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12 chemicals to be regulated under Fire Safety Regulations

Feb 22, 2023 | 12 chemicals to be regulated under Fire Safety Regulations

Singapore proposes to regulate 12 new chemicals and chemical groups under the Fire Safety (Petroleum & Flammable Materials) Regulations (FS (P&FM) Regs). The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) ha...

Chemical industry Regular Registration Regulatory Updates
Agreement signed between Saudi Arabia and Japan on Circular Carbon Economy Clean Hydrogen Fuel Ammonia

Feb 17, 2023 | Agreement signed between Saudi Arabia and Japan on Circular Carbon Economy Clean Hydrogen Fuel Ammonia

 In December 2022, a memorandum was signed between Saudi Arabia and Japan at the first ministerial meeting of the Saudi Japanese Ministerial Dialogue for Energy. . The memorandum was about cooperation...

Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Energy efficiency
200 compounds are classified as "Category 1" carcinogens in Japan
200 compounds are classified as "Category 1" carcinogens in Japan
Feb 17, 2023

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has classified 200 substances under Category 1 for carcinogenicity. The announcement was made on 26 December 2022, under an amendment to the Indus...

Chemical inventory ISHL MHLW
The European Commission has published its 2050 digital and green goals.
The European Commission has published its 2050 digital and green goals.
Feb 16, 2023

A comprehensive plan that outlines more than 150 steps to assist business and government agencies in achieving the Green Deal and digital targets by 2050 has been released by the European Commission i...

EU REACH Green & sustainable chemistry
UK chemical strategy - insights
UK chemical strategy - insights
Feb 16, 2023

The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will publish its chemicals strategy later this year (no date announced). The UK's chemicals strategy is intended to replace the EU's REACH (Re...

Safer alternatives UK-REACH Hazardous chemicals Compliance strategy
Taiwan updates the RoHS requirements to include UV disinfection equipment
Taiwan updates the RoHS requirements to include UV disinfection equipment
Feb 16, 2023

In 2013 voluntary national standard, CNS 15663 Guidance to Reduce the Use of Restricted Chemical Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE), was released by the Taiwanese Bureau of Standa...

Electrical & electronics Lead Mercury
South Korea publishes the Guidelines for the Approval of Natural Biocidal Compounds
South Korea publishes the Guidelines for the Approval of Natural Biocidal Compounds
Feb 15, 2023

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea publishes the Guidelines for the Approval of Natural Biocidal Compounds in December 2022. In accordance with the enforcement of t...

Biocides K-BPR
South Korea publishes the Guidelines for the Approval of Biocidal Polymers
South Korea publishes the Guidelines for the Approval of Biocidal Polymers
Feb 15, 2023

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea publishes the Guidelines for the Approval of Biocidal Polymers in December 2022. In accordance with the enforcement of the Consum...

Biocides K-BPR
Turkey Has Initiated Polystyrene Foam Environmental Project
Turkey Has Initiated Polystyrene Foam Environmental Project
Feb 14, 2023

The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change have launched a plan with the aim of eliminating the usage of HCBD in Turkey and getting the necessary support from the private sector to...

Chemical industry Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Green & sustainable chemistry Green products
The cosmetic control guidelines in Malaysia updated
The cosmetic control guidelines in Malaysia updated
Feb 14, 2023

On 9 December 2022 the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) of Malaysia published revised cosmetics control regulations, including new product categories and labelling requirements. The Co...

Cosmetic Products GMP Product restrictions / prohibitions
South Korea extends the deadline for the public consultation on the draft list of substances subject to permission
South Korea extends the deadline for the public consultation on the draft list of substances subject to permission
Feb 08, 2023

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea extends the deadline for the public consultation on the draft list of substances subject to permission under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of...

Hazard assessment K-REACH

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