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On 4 May 2023, Australia Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) repealed CBI acceptance for the proper name of 2 Industrial Chemicals in the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (AIIC).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

On 23 May 2023 the Central Government of India published a notice in the Indian Gazette delaying the start date for the Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for vinyl acetate monomer, methyl acrylate, and ethyl acrylate. The initial enforcement date for the

The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals has extended the Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for three chemicals. On 26 September 2023, a notification was published in the Gazette of India in consultation with Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) extend

In Vietnam, it is mandatory to register the use of controlled substance under Decree No. 06/2022/ND-CP on Reduction of Green House Gas Emissions and Protection of Ozone Layer enacted by the Government on January 7,2022. On the same day the Ministry o

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) asked for comments until 2 June 2023 on a new revised standard for vinyl acetate monomer, which is used in adhesives, emulsion paints, wood coatings, lacquers, and inks.  The standard for vinyl acetate monomer

A new code of practice for safeguarding employees from chemical airborne pollutants in the workplace is being discussed in India.  In May 2023 the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) published the draft Indian Standard, Work Environment Monitoring (

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China (MIIT) published a notification calling for public opinions on twelve national mandatory standards which includes four chemical related standards.    Safety and Technical Guidanc

On June 24, 2023, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) published a mandatory data call-in for over 850 substances utilized in various products such as cosmetics, paints, and building materials. The purpose of this data collection is to gather

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea (Minister Oh Yu-Kyoung) takes part in the WNT (Working Group of the National Coordinators for the Test Guidelines Programme) meeting that is held at the OECD headquarters in Paris,

Following consultation with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the government decided to defer implementation of of two essential quality control orders (QCO), according to an announcement by the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) t

On 29 June 2023, the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 received royal assent and is now act of parliament (law). Schedule 1 of the Act lists approximately 600 retained EU laws that will be revoked on 31 December 2023. More details on t

The second draft amendment to Decree No. 38/2014/ND-CP on the Management of Chemicals Covered by the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction was published by the M