Aug 02, 2022 | India adopts the International Chemical Safety Cards to protect workers health and safety.
In July 2022, the Indian Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Labour Organization (ILO) in order to adapt the International Chemical Safety...
Aug 01, 2022 | Deadlines for four BIS chemicals are postponed to early 2023
On July 27, 2022, the Central Government of India announced the deadline for four chemical substances regulated by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Act (2016) will be posted. The chemicals and the...
Taiwan’s EPA proposes changes to labelling requirements to chemical
Aug 01, 2022
Taiwan’s EPA plans to modify the “Regulations for the Labelling and Materials Safety Date Sheets for Toxic and Concerned Chemical Substances” and is consulting until 20 August. This modification...
English Reports are Allowed for KKDIK Submission
Aug 01, 2022
On June 26th 2022, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation, and Climate Change, Turkey announced an update for the KKDIK registration regarding the languages of the reports to be submitted. Impo...
European Commission unveils monitoring framework for progress on environmental goals
Jul 29, 2022
On 26 July, 2022, the European Commission presented its monitoring framework for the EU’s eighth Environment Action Programme (EAP), which will apply up to December 2030. EU environment action progr...
European Commission outlines alternatives for REACH reform and operationalization of essential use concept
Jul 19, 2022
On July 6, 2022, at the meeting of CARACAL (the EU’s expert group bringing together the Competent Authorities for the REACH and CLP Regulations), the European Commission presented some of the option...
European Commission seeks to reinforce rules on the sustainable use of pesticides
Jul 19, 2022
On 22 June 2022, the European Commission adopted a proposal to revise Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides. Adopted in 2009, the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive sought to...
DEFRA consults on the extension of transitional registration deadlines under UK REACH
Jul 19, 2022
The UK Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has begun consultation on the extension of UK REACH registration deadlines. UK REACH established a transitional system whereby substa...
European Commission sketches timeline for adoption of key legislative proposals
Jul 18, 2022
On 29 June 2022, the European Commission published its draft agenda for the second half of 2022. The agenda contains the meetings to take place between July and December 2022. Approval of a text at a ...
South Korea provides the list of banned substance for insecticide
Jul 14, 2022
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea provides the list of banned substances for insecticide under the Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Control Act (K-BP...
South Korea updates the hazard review of chemical substances
Jul 14, 2022
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the results of hazard review of chemical substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-R...
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