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Section 21 of the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 (the Act) allows for the introduction of new chemicals into Australia provided the chemicals meet certain requirements stipulated in subsections 21(4) and 21(6) of the Act.
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In September 2020, the Ukrainian government published a draft resolution of changes to the Ukrainian Technical regulation on Toy’s safety. The changes in the Technical Regulation are prepared to bring the provisions of the Technical Regulation i
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What is CMSR? India released the fourth draft of the Chemical (Management and Safety) Rules (CMSR) on March 16, 2020. The CMSR will regulate Substances, Substances in Mixture, Substance in Articles and Intermediates that are manufactured, imported
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The Ministry of Industry in Thailand published its new regulation B.E. 2558 on the notification of the production and import of hazardous substances in Government gazette regarding production and import of hazardous substances which come into force o
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The additions include three substances that are toxic to reproduction and one endocrine disruptor. The Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs) now contains 209 substances that may have serious effects on people or the environment.
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Australia announced in the beginning of year 2020 about their decision to adapt 7th Revision of the Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) from 1st July 2020. This will be adopted under the Model Work Health
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South Korea restricts the contents of Heavy metals, Phthalates, and Nitrosamines in children’s products since 4 June 2020. As a result, manufacturer and importer of children’s products should test products to ensure not to exceed the maximum thre
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The Union Cabinet ratified ban on seven Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) listed under Stockholm Convention. The Stockholm Convention is a global treaty to protect human health and environment from POPs, which are identified chemical substances
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On October 14 the European Commission published the comprehensive Chemical strategy (EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability). The Strategy is the first step toward a zero pollution ambition outlined in the European Green Deal. The strategy covers
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FCMs regulations are fast-moving to improve the protection of public health. Food contact materials (FCMs) refer to all materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, for example, packaging and containers, machinery to process fo
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With the approaching of the implementation of MEE Order No.12, MEE published a transition measure – Notice on Transitional Arrangements for Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substance – on 27th October 2020. This measure a
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On 22 Dec. 2020, the General Administration of Customs  has released an announcement on the inspection of hazardous chemicals subject to import and export. According to the Regulations on the Safety of Hazardous Chemicals (Decree No. 591 of the
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  On November 19th, 2020, the Standardization Administration of China (SAC) published the Guidelines for the Use and Control of Key Chemical Substances in Consumer Products (GB/T 39498-2020), with its effective date on June 1st, 2021. The
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Proposition 65, known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, was enacted as a ballot initiative in November 1986. The proposition protects California's drinking water sources from being contaminated with chemicals known
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The Hazardous Substance Act B.E. 2535 is one of the main legislative bases involved in chemical management in Thailand. The first issue of B.E. 2535 came into force on April 7th, 1992. The Act has been revised several times. The Ministry of Indus
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In a meeting held in May 19-20, 2021 (SGT 6), the Mercosur Environment Working Subgroup recommended advancing the regulatory framework within the bloc. The proposal includes the adoption of an updated GHS version and a regulatory harmonization among
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In August 2020, the 5th draft of the Chemicals Management & Safety Rules (CMS Rules) was published by the Government of India. These draft rules are based on the EU REACH legislation and the existing Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous C
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On July 9th, ECAH added eight chemicals to the Candidate List of SVHC, expanding the list from 211 to 219 entries. These newly added substances are used in consumer products such as cosmetics, scented articles, rubber, textiles, or as solvents an
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National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updated the Toxic Chemical Substances List on June 22nd, 2021.  After the hazard assessment under K-REACH, 13 substances were revised, and 19 substances were newly added to th
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The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updated the chemical substance classification and labelling list on July 12th, 2021. This list includes name of chemical substances, unique number, CAS number, hazard code, la
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Through the Ministry of Employment and Labour under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993, on 29 March 2021, the government of South Africa finally published its regulations concerning Hazardous Chemical Agents. This is a supersession of the c
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A Global NGO network, International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN), based on its research, has found levels of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in almost all the free-range chicken eggs it collected near plastic waste disposal sites in 14
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Indian Government is proposing to bring out a ‘Reference Document for Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road’. These Dangerous Goods (DG) refer to substances that pose risks to health, safety, property, and the environment when transported.  
