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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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We've published a secondary notification for ethanol, 2-[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxy]-, 1,1',1''-triester with boric acid (H3BO3). This applies to all persons who manufacture or import the chemical and products containing the chemical for use in brake
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The nomination period for the Russian Inventory is formally closed now. During this nomination period, the GPC group has helped 20+ companies to nominate 350+ substances. The Russian inventory, which is expected to be publishe
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In 2017, the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EAEU Commission including Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan & Armenia) adopted the Technical regulation 041/2017 ‘on safety of chemical products’ .  This Regulation i
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Turkey REACH, which had come into force on June 23rd, 2017, had begun its pre-registration phase starting from the 23rd of December 2017 and the closing date as 31st of December 2020. From 1st Jan 2021 only those companies who have “Pre-Regist
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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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On March 11, 2019, Taiwan’s EPA published the amended regulation on New and Existing Chemical Substances, specifying Standard Registration for 106 existing chemical substances. From 1 January 2020, manufacturers or importers who manufacture or impo
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NICNAS  (National Industrial Chemicals notification and Assessment Scheme) officially retires on 30 June 2020 and will be succeeded by the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) on 1 July 2020. On 1 July, NICNAS Business Ser
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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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Switzerland has updated the list of substances notified or registered in the country, with 385 additions in June. New substances manufactured or imported into the country, in a volume greater than one tonne per year, must be notified to the Swiss che
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Japan’s Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL) goals to prevent environmental pollution caused by chemical substances that pose a risk to human health and interfere with the habitat and healthy development of flora and fauna.  (Act on the Evaluati
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According to Taiwan’s Toxic and Concerned Chemical Substance Control Act (TCCSCA), new and existing substances must be registered in Taiwan. The first batch of 106 PECs was published on 11 March 2019. Taiwan’s EPA published the draft of Guidance
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The Consumer Chemical Products and Biocide Safety Act amendment, often known as K-BPR, was promulgated on 24 March, and 26 May 2020 and will be enforced on 1 January 2021. The following section outlines a brief background of K-BPR and the significant
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A South Korea’s industry support group published a list of 332 substances that require prompt CICO establishment. These substances are the cases where pre-registrants of a concerning chemical have not selected a Lead Registrant (LR) or no activitie
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In case of import, UFI can be used in the communication with a non-EU supplier. The following way can be considered to work around possible communication problems (e.g. if the non EU supplier intends to protect the confidentiality of the mixture info
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While there are less than 160 days left for the first phase for Turkey’s REACH regulation to conclude, more than 18,000 substances were pre-registered already by the first half of 2020, reportedly. Pre-registration (or more accurately pre-SIEF
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Russia is the only country of the Eurasian Economic Union that is in the process of a national inventory formation.
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ECHA has announced new obligations for the mixtures being placed into the EU market. For every mixture placed on the market, a new notification i.e., Poison Centre notification (PCN) w
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While there are less than 160 days left for the first phase for Turkey’s REACH regulation to conclude, more than 18,000 substances were pre-registered already by the first half
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The Substances of Concern In articles as such or complex objects (Products) also known as the SCIP database is a new requirement under t
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The Ministry of Environment pre-announced partial amendments of the two subordinate laws (the Enforcement Decree and the Enforcement Rules) of the Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Act (K-BPR) on 30 July 2020. The proposed date of adopti
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Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has announced a new draft regulation regarding pesticides on food of plant or animal origin, adapted from European regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on m
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Turkey’s REACH-like regulation KKDIK, adapted from EU REACH as a European adaptation policy, is yet in the first phase – pre-registration phase as known. There have been queries from many organizations regarding the chance of having a late-pre-re
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China opened a public consultation on the new Guidance on Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances. The draft guideline provides implementation design for the MEE ORDER 12 with regards to the scope of registration, data requir
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The final draft of the Indian Chemicals Management and Safety Rules (CMSR – India REACH) is out now! Next Step: After final optimization, Indian CMSR will go for the World Trade Organization (WTO) notification (60 Days) The Indian CMSR would
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Unlike EU-REACH, K-REACH requires manufacturers and importers to register polymers. Based on definitions and scope of polymer registration specified in K-REACH, they shall either register manufactured and imported polymers or apply for an exemption c
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In a recent personal communication with CIS Centre, Russia got notified that, due to the COVID-19 crisis, the Russian Inventory notification Deadline due on May 1st, 2020 has been extended 3 more months to August 1st, 2020. Below is the full e
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According to the latest update from the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization of Turkish Republic, pre-SIEF notification module in KKS (Chemical Registration System) will be kept active even after the pre-registration deadline, 31st December 2020.
