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Nov 19, 2025 | ECHA Proposes Four New Substances for Inclusion in the REACH Authorisation List
On 18 November 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) made its 12th recommendation to the European Commission, that four additional substances be added to the Authorisation List (Annex XIV of the...
Nov 18, 2025 | Taiwan Strengthens PFAS Regulation: PFOS and PFOA Banned from Groundwater Injection
On November 18, 2025, Taiwan’s Ministry of Environment announced a revision to its “Hazardous Substances Prohibited from Groundwater Injection” regulations, officially adding perfluoro octane sulfonat...
India Rescinds Fourteen Quality Control Orders (QCOs) under BIS Act, 2016
Nov 14, 2025
On 12 November 2025, the Government of India, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals) issued a series of orders rescinding fourteen previously notified BIS Qua...
Colombia Publishes Its First National Inventory of Chemical Substances
Nov 14, 2025
Colombia has officially completed and published its first National Inventory of Industrial Chemical Substances. Under Decree 1630/2021, all hazardous substances imported or manufactured in quantities...
Medical Devices in the GCC: GSO and European Committee for Standardization Sign Technical Agreement
Nov 12, 2025
On 22 October 2025, the Gulf Cooperation Council Standardization Organization (GSO), represented by the Gulf Technical Committee for Medical Devices and Supplies (GSO/TC 11), signed a Technical Cooper...
Japan publishes consultation schedule for toxicity assessments of new chemical substances
Nov 12, 2025
On 27 October 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and Ministry of Environment (MOE), acting as a joint council, published the c...
Singapore Adds Chlorpyrifos and Tightens Organophosphate Controls Under EPMA Hazardous Substances Regime
Nov 11, 2025
Singapore, November 2025. Singapore has finalized amendments to the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999 (EPMA), updating the Second Schedule (Part I) to bring chlorpyrifos expressly under...
China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment Strengthens Global Chemicals Treaty Collaboration
Nov 10, 2025
On November 10, 2025, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) hosted senior representatives from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),and t...
EU Commissioner Confirms Delay of REACH Revision, Highlights New Chemical Policy Initiatives
Nov 10, 2025
On 6 November 2025, the European Commissioner for the Environment, Water Resilience and Forestry, Jessika Roswall, presented an update on the European Commission’s chemicals policy agenda. She confirm...
ECHA Publishes Draft Mapping of PFAS Uses to Support SEAC Consultation
Nov 07, 2025
On 7 November 2025 the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published a draft mapping of PFAS uses to support the upcoming consultation on the Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis’s (SEAC) draft opinion...
Council Agrees Position on Omnibus VI Package to Simplify EU Chemical Rules
Nov 07, 2025
On 5 November 2025, the Council of the European Union agreed on its negotiating position for the remainder of the ‘Omnibus VI’ package, which aims to simplify the requirements for chemical products wh...
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