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As published on the website of the official gazette, the Turkey cosmetic regulations’ annexes were amended in September. The parts that were amended include: Annex 2 (List of forbidden substances)Annex 3 (List of substances that cosmetic prod
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On the 7th of September, 2021, the Chemical Registration Centre in China upgraded its hazardous chemical substance registration platform based on the module of ’Platform + Application’ mentioned in its 2021 working plan. The system was upgrade
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The deadline to submit a Downstream User Import Notification (DUIN) officially expired on October 27, 2021. However, HSE recently updated its online guidance on UK REACH and announced that DUINs can still be notified, although a clear timeframe was n
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The Health and Environment Ministry of Canada has proposed a recommendation to add organic substance used in paints and six flame retardants to the country's toxic substances’ list. The six flame retardants are part of a group of ten substan
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The Indian Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) amendment of the storage, handling, and packaging rules and stock reporting system for ammonium nitrate and calcium carbide came into effect on the 2nd of September, 2021.
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A study and ingredients’ comparison done for 20 perfumes in Belgium, Denmark, and the Netherlands revealed that these perfumes contain substances of concern that have been listed by authoritative bodies. The study shows the presence of 26 problemat
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The Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) now contains 223 entries. On 17th January 2022, ECHA added four hazardous chemicals that are commonly used in cosmetics to the candidate list. Under the REACH regulation, companies have
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Transport Canada (TC) recently opened a discussion to revise Part 6 of the Transportation of Dangerous Products (TDG) and set new training requirements.  Published in the Canada Gazette Part 1 on 11 December 2021, the recommendations aim at prov
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The Norwegian Environmental Agency announced on February 3, 2022, that the duty to declare annual quantities for 2021 is postponed until May 20, 2022. This occurred because the agency is improving the Product Register – the portal for chemical d
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On the 16th of January 2022, China’s Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) launched a new online platform for the registration of hazardous chemicals. The previous system launched in 2020 was closed on January 28, after which the new Hazardous
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India started consultation on a draft international standard (IS) for sodium hypochlorite, also known as bleach. The item is described as an inorganic chemical widely used as bleach liquor. It is generally sold in aqueous solutions, according to
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The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea is consulting on a draft amendment of Designation of Toxic Substances under Enforcement Decree of the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH). The draft amendment mainly proposes r
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In Brazil, the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of classification and labeling is established by the Brazilian National Standards Organization (ABNT) standard and officially implemented by Regulatory Norm (NR) 26. Currently, chemical classification a
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A leading European research institute, Oeko-Institut opened a consultation to exempt lead restriction under the EU RoHS Directive for medical devices’ production. The expectation is to develop lead-free alternatives, which have been delayed due to
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The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) have developed an integrated guidance framework for chemical safety in isolated storage and industries subject to the Manufacture, Storage,
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Two amendments were announced to mandate inspection requirements for commodities subject to Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) regulation in Taiwan on February 24 and March 15, 2022. They were announced by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology a
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The Thailand Department of Industrial works and Ministry of Industry Recently published a notification, in the Royal Gazette on 11 April 2022.  This notification is referred to as “Notification of Department of Industrial works regarding criteria
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Two Non-Governmental Organizations conducted tests on toys and other consumer products found on sale in African and Arab countries. A report published on May 24, 2022, shows that the tests discovered about 20% of the sampled products contain high lev
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Consultation on the proposed amendments to the Vietnamese rules on their restricted chemical licences, labelling, management logbooks, and annual reporting deadlines is currently ongoing until June 26, 2022. The approved changes would accordingly be
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According to ECHA, there is a new intention to identify a Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) from Belgium together with France. The substance of interest is 4,4'-sulphonyldiphenol (i.e. Bisphenol S (BPS), EC 201-250-5, CAS 80-09-1), and the fo
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In two of the recent surveillance projects conducted by the Norwegian Environment Agency (NEA), mixed results were found in random checks of kitchen equipment, where several substances were detected above the permitted limit; but non-compliance was n
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Following the “One enterprise, one chemical product, and one QR code” principle, China’s new Hazardous Chemical Registration Comprehensive Service System was launched on February 16, 2022. It supports registry of hazardous chemicals with the au
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The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in China made an announcement explaining China’s plan to make stronger its restriction of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic products under its RoHS-like regulation (RoHS2) w
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According to Notice No.15 of 2022 issued on May 24, 2022, by the General Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, a newly approved Action Plan for New Pollutants Treatment was released aiming to improve China’s new pollutant
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On the 10th of June 2022, Singapore published an addendum proposing the control of chemicals under review by multilateral environmental agreements. The notified measure is expected to enter into force by March 1, 2023. In February 2022, the Natio
