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On 6th March 2023, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change of Turkey announced that the data sharing guide within the scope of the Regulation on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (KKDI

On 1 March 2023, to align national standards and requirements with the UN Model Regulations, the Standardization Administration of China (SAC) published draft revisions of two transport regulations for public consultation. The two concerned nation

On 23 March 2023, The Gazette of India published that the Indian Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) has delayed the implementation of the quality control order (QCO) for ethylene glycol until 28 June 2023. It’s the second time the QC

On 23 March 2023 the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) opened consultation on 17 draft evaluation statements covering 1768 industrial chemicals. The deadline for comments is 19 May 2023. This type of consultations has been h

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 Mexican government has expressed its interest in promoting the application of a national policy on chemical substances, considering the life cycle of such substances. The General Health Council, responsible for the health sector in Mexico, has st

The Argentinian government has published the fees for registration, importation, notification, fines and tariffs for 2023 regarding the Registry of Chemical Precursors created by Law 26.045 of 8 June 2005. The fees are summarized in the following tab

In April 2023 the Central Government of India published two notices in the Indian Gazette delaying the start date for the Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for the 10 substances listed in the table below. The initial enforcement date for the substances w

China’s National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) has called for industry feedback on draft national safety standard on food contact materials to include more polymers and food ingredients.   The current enforcing standard for foo

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has published a statement which confirms their plan  to issue a mandatory survey. The objective of this survey is to collect information on certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). Furthermore

On 22 March 2023 the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) and 30 other associations representing market sectors in the European plastics value chain published a joint letter to the European Commission. In the letter they call on the European Co

Last month the Constitution, Justice, and Citizenship Committee at the Brazilian Parliament reopened the debate about bill PL 6120/2019. This is a bill that seeks to create the Inventário Nacional de Substâncias Químicas (The Chemical National Inv

In March 2023 during the ChemCon the Americas 2023 Conference a half-day workshop was held in San Francisco that focused on the current state of chemical registration systems and the implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification

New Regulation on carbon pricing published by Indonesia. The Regulation of the Minister of Environment and Forestry No. 21/2022 on Procedure for Implementation of Carbon Pricing was declared in Indonesia on October 22, 2022. The Regulation compri

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

The 19th assembly of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC-19), presided over by Dr. Peter Dawson of New Zealand, convened at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy, from October 9 to 13, 2023.

On 3 May 2023 the Mexican government published a decree adding, amending, and repealing various provisions of the Federal Law for the Control of Chemical Precursors, Essential Chemical Products and Machines to Manufacture Capsules, Tablets and/or Pil

On 9 May 2023 the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies approved Bill 6120/2019. The Bill will now move on to the Senate for consideration. It is now set to be reviewed by the Environment Committee (CMA) and the Committee on Social Affairs (CAS). The Bill ha

On 4 May 2023, Australia Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) repealed CBI acceptance for the proper name of 2 Industrial Chemicals in the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (AIIC). These chemicals are listed below: 

In April 2023 the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) published a draft Indian Standard, Chloroform Pure and Technical, and is asking for comments on this until 4 June 2023. Other than the well-known anesthetic uses, chloroform (systematic name tric