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India requires annual import data from registered importers of cosmetics

Mar 08, 2024 | India requires annual import data from registered importers of cosmetics

On February 23, 2024, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (Cosmetics Division) of India issued a circular outlining the import regulations for cosmetics. The CDSCO has issued the Circular...

Cosmetic Products Import/export restrictions
PFHxA to be restricted in the EU following vote of Member States

Mar 07, 2024 | PFHxA to be restricted in the EU following vote of Member States

At a meeting of the European Commission’s REACH Committee on 29 February 2024, EU Member States voted in favour of a Commission Regulation restricting perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), its salts and rel...

PFAS Regulation Restricted Substances
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Urgent Request for Input on QCOs for 8 Chemicals Issued in India
Urgent Request for Input on QCOs for 8 Chemicals Issued in India
Mar 07, 2024

On 6 March 2024, India’s Basic Chemicals, Cosmetics and Dyes Promotion Council (CHEMEXIL) issued a circular requesting concerned members and end-user industries to urgently submit data regarding the i...

Chemical industry Quality Control Order
ECHA consults on SVHC listing of two substances
ECHA consults on SVHC listing of two substances
Mar 07, 2024

On 1 March 2024, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published a call for comments on proposals to identify two substances as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). The deadline for subtmitting comm...

SVHC Hazardous Chemicals
Ukraine Publishes Draft Law to Align with EU Regulations on Plant Protection Products and Fertilizers.
Ukraine Publishes Draft Law to Align with EU Regulations on Plant Protection Products and Fertilizers.
Mar 06, 2024

On 22 February 2024, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine published the Draft Law of Ukraine on Plant Protection Products and Fertilizers. The draft law was notifi...

Fertilizer Plant Protection Products (PPP)
India’s Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals Announces New Data Collection Initiative Through ChemIndia Webportal
India’s Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals Announces New Data Collection Initiative Through ChemIndia Webportal
Mar 06, 2024

India’s Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, has officially launched a major data collection initiative for the chemicals and petrochemicals ind...

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South Korea partially revises Act on Promotion of Saving and Recycling of Resources.
South Korea partially revises Act on Promotion of Saving and Recycling of Resources.
Mar 05, 2024

On December 11, 2023, the Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea issued a pre-announcement regarding the partial amendment of the Enforcement Regulations of the Act on the Promotion of Saving an...

South Korea Amendment
India holds public consultation on revised standard for chlorinated rubber in protective paints and coatings
India holds public consultation on revised standard for chlorinated rubber in protective paints and coatings
Mar 05, 2024

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is seeking comments until 6 March 2024 on the first revision of the standard for chlorinated rubber used in the manufacture of protective paints and coatings. The...

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