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Jun 26, 2025 | India’s Focus on Quality Control Orders Grows in Chemicals Sector
As the focus of global trade shifts from tariffs to technical regulations, India’s chemical and petrochemical industries are under increasing pressure to strengthen their regulatory frameworks. The ...
Jun 26, 2025 | India Revises Ammonium Nitrate Standard for Explosives; BIS Issues Second Revision Draft
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has issued a draft second revision of IS 4668:20XX, the Indian Standard for ammonium nitrate used in explosives. The draft, titled “Ammonium Nitrate for Explosiv...
India Extends Implementation Deadlines for PVC and Polypropylene Quality Control Orders
Jun 26, 2025
The Indian Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) has extended the implementation deadlines for the quality control orders (QCOs) for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) homopolymers and polypropylene...
India Amends Polyethylene Quality Control Order: Changes to Exemptions for Specific Grades
Jun 26, 2025
India’s Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) has issued the Polyethylene Material for Moulding and Extrusion (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2025, further amending the original 2022 ...
ECHA Adds Three New Substances to the Candidate List of SVHCs
Jun 25, 2025
On 25 June 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced the addition of three hazardous chemicals to the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) under the REACH Regulation. T...
EU Publishes 23rd ATP to CLP Regulation – New Classifications Apply from February 2027
Jun 24, 2025
The European Commission has adopted the 23rd Adaptation to Technical Progress (ATP) to the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP9 Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 through Delegated Regulation (EU) ...
Canada’s New Biocides Regulations Now in Force: A Unified Framework for Surface Disinfectants and Sanitizers
Jun 13, 2025
On May 31, 2025, Canada’s Biocides Regulations under the Food and Drugs Act officially entered into force, establishing a single regulatory framework for surface disinfectants and sanitizers—colle...
Ukraine Notifies WTO of Draft Regulation on Joint Submission Rules for Chemical Substance Registration under UA-REACH
Jun 19, 2025
On 16 June 2025, Ukraine officially notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a draft resolution of the titled "On Approval of the Rules for Joint Submission of Information in Applications for S...
India extends enforcement date for Quality Control Orders for three chemicals
Jun 17, 2025
The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals has extended the enforcement dates for Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for three chemicals: H Acid (CAS No: 90-20-0), K Acid (Cas No: 118-03-6), and Vinyl ...
Japan’s Positive List for Food Contact Materials (FCMs) effective from 1 June 2025
Jun 17, 2025
Japan’s Positive List (PL) for food contact materials (FCMs) entered into force on 1 June 2025. On the same day, the Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) published a manual introducing the positive list on...
South Korea Proposes a New Draft Regulation for Substances Subject to Preparation of Accidents
Jun 13, 2025
On June 11, 2025, South Korea published a draft regulation under the Chemical Substances Control Act (K-CCA) concerning the chemical safety framework. This action follows the restructuring of the toxi...
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