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The European Commission opens consultation till July 8, 2022, on the exemption of hexavalent chromium usage. According to the proposal, the exemption of the use of hexavalent chromium as an anticorrosion agent in gas absorption heat pumps (GAHPs) wil
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Page Industries, an Indian textiles firm, has established a restricted substances list (RSL) as part of its chemical management strategy, which will be enforced by enterprises throughout its supply chain. According to the corporation, it was publi
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India holds a public consultation on a draft standard for carbon tetrachloride, which is widely used as a solvent and diluent. The deadline is June 28. The chemical is also used to make chlorofluoromethane refrigerants, as well as grain fumigants,
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Australia implemented GHS for workplace hazardous chemicals (both substances and mixtures) from 1 Jan 2017. There is no separate guidance on chemical Classification in Australia. It is recommended to use 3rd revised version of GHS for classifying th
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The format and content of Safety Data Sheets (SDS) are set by the Code of Practice for the Preparation of Safety Data Sheets for Hazardous Chemicals. Following are some important points to note: Standard 16-SE
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Chemicals introduced solely for research, development or analysis in quantities of not more than 100kg/year Chemicals introduced at a port or airport that remain subject to Customs and Border Protection Service control, are
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In Japan, there are four laws to regulate the industrial chemicals which are : Chemical Substance Control Law (CSCL) Industrial Safety and Health Law (ISHL) Law for PRTR
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PRTR notification requires two parts of information: amount of release and amount of transfer: Amount of release: Release into atmosphere, release into public bodies of water, release into soil within the place, and reclamation w
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1) 31 Dec. 2021 Deadline: approximately 1,100 substances Remark-CMR Substance (1t/a and above) and existing substances (1,000 t/a and above) 2) 24 Dec. 2024 Deadline: approximately 1,100 substances Remark-Existing Substance (100-1000t/a) 3)
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1. Chemical products intended for scientific research work. 2. Minerals in a state of occurrence, as well as the following products, if they have not been chemically modified: minerals, ores, ore concentrates, cement clinker, natural gas, liquefie
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Please note!  Chemicals that are subject to another technical regulation are nominated voluntarily                                                                                        Informatio
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In Taiwan, GHS has been implemented for selected chemicals since 2008. Full GHS implementation for all hazardous chemicals including their physical and health hazards at workplace has been enforced since 2016. Both Toxic Chemical Substance Control Ac
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There are over 1,585 entries in current Hazardous Substances List in Thailand covering various chemicals that are controlled by various authorities (including pesticides and biocides). This list is issued and maintained by the Ministry of Industry (M
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India released the fourth draft Chemicals (Management and Safety) Rules to selected groups on March 16, 2020. This fourth draft is believed to be the final draft, despite assurances in February that the third draft was the final draft. The draft Rul
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Transport vehicle carrying the hazardous chemical shall be properly labelling and enabled with Tracking & Communication system On site safety Report – Chemical accident hazards should be identified, and adequate steps should be taken to prevent
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According to the Administrative Licensing Law, the applicant has the following rights according to law: If the applicant meets the statutory conditions and standards, the applicant has the equal right to obtain an administrative license accordi
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Article 15 Where an application is made for routine registration, the applicant shall submit the following materials: (1) The application form for regular registration; (2) The physical and chemical properties of new chemical substances, healt
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Article 29 Before a new chemical substance that has obtained a regular registration certificate is listed in the "Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances in China" in accordance with Article 44 of these Measures, the holder of the registration cert
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　 Article 31 The following chemical substances listed in the "Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances in China" in accordance with Article 44 of these Measures shall be subject to new-use environmental management: 　　 (1) Highly hazardous c
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1. Consumer chemical product Ministry of Environment (MoE) designated consumer chemical products that have a potential to expose hazardous chemicals to human and environments while its use at the home, office, and public facilities (“consumer chem
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Any chemical material/object containing chemicals placed into EU market need to comply with the REACH regulation. The chemical substances have the registration obligation whereas objects/articles containing chemicals have separate set of obligation.�
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A Manufacturer, Importer or Downstream User shall ensure that all Priority Substances, Hazardous Chemicals and Mixtures containing more than 10% (w/w) of any Priority Substance or Hazardous Chemicals comply with labelling and packging requirements.
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Producers and importers of hazardous substances and mixtures to the Norwegian market have to follow the Regulations on declaration of chemicals to the product register (declaration regulations), enforced on June 1, 2015. Applicants need to submit in
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Importers and downstream users placing hazardous (that are classified as hazardous on the basis of their health or physical effects) on the EU market have direct responsibility to submit Poison center notifications (PCN) Distributors who distr
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You need to submit information on mixtures classified for any health or physical hazard and falling under the scope of the CLP Regulation. Therefore, the obligations do not apply to substances. You also do not need to make a submission for mixtures i
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