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The Ministry of Environment and Urbanization of the Turkish Republic has published the draft of the price list for registration fees. It is known from the regulation from before that registration, updating registration, request on confidentiality,
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In Australia, new scheme the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) replaced 30 year old National Industrial Chemicals notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) on 1st July 2020. This new scheme regulates the introduction
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The Government of the Russian Federation has identified responsible institutions for implementing the Eurasian Technical Regulation 041 (TR 041), an official decree published on 16 September 2020. The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Ru
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The Thai Ministry of Public Health launched a public survey to collect information on the Food Contact Materials (FCMs) currently on the market. According to Chemical Watch, the different types of materials survey covers are glass, ceramics, metal �
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India is finalizing plans to increase the number of chemicals and petrochemicals to be covered by mandatory certification. The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, the responsible authority to issue list of products on which mandatory certification
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notification to the Vietnam chemical inventory is reopened the notification to the inventory may be done before 15th April 2021. A longer time duration of about six months is provided so that all stakeholders could gather relevant information and nom
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Vietnam has reopened the nomination of chemicals for inclusion in its draft national inventory until 15 April next year.  In the first round of nominations, the Vietnamese Centre for Emergency Response to Chemicals (VCERC) accepted submission
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With the deadline for implementation of MEE ORDER 12 is fast approaching, on October 27th, 2020, the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) published the Notice on Transitional Arrangements for Environmental Management Registration of New
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On 14 September 2020, Denmark notified the WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade of its enactment of an Executive order on safety requirement for toys. The purpose of the executive order is to transpose into Danish law Directive 2019/1922/UE m
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With Brexit being implemented from 31st January 2020, the UK has formally left the EU with a withdrawal deal and it is currently into an 11-month transition period. The UK is no longer a member state of the EU and until the end of the transition pe
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  The UK will exit the transition period on December 31, 2020.  From 2021, the EU REACH Regulation will be brought into UK law under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and this chemical regulation is also known as UK REACH. REACH, and
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Are you introducing soaps into Australian territory for commercial purposes to make a profit? Then you must register under AICIS. The registration duty applies only if soaps manufactured in Australia involving a chemical reaction (such as s
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The EPA showed its intention to grant the extension of the deadline for Standard Registration of 106 PECs as chemical manufacturing and import associations in Taiwan raised their concerns over the preparation for dossiers in public seminars in Oc
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The amended SEA Regulation, the “Bylaw on Classification, Labeling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures” (the CLP regulation) in Turkey, was published on 10 December 2020 in the Official Gazette No.31330. This amendment harmoniz
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On January 4th, 2021, the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) addendum, concerning the active substance Glyphosate (G01), entered into force. The resolution RDC 441/2020 applies to all technical and formulated products register
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Following the end of the Brexit transition period on 1st January 2021, the UK REACH Regulation is now in force. UK REACH, which has been described as mirroring its EU counterpart, applies instead of EU REACH in respect of Great Britain (England,
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Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade (Minpromtorg) has now published the finalized version of the inventory of chemical substances. The finalized version contains +80.000 substances notified to the Minpromtorg from December 2019 to August 2020.
