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Jan 09, 2026 | Draft Indian Standards Amendments Issued for Public Comments
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has released a set of draft Indian Standards and amendments for wide circulation and invited stakeholders to comment on them. The drafts were issued on 1 January 2...
Jan 08, 2026 | EU Chemicals Reforms Enter Implementation Phase in Early 2026
At the end of 2025, the European Union finalised a series of legislative measures under the One Substance, One Assessment (OSOA) framework, marking a significant shift in EU chemicals governance. Adop...
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China drafts GB standards to align with GHS Rev. 11
Jan 06, 2026
On 17 and 23 December 2025, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) opened two public consultations to revise several mandatory GB 30000 series standards for classification and...
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EU CBAM Set for Major Expansion: Carbon Pricing to Extend from 2028, Strengthening Global Decarbonisation
Dec 31, 2025
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...
European Parliament Adopts New Toy Safety Regulation to Strengthen Child Health Protection (Updated)
Dec 23, 2025
Update 23 December 2025: Regulation (EU) 2025/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 12 December 202...
GCC Notifies WTO of Draft Gulf Technical Regulation Aligning Chemical Classification and Labelling with GHS Rev. 10
Dec 22, 2025
On 17 December 2025, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Member States (excluding Saudi Arabia), and Yemen notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a draft Gulf Technical Regulation prepared by t...
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...
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