Mar 03, 2025 | K-BPR: What are impacts of the South Korea’s Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Management Law amendments to the industry?
The Consumer Chemical Products and Biocide Safety Act amendment, often known as K-BPR, was promulgated on 24 March, and 26 May 2020 and will be enforced on 1 January 2021. The following section outlin...
Mar 03, 2025 | K-REACH: What are the next steps after pre-registration?
The first registration deadline under K-REACH is by 31 December 2021, which applies to those who manufacture and import existing chemical substances exceeding 1,000 tons per year, or carcinogenic, mut...
KOSHA: What are the implications to the industry from South Korea’s Occupational Safety and Health Act amendment on material safety data sheets?
Mar 03, 2025
South Korea’s Occupational Safety and Health Act (often called KOSHA) amendment on material safety data sheets (MSDSs) takes into force on 16 January 2021. Chemical manufacturers and importers s...
MEP Order NO.7 has been China’s main chemical regulation since 2010
Mar 03, 2025
MEP Order NO.7 has been China’s main chemical regulation since 2010 and it only controls new chemicals. The regulation has been revised by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) and the r...
Candidate List update: Four new hazardous chemicals to be phased out
Mar 03, 2025
The additions include three substances that are toxic to reproduction and one endocrine disruptor. The Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs) now contains 209 substances that may ha...
SSS Europe AB name changed to GPC Europe AB
May 01, 2020
We are delighted to announce that Sustainability Support Services (SSS) Europe AB has recently changed its registered name to Global Product Compliance (GPC)Europe AB as part of the recent acquisition...
Taiwan's EPA published Guidance on Existing Chemical Substances Standard Registration (1st version)
Jun 20, 2020
According to Taiwan’s Toxic and Concerned Chemical Substance Control Act (TCCSCA), new and existing substances must be registered in Taiwan. The first batch of 106 PECs was published on 11 March...
Japan: Chemical Substances Control Law Amended
Mar 03, 2025
Japan’s Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL) goals to prevent environmental pollution caused by chemical substances that pose a risk to human health and interfere with the habitat and healthy ...
Switzerland adopts new disclosure rules for synthetic nanomaterials
Feb 15, 2015
Switzerland has adopted new disclosure obligations for some synthetic fibrous or tubular nanomaterials and intermediate chemical products. ...
Switzerland updates national substances list
Jun 26, 2017
Switzerland has updated the list of substances notified or registered in the country, with 385 additions in June. New substances manufactured or imported into the country, in a volume greater than one...
Updates on Thailand Chemical Regulation
Mar 03, 2025
The Ministry of Industry in Thailand published its new regulation B.E. 2558 on the notification of the production and import of hazardous substances in Government gazette regarding production and impo...
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