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Japan’s Ministry of Environment (MoE) in 2021 has published the schedule for companies to notify new chemical substances manufactured or imported in volumes of less than 10 tonnes/year, or apply for the small volume chemical permits under the C
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    When Israel joined the OECD in 2010, the country planned to establish a national mechanism for registering chemicals. There are various regulations in Israel that regulate the practice of chemicals, aspects of import, production, occu
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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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The Eurasian Economic Commission has published an updated draft of the 2nd tier of Eurasian Technical Regulation TR 041/2017 on “Safety of Chemical Products” (Eurasia REACH). The draft is available for public discussion until the 1st of April 202
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In late January, after a month of the implementation of the MEE Order.12, China’s Solid Chemical Waste Management Center (SCC) published the first notification of the first activity and annual report. This notification provides detailed the re
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Grandfathering is a transitional arrangement under UK REACH that allows GB-based manufacturers and importers of a substance registered under EU REACH to continue to import or manufacture that substance in Great Britain past the end of th
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The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) has been submitting several proposals of the country’s agrochemical standards to the WTO in February. All of the modification proposals are open to public consultation until April 4th, 2021. Th
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Northern Island (NI) is part of EU regulatory systems for chemicals to ensure frictionless movement of goods within the island of Ireland, whilst remaining within the UK customs territory. NI businesses will retain their current EU REACH status a
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Vietnamese National Chemical Inventory (NCI) notification window opened on 16th October 2020 and is about to close on 15th April 2021. Vietnam began to compile the national chemical inventory (NCI) in 2012. Substances that are not listed on th
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The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea has announced late pre-registration criteria on 23 February. Existing substances are chemicals that have been circulated in South Korea before 1991 or nominated by the MoE after the hazards assessment
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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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On February 9, 2021, Chile approved its rules for the classification, labeling, and notification of dangerous chemical substances and mixtures (Decree 57) in the official gazette. The Decree 57 was promulgated in November 2019 and communicated
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The Law Bill 6.120/2019 is in possession of the Environment and Sustainable Development Commission (CMADS) of the Deputies’ Chamber since early December 2019, aiming to create the National Inventory of Chemical Substances in order to consolidat
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On 23rd March 2021, Chinese National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) launched a new platform for the registration and filing of cosmetics to support the implementation of ‘Cosmetic Supervision and Administration Regulation (CSAR)’ and
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' In an email exchange with GPC dated April 2nd, 2021, HSE provided a much-welcomed clarification regarding the requirements that non-GB manufacturers must meet in order to qualify for DUIN. In their email, HSE stated that DUIN is only avai
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Under the New Substance Program, Environment and Climate Canada and Health Canada are responsible for administering the New Substances notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers) and the New Substances notification Regulations (Organisms
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As per Canada’s New Substances Fees Regulations, fees must be provided with each New Substance notification (NSN) package submitted under the New Substance notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers).  The amount of fee will be depen
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Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) has published the modification of the fee structure for chemical registration on April 7, 2021. In response to the international trend of reducing the use of animal testing, the registratio
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The entry into force date of Eurasia REACH has been postponed. The regulation was initially planned to come into force on 2nd June 2021.  This postpone is mainly due to the delay of the approvement of the second part of Eurasia REACH regulation
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The recent partial amendment to K-REACH has been approved by South Korea's parliament on 13 April, and it will be enforced on 14 October. This amendment outlines the culpability of downstream users and resellers that employ unregistered substan
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On May 27 Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) proposed an amendment to the Regulation on New and Existing Chemical Substances. The regulation was first published in 2014 and had previously been amended in March 2019. The lega
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Companies are recommended to register substances under EU REACH with an appropriate declaration of company size together with supporting documents in REACH-IT system. Qualification of micro, small or medium-sized (MSME) enterprise is listed in
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In a private communication with GPC, UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provided some clarification on the UK REACH compliance procedures currently available for importers and manufacturers. A great number of GB-based importers and non-GB-ba
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Ministry of Environment and Ecology of China (MEE) announced that the 3rd batch of chemical substance were added in the IECSC on 16 April. There were 204 chemical substances added this time. Since the announcement of MEE Order No.12, 459 chemical sub
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At the XXII Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean on 1-2 February 2021, ministries from six countries in Latin America announced the Action Plan 2021-2024 for Latin America and the Caribbean, aiming to p
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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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On the 10th of June, EPA proposed a new Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) reporting rule after the White House Office of Management and Budget cleared it. For producers and importers, this new rule means that they have to 
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Department of Environment (DOE) recently announced its new website for Environmentally Hazardous Substances (EHS) Registration. The platform is for gathering information on EHS identified and notified by importers and manufacturers to DOE. With t
