Australia to remove two POPs from the Inventory

On 10 January 2023 a number of changes to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (AIIC) were announced by the AICIS.

After an evaluation under Part 4 of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019, the AICIS has decided to remove the inventory listings of two Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) from the AIIC. The conclusion of the evaluation was that the risks to the environment from the introduction or use of the two substances cannot be managed with the existing regulatory framework. The following two substances will therefore be removed from the AIIC on 8 February 2023.

The above-mentioned evaluation also resulted in variations to inventory listings for two substances. The variation means that an obligation to provide specific information to the AICIS will be added to the terms of listing for the to following compounds from 8 February 2023.

Furthermore, the following industrial chemicals were added to the AIIC because 5 years have passed since the assessment certificates for these compounds were issued. Obligations to provide information about the new substances apply. The AICIS must be informed within 28 days if the circumstances of the importation or manufacture (introduction) are different to their assessment.