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Feb 11, 2022 | Brazil issues decree to regulate the National Waste Policy

On January 12, 2022, the Brazilian government issued a Regulatory Decree for the National Waste Policy, officialized and published by Law 12.305 on August 2010. The Regulatory Decree 10.936 does n...

Hazardous waste Public policy Waste water emission Brazil
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Feb 11, 2022 | Chile signals mandatory awareness about recycling potential

On January 21, 2022, Chile published the determination decision to start the elaboration of a decree to regulate the instrument intended to prevent waste generation and promote waste recovery.The futu...

Hazardous waste Waste water emission Chile
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OECD opens accession discussion for candidate countries
Feb 11, 2022

On January 25, 2022, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) decided to open a discussion to evaluate the membership of Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Peru, and Rom...

Argentina Brazil Bulgaria Croatia Peru Romania
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South Korea consults on a draft amendment of Designation of Substances Subject to Intensive Control
Feb 08, 2022

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea is consulting on a draft amendment of Designation of Substances Subject to Intensive Control under Enforcement Decree of the Act on Registration and ...

South Korea K-REACH Substance & Mixture Classification
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European Commission bans the use of fragrance ingredient in cosmetic products
Feb 08, 2022

Under EU Cosmetics Regulation, the commission banned some uses of methyl-n-methylanthranilate as a fragrance ingredient. This is an ingredient usually used in the production of shampoos, soaps, and ...

Cosmetic Products Substances of concern EU
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Japan adds 4-methylbenzenesulfonic acid to its list of deleterious substances
Feb 08, 2022

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan recently designated 4-methylbenzenesulfonic acid as a deleterious substance. This is an industrial substance widely used in coating prod...

Active registration/ notification Chemical notification/ registration Product registration/ notification Substances of concern Japan
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UK authorities to assess 4 groups of substances for potential inclusion in the candidate list
Feb 04, 2022

When UK REACH entered into force, all substances included in the EU REACH candidate list were ipso facto (by the fact itself) transferred into the new UK REACH candidate list. As to the substances ...

UK REACH SVHCs UK
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Vietnam publishes a draft amendment to Decree No. 113/2017/ND-CP
Aug 10, 2021

On July 9, 2021, the General Department of Chemicals of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) of Vietnam published a draft decree to amend Decree No. 113/2017/ND-CP regarding the Law on Chemic...

GHS Vietnam POPs Restricted use
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BIS extends the implementation date of Acetic acid Menthanol Aniline and Morpholine
Feb 04, 2022

On January 31, 2022, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) released a Gazette notification for Extension in the Implementation date of Chemicals under mandatory certification Scheme I. The chemica...

India BIS Product registration/notification
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Updated Enforcement Rule of The Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Control Act K-BPR came into effect
Feb 04, 2022

Updated Enforcement Rule of The Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Control Act (K-BPR) came into effect on December 31st, 2021.This updated Enforcement Rule reflects matters mandated by ...

Biocides K-BPR Human health exposure
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Malaysia launches MyEHS for hazardous substance registration
Apr 30, 2021

The Department of Environment (DOE) in the Ministry of Environment and Water, Malaysia launched a new website in April 2021. This new website called ‘MyEHS’ was launched after the department clo...

Active registration/ notification Chemical notification/ registration Malaysia

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