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Chile leads the way on chemical safety in Latin America: Decree published

Mar 30, 2021 | Chile leads the way on chemical safety in Latin America: Decree published

On February 9, 2021, Chile approved its rules for the classification, labeling, and notification of dangerous chemical substances and mixtures (Decree 57) in the official gazette. Decree 57 was pr...

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Chile leads the way on chemical safety in Latin America: Decree published

Mar 30, 2021 | Chile leads the way on chemical safety in Latin America: Decree published

On February 9, 2021, Chile approved its rules for the classification, labeling, and notification of dangerous chemical substances and mixtures (Decree 57) in the official gazette. The Decree 57 wa...

Key Updates on Thailand Chemical Regulation
Key Updates on Thailand Chemical Regulation
Mar 30, 2021

The Hazardous Substance Act B.E. 2535 is one of the main legislative bases involved in chemical management in Thailand. The first issue of B.E. 2535 came into force on April 7th, 1992. The Act has...

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MEE will add the third batch of chemical substance into Chinese Inventory
MEE will add the third batch of chemical substance into Chinese Inventory
Mar 29, 2021

With the implementation of MEE Order No.12, more and more chemical substances are adding into the Chinese Inventory. On March 17th, 2021, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China (MEE) ann...

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Ukraine Notified Draft Chemical Regulation to the WTO
Ukraine Notified Draft Chemical Regulation to the WTO
Mar 28, 2021

The Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine has notified the draft resolution, On Approval of the Technical Regulation on Safety of Chemical Products, to the WTO. This dr...

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K-REACH: Late Pre-registration criteria announcement
K-REACH: Late Pre-registration criteria announcement
Mar 18, 2021

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea has announced late pre-registration criteria on 23 February. Existing substances are chemicals that have been circulated in South Korea before 1991 or...

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K-REACH: PoPs will be added to the priority control substance list
K-REACH: PoPs will be added to the priority control substance list
Mar 18, 2021

Persistent Organic Pollutants (PoPs) will be added to the priority control substance list under K-REACH. The Ministry of Environment in South Korea published the national PoPs management plan on 2...

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Nominate Substances to Vietnamese National Chemical Inventory before April 15
Nominate Substances to Vietnamese National Chemical Inventory before April 15
Feb 28, 2021

Vietnamese National Chemical Inventory (NCI) Notification window opened on 16th October 2020 and is about to close on 15th April 2021. Vietnam began to compile the national chemical inventory (...

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UK REACH: only two months left to apply for grandfathering
UK REACH: only two months left to apply for grandfathering
Feb 28, 2021

Grandfathering is a transitional arrangement under UK REACH that allows GB-based manufacturers and importers of a substance registered under EU REACH to continue to import or manufacture that subs...

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Northern Ireland notifications
Northern Ireland notifications
Feb 27, 2021

Northern Island (NI) is part of EU regulatory systems for chemicals to ensure frictionless movement of goods within the island of Ireland, whilst remaining within the UK customs territory. NI busi...

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China: Guidelines for key chemical substances in consumer products
China: Guidelines for key chemical substances in consumer products
Feb 23, 2021

  On November 19th, 2020, the Standardization Administration of China (SAC) published the Guidelines for the Use and Control of Key Chemical Substances in Consumer Products (GB/T 39498-2020), w...

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