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On the 7th of July, the Ministry of Environment and Ecology of China (MEE) published a notification of “Letter on Soliciting Opinions on the "14th Five-Year Plan" National Hazardous Waste Standardized Environmental Management Assessment Work P
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ECHA added new updates in the Guidance on Registration in August 2021. The new updated version of the guidance document offers advanced support to the companies with their registration obligations.  The Guidance on Registration was first pu
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The 27th October 2021 deadline for submitting a Downstream User Import notification is approaching fast.   As a reminder, your substances are eligible for DUIN if:  They are registered under EU REACH; and   They were placed on the GB
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The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea updated K-REACH to simplify data submission for duplicate data requirements. According to K-REACH enforcement rule article 36, chemical substance safety information shall be provided. Especially, wh
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The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) announced the SCIP Database in September 2021; this is a public database for Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) in EU products. SCIP database is aimed at helping consumers make informed purchasing choice
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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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In recent months, Chile has announced three main resolutions aimed at defining the goals, obligations, annual report’s content, and the framing of products that would fall within the packing management. Chile is truly embracing the Extended Produc
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In September, Chile reaffirmed commitments with the Latin American Regulatory Cooperation Forum (LARCF), an association promoting dialogue and information exchange, training initiatives, and regulatory cooperation through national chemi
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On the 1st of December 2021, China’sNational Medical Products Administration  (NMPA) published a special label for cosmetics that are intended for use by children under 12 years old. From 1 May 2022, newly registered children’s cosmetics must
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In a letter of 9 February 2021, Steve Elliott, Chief Executive of the UK’s Chemical Industries Association called upon the UK government to repeal the UK REACH requirement for duplicate registration datasets. Under the current situation, companies
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On November 15 and 16, 2021, the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade, India published and submitted eight chemicals’ notifications to the World Trade Organization (WTO). BIS certification is required by every manufacturer (Indian or foreign
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On November 23rd, 2021, Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Agency amended the Regulations of New and Existing Chemical Substances Registration and extended the submission of 106 PECs to 5 years. Considering the impacts of COVID on the industry, comp
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On the 11th of January 2022, the European Commission granted a temporary exemption for the use of lead in the following electronic materials: bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide superconductor cables wires and lead in their electrical co
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European Union (EU)  A new Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability was presented by the EU in 2020 as part of the EU Green Deal. This year, there are major implementations that will be made to achieve this strategy as Europe transitions to a toxi
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The directorate of the Revolving Fund of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization has published the 2022 KKDİK fee on its website. Compared to 2021, the fees have increased by 20%. In 2021, the joint submission fee was lesser than individual
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Based on the China cosmetic regulation (Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulation, CSAR), the National Medical and Pharmaceutical Agency (NMPA) published the good manufacturing practice ‘specifications’ for cosmetics. This notification
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The Department of Environment (DOE) in the Ministry of Environment and Water, Malaysia launched a new website in April 2021. This new website called ‘MyEHS’ was launched after the department closed its Environmental Hazardous Substance Notific
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On January 31, 2022, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) released a Gazette notification for Extension in the Implementation date of Chemicals under mandatory certification Scheme I. The chemicals with extended implementation dates are Acetic
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The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan recently designated 4-methylbenzenesulfonic acid as a deleterious substance. This is an industrial substance widely used in coating products, polymers, lubricants, and greases. Most impo
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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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The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) in India has pushed back the deadlines for implementing quality control orders (QCOs) issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for five substances. These substances are tagged ‘specialt
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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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Till the 16th of March 2022, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) consults on the draft Indian Standard (IS) for 3,4-dichlorophenyl isocyanate. BIS published a daft in February, describing the substance as an organic compound (formula: C7H3CI2NO)
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The Ministry of Environment and Ecology of China (MEE) published a Draft Plan for Digital Transformation in Hazardous Waste Management on the 18th of January 2022. This draft mainly focuses on the following aspects: 1.     Digital transforma
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On the 7th of March 2022, the EU notifies the decision to not approve N-(3-aminopropyl)-N-dodecylpropane1,3-diamine as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products. This decision was made due to the human health risks posed by the sub
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On  February 15, 2022, the National Medical Products Administration of China (NMPA) published final measures for cosmetic companies to establish systems for monitoring adverse reactions of cosmetics. It is expected to come into force on October 1
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In February 2022, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in South Korea proposed amendments to the ‘Regulation on Safety Standards, etc. of Cosmetics’. This is the cosmetics policy enacted in 2015 to guide the manufacture and import of co
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The Health Canada’s revised in-commerce list (R-ICL) of chemicals used in food, drugs, and cosmetics no longer includes 602 substances that are not commercially active. These substances are therefore not subject to notification under the Food an
