chemicals management system, including chemical regulation. The chemical regulation draft named integral manageme

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 public discussion until the 1st of April

The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) has been submitting several proposals of the country’s agrochemical standards to the WTO in February. All of the modification proposals are open to public consultation until April 4th, 2021. Th

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 draft resolution lists out requirements for registra

With the implementation of MEE Order No.12, more and more chemical substances are adding into the Chinese Inventory. On March 17th, 2021, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China (MEE) announced that they will add the third batch of chemi

Japan is going forward with a global ban on the production, import, and use of Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts, and 2,2,2-Trichloro-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl) ethanol (also known as o,p’-Dicofol), as a part of its commitment ann

On 24 August 2023, the United Kingdom’s Health and Security Executive (HSE) notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the amendment of the Great Britain mandatory classification and labelling list (the GB MCL list), following review, by introd

Under the New Substance Program, Environment and Climate Canada and Health Canada are responsible for administering the New Substances Notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers) and the New Substances Notification Regulations (Organisms

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 delay of the approvement of the second part of Eurasia REACH regulation

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 amended in March 2019. The lega

Update: On 5 December 2024, Japan’s MHLW, METI and MOE notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of the adoption of the Cabinet Order designating NPE as a Class II Specified Chemical Substance. This designation will come into force on 1 April 2

Ministry of Environment and Ecology of China (MEE) announced that the 3rd batch of chemical substance were added in the IECSC on 16 April. There were 204 chemical substances added this time. Since the announcement of MEE Order No.12, 459 chemical sub