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Nov 14, 2023 | KKDIK: Additional Requirements for Updating Information on Dossiers
On 14th November 2023, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change of Turkey announced the additional responsibilities of the registrants under KKDIK. These include changing the comp...
Nov 14, 2023 | Stockholm Convention Review Committee calls for information on Persistent Organic Pollutants
On 25 October 2023, the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC) of the Stockholm Convention, issued a call for information on a number of proposed persistent organic pollutants (POPs) i...
DEFRA calls for information on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Nov 14, 2023
On 10 November 2023, the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) issued a call for information on a number of proposed persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in advance of a meeting ...
Taiwan Updates Guidance for PIF preparation
Nov 14, 2023
On October 2023, Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) Taiwan updated its guidance for Product Information File (PIF) for cosmetics. It includes guidelines on the preparation of PIF, manual for ...
Mexico Strengthens Regulations to Combat Fuel Tax Evasion Through Chemical Adulteration
Nov 13, 2023
In a strategic move to prevent the illicit introduction of specific chemicals aimed at evading taxes on fuel, Mexico has announced robust regulatory measures. The temporary ban on 68 listed substances...
South Korea partially revises the subordinate laws of the Chemical Substances Control Act.
Nov 13, 2023
On October 4, 2023, the Chemical Safety Management Team of the Ministry of Environment (MoE) published a “Notice of Revision of the Subordinate Laws of the Chemical Substances Control Act”. T...
EU notifies WTO of proposed Regulation on fluorinated greenhouse gases
Nov 13, 2023
On 9 November 2023, the European Commission notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a proposed regulation to reduce emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases (Proposal for a Regulation of th...
Brazil Issue Import Controls on HFCs in Accordance with Montreal Protocol Amendments
Nov 08, 2023
The President of Ibama (Brazilian Institute of environment) has issued a groundbreaking resolution regarding the control of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) imports. The resolution outlines stringent me...
UK's New Approach to Chemicals Regulation: Introduction of the Alternative Transitional Registration Model
Nov 10, 2023
On 9 November 2023, the UK Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) published a policy paper introducing an alternative transitional registration model (ATRm) for chemicals which aims t...
Minamata Convention COP-5: Important steps towards eliminating mercury pollution
Nov 09, 2023
At the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention (COP-5), significant progress was made by adopting 21 decisions to further protect human health and the environment fro...
US Environmental Protection Agency Finalizes Rule on Enhanced PFAS Reporting to the Toxics Release Inventory
Nov 09, 2023
On 20 October 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a rule that strengthens reporting requirements for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the Toxics Release I...
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