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The Brazilian Deputies’ Chamber approved Law Bill 6.120/2019, which proposes the creation of a national chemical inventory aimed at consolidating information of chemicals present and imported into the national market.  The Law Bill, once in po
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After four years of drafting the framework, Colombia finally promulgated a robust chemical management regulation. Decree 1630, published on November 30, 2021, sets the ground for implementing a national chemical inventory.  Decree 1630/2021 
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As part of its drive to use safer alternatives, India has imposed restrictions on certain hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and ozone-depleting substances (ODSs), requiring importers and exporters to obtain government permission before trading. The new ru
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On the 28th of April 2022, the Ministry of Environment, South Korea submits a draft on the labelling and advertising of chemical products. With comments expected to close 40 days from notification, the proposal will be adopted after June 2022 and
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US EPA on the 29th of April 2022, submitted a notification to World Trade Organization, to amend the regulatory decision on Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs).  According to US EPA, VOCs are compounds that have a high vapor pressure and low water sol
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According to notifications from World Trade Organization (WTO), several resolutions for medical devices are proposed to enter into force with the earliest start being on May 2, 2022, by the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency. Earlier in March 2022, B
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On April 27, 2022, the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, India, published the Quality Control Orders (QCOs) in Gazette notifications for eight chemicals in order to make Bureau of Indian Standard
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On May 2, 2022, the European Union released a draft to amend Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. The new amendment mainly concerns articles in which production includes the use of formaldehyde or formaldehyde-releasing substances that release
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Exports and products involved with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salt forms, and PFOA-related compounds are banned after the European Commission makes addition to Annex V of the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Regulation. Echoing the Stockholm Conv
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Recently, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) published several updates for BIS standards. The updates address the following:   Grant of All India First License for “Plastic-Acrylonitrile-Butadiene styrene (ABS) Moulding and Extrusion Ma
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On April 22, 2022, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) announced a consultation notice on approving two new resins used in food contact materials and an expanded use of one food contact material additive.   The concer
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On April 27, 2022, the General Department of the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) extends the deadline for submitting certain data under the cosmetic regulation from May 1 until December 31. This decision was made due to the rising ca
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The Australian Government published a variation of specific information requirements regarding 1H-1,4,7-triazonine, octahydro-1,4,7-trimethyl- (CAS No. 96556-05-7) on May 4, 2022. The modification and publication are done in accordance with Section 9
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The Australian authority on the 13th of May 2022 announced the addition of six chemicals to the Australia Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (AIIC). The assessment certificates of these chemicals have been issued according to Section 82 of the Industr
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The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) is responsible for regulating and approving guidelines and use of pharmaceutical drugs, sanitary standards, and regulation of the food industry. In the last month, ANVISA has proposed modifications to a
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Health Canada has released a proposal for public comment to create a unified regulatory framework for disinfectants and sanitizers. In Canada, biocidal products are currently governed by distinct regulatory systems. Surface sanitizers are governed
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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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The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘the results of hazard review of chemical substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH). The draft amend
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According to ECHA, the once selected substance silver-polyethylenimine-chloride, as a new chemical to join in the biocides review programme now needs some new concerned business bodies to continue its approval process. The original uses applied fo
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The overhaul to “short form” warnings under Prop 65 is temporarily paused in California, the US. The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has decided to keep on hold this controversial proposal and instead issue an alternative
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The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) has announced a new four-year pilot project between four African countries. These four African countries, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria collaborated to start a project that will
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On the 10th of June 2022, ECHA added an entry on n-(hydroxymethyl)acrylamide (NMA) to the REACH candidate list. This addition was done due to the carcinogenic and genotoxic properties of the chemical, posing possible threats to cause cancer or geneti
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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 Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change of Turkey has developed a new website to search for information regarding the inventory of chemicals called Chemicals Data System (KIMVES). While the system resembles the substance search
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On May 31, 2022, the Colombian Ministry of Commerce (MINCIT) officially launched the Online Portal for Chemical Substances for Industrial Use. The Online Portal will be the main instrument for the industry to submit chemical information to the author
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In May 2022, the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) modified the procedures for low-risk sanitizers issuing Resolution of the Collegiate Board (Resolução da Diretoria Colegiada -RDC) 692 . The change is intended to facilitate t
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Contents: Registration requirements (registration types and documents required) Post-registration management
