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On February 14, 2025, Canada published SOR/2025-27, officially listing decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE) and dechlorane plus (DP) under Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA). This action follows detailed risk a

On March 8, 2025, the Government of Canada published two regulatory proposals in the Canada Gazette to list boric acid, its salts and precursors, as well as certain substances in the benzotriazoles and benzothiazoles group, specifically 2-mercaptoben

At the CARACAL-54 meeting on 3 April 2025, the European Commission outlined its latest proposals to revise the REACH Regulation. These updates, forming part of the broader Chemicals Industry Package, are now open for public consultation until 25 Apri

Australia’s Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) has proposed new environmental standards for industrial chemicals under the Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management Standard (IChEMS). These proposals aim to

On May 13, the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MMA) officially launched a public consultation on the draft Decree intended to implement Law No. 15.022 of November 13, 2024. The law establishes the National Inventory of Chemical Substa

The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its 2022 report on the official monitoring of plant protection products (PPPs), revealing significant compliance issues in the food and agriculture sectors. Issued under Article 68 of the retaine

On 3 June 2025, the European Commission published Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/1085 in the Official Journal of the European Union. The regulation introduces a new restriction under Annex XVII to REACH, targeting two aprotic solvents: N,N-dimethyla

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The legal framework for regulating chemicals in the EU is Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). REAC

The legal framework for the regulation of the introduction (importation and manufacture) of industrial chemicals in Australia is the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019 (IC Act). It came into force on 12 March 2019 and establishes the Australian Industrial

Argentina does not currently have a comprehensive National Chemical Inventory, however it maintain a National Chemical List of Prohibited and Restricted Chemicals (LNSPQ), which was established by Resolution 192/2019 and updated by Resolution 504/202

When Israel joined the OECD in 2010, the country committed to establishment of a national procedure for registering chemicals. There is only partial regulation of the use of chemicals in Israel and the existing regulation is distributed among various

Although the national legislation for chemicals is not foreseen in the close future, Bolivia partnered with UNEP in developing a three-year basis program for strengthening national capacities for the management of chemical substances and hazardous

The Ministry of Environment of Korea (MoE) published the Act on Registration and Evaluation, etc of Chemical Substances (known as K-REACH) on January 1, 2015. K-REACH aims to protect public health and the environment. This is achieved by four procedu

What is ICMSR (India REACH)?  The Indian Chemicals (Management and Safety) Rules (ICMSR) are a proposed set of rules replacing the current framework for chemicals management in India. As an overarching regulation, the ICMSR will regulate the produc

The Act on Registration and Evaluation, etc., of Chemical Substances (ARECS), commonly known as K-REACH, managed by South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MoE), is a key chemical regulation that ensures the safe management of chemical substances. K