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Jan 06, 2026 | China drafts GB standards to align with GHS Rev. 11
On 17 December and 23 December 2025, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) opened the public consultation to revise GB 30000 series standards to bring GHS Rev. 11 in system. B...
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Dec 31, 2025 | EU CBAM Set for Major Expansion: Carbon Pricing to Extend from 2028, Strengthening Global Decarbonisation
CBAM is a key environmental instrument supporting the EU’s goal of climate neutrality by 2050 in line with the Paris Agreement, complementing the EU ETS by applying a carbon price to goods sold in the...
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Japan: MHLW adds 167 New Chemical Substances to ENCS list
Dec 26, 2025
On 26 December 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) publishes the list of 167 new chemicals to get added to the Existing and New Chemical Substances (ENCS) Inventory. The ENCS i...
UK Extends UK REACH Transitional Registration Deadlines
Dec 25, 2025
On 22 December 2025, the UK Government published its response to the consultation on extending UK REACH dossier submission deadlines for transitional registrations, which was held from 14 July to 8 Se...
Japan Launches Public Consultation on JIS Standards to Align with GHS Revision 9 (Updated)
Dec 25, 2025
Update 25 December 2025: On 25 December 2025, the Japanese Standards Association (JSA) published the final standards JIS Z 7252:2025 and JIS Z 7253:2025 on the JSA Group portal. At the time, JSA pu...
EPA Releases Updated Draft Risk Calculation Memorandum for Formaldehyde
Dec 23, 2025
On December 3rd, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an Updated Draft Risk Calculation Memorandum for Formaldehyde under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for public comm...
GCC notifies WTO of Final draft for GHS Rev. 10
Dec 22, 2025
On 17 December 2025, in accordance with the tenth revised edition of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS 10), Yemen along with the each Gulf Cooperation Co...
Stakeholder Consultation Held on Mandatory BIS Standards for Camphor and Isoborneol
Dec 19, 2025
stakeholder consultation meeting on the proposal to make Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) specifications mandatory for camphor (CAS No. 76-22-2) and isoborneol (CAS No. 124-76-5) was held on 18 Decemb...
EU Publishes Regulation Establishing a Common Data Platform on Chemicals
Dec 18, 2025
On 12 December 2025, the European Union formally established a Common Data Platform on Chemicals by publishing Regulation (EU) 2025/2455 in the Official Journal of the European Union. This creates a c...
EU Publishes Guidance on Implementation of BPA and Bisphenol Restrictions in Food Contact Materials
Dec 18, 2025
On 17 December 2025, the European Commission published a formal Note for Guidance clarifying the implementation of Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/3190, which bans the use of bisphenol A (BPA; 80-05-7...
EU Reassigns RoHS Exemption Assessments and Restriction Tasks to ECHA from 2027
Dec 18, 2025
On 12 December 2025, the European Union published Directive (EU) 2025/2456 in the Official Journal, amending the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive (2011/65/EU) to transfer specific...
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