May 30, 2021 | India published Policy Paper on Circular Economy in Electronics and Electrical Sector
India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) published a draft policy paper Circular Economy in Electronics and Electrical Sector in May 2021. India is t...
May 31, 2021 | India enacts three new Quality Control Orders and amends an existing one
On 27th May 2021, three new Quality Control Orders (QCOs) were published in the Gazette of India, namely: The 3 (N, N Di-Ethyl) Aminophenol ...
Clarification on UK REACH compliance processes
May 31, 2021
In a private communication with GPC, UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provided some clarification on the UK REACH compliance procedures currently available for importers and manufacturers....
EU-REACH: Declare your company size correctly
May 15, 2021
Companies are recommended to register substances under EU REACH with an appropriate declaration of company size together with supporting documents in REACH-IT system. Qualification of micro, sm...
Taiwan: Deadline for Standard Registration of 106 PECs proposed to be postponed to 2023
May 28, 2021
On May 27 Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) proposed an amendment to the Regulation on New and Existing Chemical Substances. The regulation was first published in 2014 a...
K-REACH: Downstream users should comply with registration obligations in South Korea
May 11, 2021
The recent partial amendment to K-REACH has been approved by South Korea's parliament on 13 April, and it will be enforced on 14 October. This amendment outlines the culpability of downstream...
K-REACH: More than 17,000 substances are pre-registered in South Korea
May 11, 2021
The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea updated the list of pre-registered substances, which in total becomes 17,096 substances. The list includes 1,800 substances that are manufactured ...
ANVISA proposes to update methodologies on agrochemical residues
Apr 03, 2021
On April 8, 2021, the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) opened a public consultation on the criteria for conducting Pesticide Residue Studies and for the es...
Colombia’s Labor Ministry the first sector to implement GHS
Apr 30, 2021
Colombia incorporated GHS guidelines in 2018 based on the Decreto 1.496/2018. The regulation provides guidance for ministries to implement the standard in each sector. In 2021, the Minis...
Entry into force Eurasia REACH postponed
Apr 29, 2021
The entry into force date of Eurasia REACH has been postponed. The regulation was initially planned to come into force on 2nd June 2021. This postpone is mainly due to the delay of the appro...
Amendments of Poisons Act in India
Apr 21, 2021
In early April, the Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, India chaired a meeting on implications of Poisons Act (1919) ...
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