Oct 20, 2021 | Access to EU’s First Public Database for SVHCs Now Available
The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) announced the SCIP Database in September 2021; this is a public database for Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) in EU products. SCIP da...
Oct 18, 2021 | South Korea updates the list of low-risk biocidal substances to be exempted from K-BPR
National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updated the list of low-risk biocidal substances, which can be exempted from K-BPR, on Sep 27th. There are 4 low-risk biocidal s...
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) Version 9 is published
Oct 02, 2021
Certain amendments were proposed to the 8th version of GHS at the 10th session of the "Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classifica...
South Korea provides a guide to the classification of biocidal product types under K-BPR
Sep 27, 2021
National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea published a guide to the classification of biocidal product types on Aug 18th, 2021. This is to help industry to examine different ty...
South Korea simplifies K-REACH data submission for duplicate data requirements
Sep 24, 2021
The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea updated K-REACH to simplify data submission for duplicate data requirements. According to K-REACH enforcement rule article 36, chemical substance sa...
Less than two months left to submit your DUIN under UK REACH
Aug 31, 2021
The 27th October 2021 deadline for submitting a Downstream User Import Notification is approaching fast. As a reminder, your substances are eligible for DUIN if: They are re...
HSE only adds two substances into the UK Authorisation List
Aug 31, 2021
On 31st August 2021, the United Kingdom’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE), in charge of implementing UK REACH, published a draft recommendation for the inclusion of&nb...
Peru Turns Registry for Emissions & Pollutants Mandatory
Aug 31, 2021
On July 24, Peru’s Ministry of the Environment (MINAM) published Decree 18/2021. By this Decree, Peru creates the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (RETC by its acronym in Spanish). The...
Ministry of Health Publishes a Draft Regulation on Amending Turkish Biocidal Product Regulation
Aug 31, 2021
The Ministry of Health, Turkey published on their webiste the draft regulation on the amendment of Turkish Biocidal Product Regulation. Current Biocidal regulation came into force on 31.12....
Lotus corniculatus, extract clears Screening assessment in Canada
Aug 31, 2021
As per section 74 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA), the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health have conducted a screening assessment of Lotus ...
Canada Nominates LC-PFCAs under the Stockholm Convention
Aug 31, 2021
On the 5th of August, the Government of Canada nominated long-chain PFCAs, their salts and related compounds (also known as precursors) for consideration under the Stockholm Convention on Persis...
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