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*This webinar will be held in Turkish. Turkish description is below.As you may know, the 5th Draft of the Indian Chemicals Management and Safety Rules (CMSR) is in circulation. It is expected that Indian CMSR will come into force this year and will r
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As you may know, the 5th Draft of the Indian Chemicals Management and Safety Rules (CMSR) is in circulation. It is expected that Indian CMSR will come into force this year and will require notification (with additional data requirements) of all subst
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The main regulation of chemical management in Taiwan is the Toxic Chemicals and Concerned Substances Control Act (TCCSCA) amended in 2019 and came into force on January 1, 2020. Manufacturers or importers of substances have the obligations of Phase O
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Welcome to our webinar on "Chemical Regulatory Updates in Latin America" organized by Global Product Compliance(GPC) and Indian Chemical Council(ICC). Chemical policies are rapidly developing in South America. The trade blocks, as well as the indu
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Session 1: How to comply with chemical regulations in China?   The Measures for the Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substance (MEE Order 12) which is also known as 'New China REACH' has been carried out for over 2 year and
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Background As Chemical policies are rapidly developing across the world, industries have witnessed an increasing need for compliance support. As knowledge partner to the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Global Product Compliance (GPC) is ho
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Welcome to our webinar on "Comply with UK-REACH: How can companies prepare" organized by Global Product Compliance(GPC). The EU REACH Regulation was brought into the UK law on 1 January 2021, and this is known as UK REACH. UK REACH requires UK man
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Welcome to our webinar on "All you need to know about BIS Certification for Chemicals" organized by Global Product Compliance(GPC). The BIS of BIS Certification stands for Bureau of Indian Standards. The establishment of a national standards body
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Welcome to our webinar on "Moving Forward in KKDIK: How should companies prepare for registration process" organized by Global Product Compliance(GPC). KKDIK is an acronym in Turkish for Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of C
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National Industrial Chemicals notification & Assessment Scheme. Australian Chemical Inventory - AICS Australia has a list of chemical inventory known as “AICS – Australia Inventory of chemical substances”. This is a li
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The substances which are not on the AICS inventory are subject to notification before its manufacture or import. Two or more manufacturers or importers may make a joint application (with a single fee). Specific Implementation Timeline:
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 Permits Type Chemical amount introduced Duration of certificate or permit
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The notification types in China REACH are Regular Notification Simplified Notification - General Conditions Simplified Notification - Special Conditions Scientific Research Record Typical notification follows the principle �
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Scope Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 on cosmetic products covers cosmetics defined as: Any substance or mixture, Intended to be placed in contact with The external parts of the human body (epidermis, hair system, nails, lips and external genital
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The term ‘manufacturer’ has a wide definition under the cosmetics legislation and includes the entity which has a product designed or manufactured, and markets the cosmetic product under its name or trademark. Therefore, unless it has explicit
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The Insecticide Act (1968) is not applicable to:  (a) the use of any insecticide by any person for his own household purposes or for kitchen garden or in respect of any land under his cultivation; (b) any substance specified or included in t
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The Act on Registration and Evaluation, etc of Chemical Substances (known as K-REACH) aims to protect public health and the environment. This is achieved by four procedures, namely notification or registration, evaluation, authorization, and restri
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Under K-REACH, any person who intends to manufacture or import a new chemical substance or at least one ton per year of an existing chemical substance shall register the chemical substance ("registration") according to the following requiremen
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K-REACH pre-registration start from 1 Jan 2019 and end on 30 June 2019. It is required all >=1t/y existing chemical substances manufactured in or imported to South Korea. Only those pre-registered existing substances can benefit from registration gr
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According to the article 10 of amended K-REACH regulation, any person who intends to manufacture or import a new chemical substance or at least one ton per year of an existing chemical substance shall register the chemical substance before he or she
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 ITEMS EU REACH K-REACH Registration target New substance (>=1t/y) Existing substance (>=1t/y) New substance (>=100kg/y) Existing substance (>=1t/y)
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The compliance assessment with the requirements of the TR 041 is carried out in one of the following ways: notification registration  For substances that are listed (e.g. notified) in the Eurasian chemical inventory: that do not 
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A common Eurasian inventory for chemical substances and mixtures is expected to be formed as a part of the decision taken by the Eurasian Economic Union Comission (EAEU Comission) on the formation of the TR 041.  There are two major steps that ar
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The Russian inventory of chemicals and mixtures has been established as a first step in the formation of a common Eurasian inventory (thus the Russian inventory is a part of the Eurasian Inventory!) The main aim of the inventory is to aquire inf
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Chemical Inventory in Taiwan Taiwan’s Chemical substance Inventory (TCSI), was compiled jointly by two competent authorities, the Environmental Protection Administration and Ministry of Labor. The inventory contains more than 100,000 substances
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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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Indian Chemicals (Management & Safety) (ICMS) Rules covers the following critical compliance criteria:  ICMS Rules applies to all substances, substances in mixtures and Intermediates that are manufactured, imported, placed, or intended to be pla
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Notifier or Registrant may request that trade secrets, proprietary business information and other intellectual property related data and information shared by the Notifier or the Registrant be kept confidential and not be disseminated publicly. A re
