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 government ministries and does not include a systematic evaluation of industrial chemicals. Israel is the only OECD country that does not have a register of industrial chemicals present in the country, their quantities, and uses and, furthermore, there is no clear picture of the existing regulation regarding each chemical.
On 1 October 2020 the Israelian Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) published the draft law titled ‘Industrial Chemicals Registering law 5781-2020’. The law was notified to the World Trade Organization on 6 January 2021. The law is expected to enter into force on 1 March 2023, and the establishment of the Chemical Inventory Registry should be completed and launched by 1 September 2024. However, the law was not approved as scheduled by the end of 2021 so this timeline may be delayed.
Mar-06-2023
A draft Regulation governing the creation, marketing, and import of cosmetic items has been published by Israel's Ministry of Health. Israel sent the draft to the WTO on January 24. Comments are accepted until 25 March and the draft does not indicate a timeline for implementation.
There are annexes with a list of 329 banned ingredients and 1,683 chemicals that cannot be used in cosmetic products; it also contains affirmative lists of UV filters, preservatives, and color additives that are allowed. With a few minor exceptions, these are virtually identical to those in the annexes to the EU cosmetic products Regulation.
The Israeli list is stricter than the EU one as some chemicals on Israel's list of prohibited substances are not listed on the EU equivalent list. These include; troxerutin, SD alcohol 40, and desmedipham.
The nation's proposal also complies with EU regulations on testing procedures and guidelines for designating a responsible individual for each cosmetic item.
Dec-08-2022
The revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 562 part 3 was published in the Israel Official Gazette Section of Government Notice no. 10401 “ISO 8124-3:2020 Safety of toys — Part 3: Migration of certain elements “on 17 November 2022 and entered into force immediately, allowing for a transition period until 16 April 2023. During this time, products may be tested according to the old or the new standards.
The Israel Government circulated the official Gazette which specifies the maximum acceptable levels and the methods of sampling, extraction and determination for the migration of the certain elements from toy materials and from parts of toys.
Israel updated standard also follows the EU standard EN 71-3:2019 (Safety of Toys-Part 3: Migration of certain elements) which gives the requirements and test methods for the migration of 19 elements as well as a method for determining the migration level of chromium VI from scraped-off toy materials such as paint.
Standard SI 562 specifies requirements and test methods for the migration of coatings of paints, varnishes, lacquers, printing inks, polymers, paper/paperboard, textiles, glass/ceramic/metallic materials, pliable modelling materials, among others. The standard applies to toys and components of toys which are intended to come in contact with the mouth. It also applies to food toys, cosmetic toys, and writing material. Moreover, it includes toys for children under 72 months of age, as well as liquid, pastel, and gel paint or modelling compound.
Packaging materials are not included, unless they form part of the toy or have intended play value.
The standard includes requirements for the migration of chemical elements. Certain of the toy materials are listed under 3 categories (Category I - Dry, crisp, powder-like substances , Category II - subordinates liquid or sticky substances , Category III - Materials that can be removed by scratching ) which specifies requirements and test methods for the migration of the following elements: aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barium, boron, cadmium, trivalent chromium, hexavalent chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, selenium, strontium, tin, organic tin, and zinc
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