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Feb 03, 2022 | ECHA considers adding eight new substances to the Authorisation list

ECHA regularly recommends substances from the Candidate List to be included in the Authorisation List (Annex XIV to REACH), based on the information in the registration dossiers on uses and volumes ...

Chemical authorisation EU REACH ECHA
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Jan 27, 2022 | South Korea distributes a guide for serious civic accidents caused by raw materials under SAPA

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea published and distributed a guide to serious civic accidents caused by raw materials and products under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act (SAPA). ...

K-REACH Regulatory update Major accident hazard & risk
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Consultation: Canada deliberate on adding Competency Based Training for Dangerous Goods’ Transportation Rules
Jan 26, 2022

Transport Canada (TC) recently opened a discussion to revise Part 6 of the Transportation of Dangerous Products (TDG) and set new training requirements.  Published in the Canada Gazette Part 1 on...

Hazardous chemicals Chemical Industry Ecotoxicology
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Acceptance of VOC regulations for consumer goods in Canada
Jan 26, 2022

Canada has embraced Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) directions for certain customer and commercial products, setting up the most extreme concentration...

Solvent/VOC emissions import/export restrictions Personal care.
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NMPA publishes good manufacturing practice ‘specifications’ for cosmetics
Jan 21, 2022

Based on the China cosmetic regulation (Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulation, CSAR), the National Medical and Pharmaceutical Agency (NMPA) published the good manufacturing practice &lsq...

Cosmetic products CSAR
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MEE adds 11 chemicals to IECSC
Jan 21, 2022

On 22nd December 2021, the Ministry of Environment and Ecology announced that 11 chemical substances will be added to the Inventory of Existing Chemical Substance list (IECSC) of China. For chemica...

Chemical inventory IECSC Compliance strategy
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ECHA: Four hazardous chemicals added to the Candidate List
Jan 21, 2022

The Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) now contains 223 entries. On 17th January 2022, ECHA added four hazardous chemicals that are commonly used in cosmetics to the candidate li...

EU-REACH Chemical Category SVHC
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ECHA gives new advice for determining dose levels in toxicity testing
Jan 21, 2022

On the 18th of January 2022, ECHA advises on how to determine and apply dose selection for dose and reproductive toxicity. This is in alignment with OECD guidelines. The director of ECHA for Hazard As...

ECHA Ecotoxicology
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KKDIK 2022 fees are published
Jan 18, 2022

The directorate of the Revolving Fund of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization has published the 2022 KKDİK fee on its website. Compared to 2021, the fees have increased by 20%. In 2021, th...

Chemical notification/registration KKDIK pre-registration
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Key Regulatory Updates in 2022
Jan 18, 2022

European Union (EU)  A new Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability was presented by the EU in 2020 as part of the EU Green Deal. This year, there are major implementations that will be...

EU-REACH K-REACH Registration Turkey Taiwan TCCSCA China-REACH China-REACH GHS Australia BIS
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European Commission proposes to strengthen environmental protection through criminal laws
Jan 14, 2022

In December 2021, the European Commission adopted the proposal of a new EU Directive aimed at reducing environmental crime. This proposal defines new environmental crimes, obliges Member States to tak...

EU REACH member state

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