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Following information shall be submitted to the Division for notification of Substances. This information must be based on test reports from NABL accredited labs or GLP labs or any other Published Authentic study reports. Name of Notifier Chemica
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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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All the manufacturers, importers and Authorized Represenatative (in case of Foreign manufacturer) that have placed or intending to place a substance listed in Scheule VI in Indian territory in quntities greater than 1 ton per annum must register subs
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The Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 provides EPA with authority to require reporting, record-keeping and testing requirements, and restrictions relating to chemical substances and/or mixtures. Certain substances are generally excluded from TSCA,
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Brazil starts developing its own national existing substance inventory and new chemical management policy.Currently, there is no REACH-like regulation or new chemical substance notification requirements for industrial chemicals in Brazil. In Oct 20
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A new substance is defined a substance that is not listed on EINECS (European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances). This inventory includes chemical substances deemed to be on the European Community market between January 1, 1971 and
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The ChemO has also adopted GHS by requiring suppliers to classify, label and package hazardous substances and preparations in accordance with EU CLP regulation. In the meantime, manufacturers and importers are required to submit the classificati
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Manufacturer must classify, package and label substances and preparations and prepare exposure scenarios and compile safety data sheets in accordance with this Ordinance Manufacturers of a new substance or their only representative must notify the
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If the substance quantity placed on the market is 1 tonne per year or more and if the new substance is exempt from notification, the manufacturer or his only representative must declare the new substance to the notification Authority before placing i
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Polymers (but not the monomers) are exempted from the notification obligation under ChemO and from registration obligation under REACH. Within the scope of self-regulation, the notifier must check this (in case of uncertainty, it may ask his supplier
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Post Registration Obligations: After notification is completed, a registration certificate containing specific management category will be issued. Certificate holder needs to fulfill different post-notification obligations depending on
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Certificate holder of simplified notification shall submit the actual volume of manufacture or import of the new chemical substance for the previous year before 1 Feb of each calendar year. Certificate holder of hazardous new chemical substances s
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Any registrant who, in violation of this Provision, hides relevant information or provides false application materials in the application for the registration certificates shall be subject to a fine of RMB10,000 at least and RMB30,000 at most, by the
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In the event that an expert in expert committee makes falsifications or has negligent actions during the process of review of new chemical notification, which has led to false evaluation result, MEP will rescind the qualification of expert and public
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In the event that a domestic testing agency falsifies test data or has other wrongful acts during the process of generating data for new chemical notification, MEP will remove the testing agency from the list of approved testing agencies and publiciz
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Details required to register polymer as a new substance in CHINA Exact IUPAC name of the polymer - "Before searching IECSC, it is very important for a company to know the nomenclature rules in China. The Chinese name of a polymer should be name
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Article 10 Where the annual production of new chemical substances or the import volume of more than 10 tons, the general registration of environmental management of new chemical substances shall be conducted (hereinafter referred to as the regular r
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Article 22 The competent department of ecological environment under the State Council shall examine the technical evaluation opinions on simple registration and make a decision on the following circumstances: (1) If no one has been found to be pe
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Under Annex VIII to the CLP Regulation, importers and downstream users placing hazardous mixtures on the EU market are to provide specific information on their mixtures to appointed bodies. The annex also specifies a harmonised format for notificatio
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The Consumer Chemical Products and Biocide Safety Management Law (known as K-BPR) concerns the placing on the market and use of hazardous consumer chemical and biocidal products, which aims to protect public health and environment from these chemical
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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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During the grace periods, any person who intends to manufacture or import biocides can continue to manufacture and import the biocides without approval from MoE once he or she submits an Existing Biocidal Substance notification to MoE. By December 31
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Chemicals  Indian Standards  Title of Indian Standards  Date of notification - WTO  Final date for comments  Reason / objective  Description  (1).�
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  The main authority that is responsible for the registration, approval or restriction of agrochemicals sold in Australia is Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA). The regulation of the use of pesticides is regulated by E
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Companies seeking to export an EU-registered substance to the GB market, who also placed that substance on the GB market in 2019-2020:  Such exporters may submit a Downstream User Import notification (DUIN) to HSE. By notifying their substance via
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Guidance on PCN requirements Assess the portfolio to identify the notification Requirements Trade names and Brand Country specific variations Use specific variations Components specific variations Possi
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The Responsible Person in GB  A cosmetic product cannot be placed on the GB market unless there is a Responsible Person established in the UK in respect of that cosmetic product. Like for the EU market, the Responsible Person will have to ensure co
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The FDA regulates food, drugs, medical devices, biologics, cosmetics and radiation emitting products in the USA.  FDA’s Centre for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) is responsible for regulating manufacturers of medical devices. Medi
