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Brazil moves forward in the approval of its Chemical Inventory Law

May 04, 2023 | Brazil moves forward in the approval of its Chemical Inventory Law

Last month the Constitution, Justice, and Citizenship Committee at the Brazilian Parliament reopened the debate about bill PL 6120/2019. This is a bill that seeks to create the Inventário Nacional de...

Chemical industry Chemical inventory Chemical notification/ registration
DEFRA lays legislation to formally extend UK-REACH deadlines

May 04, 2023 | DEFRA lays legislation to formally extend UK-REACH deadlines

On 20 April 2023, the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) laid a draft Statutory Instrument (SI), REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2023, before Parliament. The SI will formally...

UK-REACH Deadline
Indonesia promotes regulations on implementation of CCS/CCUS projects.
Indonesia promotes regulations on implementation of CCS/CCUS projects.
May 04, 2023

On March 3, 2023, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia promulgated Regulation No. 2 of 2023 on the implementation of CCS and CCUS in Oil and natural gas business activities.CCS st...

Hazardous Chemicals Risk management Environment
India amends Plastic Waste Management Rules
India amends Plastic Waste Management Rules
May 03, 2023

On 27 April 2023 the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change published a notification in the Gazette of India announcing the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2023. The Rul...

EPR for packaging materials Plastics
31 associations urge the EU to Adopt Rules to Calculated Plastics’ Chemically Recycled Content
31 associations urge the EU to Adopt Rules to Calculated Plastics’ Chemically Recycled Content
May 03, 2023

On 22 March 2023 the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) and 30 other associations representing market sectors in the European plastics value chain published a joint letter to the European Comm...

Plastics Single-Use Plastics Directive
China revises the national standard on Lip moisturizer gel cream
China revises the national standard on Lip moisturizer gel cream
May 03, 2023

The Standardization Administration of China and State Administration for Market Regulation jointly published the revised version of national standard on Lip moisturizer (gel and cream), GB/T 26513-202...

Cosmetic Products Cosmetic Supervision and Administration Regulations (CSAR)
Mandatory Survey to collect PFAS information will be issued by Canada
Mandatory Survey to collect PFAS information will be issued by Canada
Apr 27, 2023

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has published a statement which confirms their plan  to issue a mandatory survey. The objective of this survey is to collect information on certain per- an...

Chemical industry Deadline
 Cosmetics biocide chlorocresol to be listed as toxic substance in Canada
Cosmetics biocide chlorocresol to be listed as toxic substance in Canada
Apr 27, 2023

On 1 April 2023, the Canadian government announced that they are taking steps to limit the potential risks associated with the use of chlorocresol in cosmetics by proposing an order to add it to the l...

Cosmetic Products Deadline Environment

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