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Oct 29, 2022 | South Korea suggests raising the export standards for two POPs.
On 27 September 2022 South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MoE) published a notification on updating the requirements for two Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). The requirements are added to the r...
Oct 26, 2022 | China consults on GHS labelling standard
Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China (MIIT) published a plan about making a national mandatory standard -- Regulations on the Preparation of Chemical Safety Labels. T...
REACH revision further delayed - a "life and death” matter.
Oct 25, 2022
As presented in the “Eu Strategy on Sustainable Chemicals” in 2020, the EU REACH regulation was about to be revised and updated by end of 2022 to better correspond to the sustainability plans of the E...
Sustainable Use of Pesticides: Updates on the Directive 2009/128/EC
Oct 24, 2022
The European Parliament has actively monitored the implementation of the legal framework of Directive 2009/128/EC which specifically regulates the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (SUDP). Timelines...
South Korea consults for the Rules on Approval of Chemical Safety Information Exception
Oct 24, 2022
The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘the Rules on Approval of Chemical Safety Information Exception’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemi...
Japan updates its guidance for risk assessments of PACS under the CSCL
Oct 22, 2022
On July 15, 2022, the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW), the Ministry of Environment (MoE), and the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) announced that they have revised the gui...
Malaysia restricts the use of three substances in cosmetics and bans one
Oct 22, 2022
On 6 July 2022 Malaysia’s National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) has restricted the use of three substances in cosmetics, banned one substance and allowed the use of three others under the g...
Transitory period extension for HUHS products issued by the Philippines FDA
Oct 22, 2022
On 21 January 2022, the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued Circular No. 2021-011-A which allows the extension of the transition period of HUHS products (Household/Urban Hazardous...
Undergoing Brazilian reform on chemicals regulation
Oct 21, 2022
On 5 September 2022, the Brazilian Chemical Industry Association (Abiquim) signed , in the Brazilian capital, Brasília, a protocol of intent with the Ministry of the Environment. This document intends...
Japan to launch Platform for Chemical Management Compliance
Oct 21, 2022
With the objective to help manufacturers comply with the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare’s (MHLW) risk control requirements and to keep abreast of new regulations being introduced under the In...
Belgium requests views on SVHCs for EDC action plan
Oct 20, 2022
On 3 October 2022, as a step into the Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDC) blueprint that was received in June, the Belgian Federal Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Public Health sent a survey...
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