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Before placing a device, other than a custom-made device, on the market, the manufacturer shall, in accordance with the rules of the issuing entity referred to in Article 27(2), assign a Basic UDI-DI as defined in Part C of Annex VI to the device and
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According to Article 2.3 of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law, “cosmetics” is defined as articles with mild action on the human body which are intended to be applied to the human body through rubbing, sprinkling or other similar methods, aiming to c
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The cosmetic control in Thailand has been implemented by the Cosmetic Act B.E. 2558 (2015) which is under the regulation of Thailand FDA. The ASEAN Cosmetic Directive originated under the agreement of the ASEAN Harmonized Regulatory Scheme and the re
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Regulations  Implementation Date  Status  Cosmetic Act B.E. 2558 (2015)  2015-9-9  In force  Regulations of notification Receipt  2018-08-23�
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Notify the information of cosmetic products to the authority prior to producing or importing. Once the information is completed and correct, the applicant will receive the notification receipt which is valid for 3 years.  Manufacture or imp
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All cosmetic products must have Thai legal labelling within 30 days after importation date before putting in market. Labels must bear the following information:  Product name and trade name: (Font size must be bigger than other content) 
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National Level The Ministry of Health (MOH); is responsible for food hygiene, chemical contamination, food borne disease control, permission and inspection for new food, new food contact articles and food contacts additives notification approva
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In the USA, Food Contact Materials (FCM) is regulated under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), where a revised Title 21 is issued on approximately April 1st of each year and is usually
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NEPA:FDA urges the federal agencies to take the environmental considerations into account in the planning and making their decisions. NEPA is basically a declaration of the nation’s environmental policy and goals. It intensifies the FDA’s command
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Comprehensive Summary: The rationale for the notifier's conclusion that the usage of the FCS is safe should be summarised and discussed in detail in an FCN. While addressing all safety data given in the warning, the summary should describe cumul
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Due to the introduction of the Food Contact notification the number of Food Additive Petitions has reduced substantially. Nevertheless, the FDCA states that the FCN process will be used for food contact substances authorizations except where FDA decl
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Who is affected?  Pesticide manufacturers engage in the manufacture, processing, and repackaging of pesticides, and importers of pesticides in Taiwan need to comply with the Pesticide Management Act and apply for licenses.    Timeline  Pesti
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India’s Chemicals (Management and Safety) Rules (ICMSR) also referred to as ‘India REACH’ will come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette, expected mid-2021, and will regulate all substances, substances in mixtures
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notification All manufacturers or importers (or authorised pepresentatives acting on behalf of foreign entities) shall notify National Chemical Authority of all existing Substances that they have Placed in Indian Territory in quantities greater t
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India’s Chemicals (Management and Safety) Rules (ICMSR) also referred to as ‘India REACH’ will come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette, expected mid-2021, and will regulate all substances, substances in mixtures
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China MEE is to supplement substances manufactured in or imported into China before 15 Oct. 2003 into the Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances. Manufacturers, importers, users, industrial associations, etc. can submit paper copies and electronic
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There are three types of notification under NCSN, depending on the purpose of manufacture/import and the quantities.   Scientific Research Record notification: Scientific Research Record has the lowest requirements among all the three
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The total cost for China NCSN consists of three major parts, namely the administration fee, the testing fee and the consulting fee. Administrative fee: According to current regulations, application and evaluation for China NCSN or issuance of r
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New chemical substances registered for Regular notification will be divided in three environmental management categories following the expert panel's evaluation. They are the "general chemical substance", "hazardous chemical substance" and "hazar
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Any person wishing to import or manufacture a substance that is new to Canada must provide the government with specific information 5-120 days before that substance is imported or manufactured. The information and timelines depend on the substance an
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After successful registration of the substance, the authority issues a registration certificate containing the specific management category will be issued. The certificate holder needs to fulfil different post-notification obligations depending on th
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The ChemO has also adopted GHS by requiring suppliers to classify, label and package hazardous substances and preparations in accordance with EU CLP regulation. In the meantime, manufacturers and importers are required to submit the classificati
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Substances with an EC-Nr. beginning with 4 (ELINCS) are new substances Those with a list number beginning with 6, 7, 8 or nine are mostly new substances, too (unless the manufacturer can prove that the identity corresponds to a substance listed
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A steering committee is appointed for the notification Authority. It is composed of the directors of the following federal offices: the FOPH, for matters concerning the protection of human life and health; the FOEN, for matters concerning the
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Manufacturer must classify, package and label substances and preparations and prepare exposure scenarios and compile safety data sheets in accordance with this Ordinance Manufacturers of a new substance or their only representative must notify the
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If the substance quantity placed on the market is 1 tonne per year or more and if the new substance is exempt from notification ,the manufacturer or his only representative must declare the new substance to the notification Authority before placing i
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