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Sep 01, 2023 | ECHA encourages all SME registrants to check their company size
On 30 August 2023, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) encouraged all registrants of micro, small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) to check if their company size was registered correctly in REACH-IT...
Sep 01, 2023 | ECHA publishes revised guidance on Biocidal Products Regulation
On 30 August 2023, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published the sixth revised guidance addressing efficacy assessment and evaluation of biocidal products on its web page. The revised guidance co...
Brazil's Strides Towards Regulating PFAS: Uncovering New Regulatory Initiatives
Aug 31, 2023
Brazil has taken substantial strides towards regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The introduction of Brazil's National PFAS Control Policy Bill No. 2726/2023 in the Chamber of Deput...
Japan includes three POPs to the Class I Specified Chemical Substances List
Aug 31, 2023
The Manufacturing Industries Bureau of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has unveiled a groundbreaking decision to include three POPs (persistent organic pollutants) to the Class I Sp...
New guidelines on 11 administrative processes in the environmental domain published by Vietnam.
Aug 31, 2023
Decision 1701/QD-BTNMT on Guidance for Implementation of Administrative Procedures in the Environmental Sector was published by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam on June 26,...
India passes exemption list of Electronic and Electrical Equipments under RoHS rules.
Aug 29, 2023
On 25 July 2023, a notification was disclosed by India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change amending the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022. The updated notification is cited as E-Waste...
Have your say on ECHA’s draft investigation report on the presence of CMRs in childcare articles
Aug 29, 2023
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has prepared a draft investigation report on carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic (CMR, cat 1A or 1B) substances that may be present in childcare articles. The p...
Brazil's chemical industry regains special tax regime
Aug 28, 2023
The acting President Geraldo Alckmin has signed a decree on the 24th of this month, reestablishing a beneficial tax regime. This development marks a pivotal step towards revitalizing a sector that ser...
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