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Japan includes three POPs to the Class I Specified Chemical Substances List

Aug 31, 2023 | Japan includes three POPs to the Class I Specified Chemical Substances List

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...

CSCL METI
New guidelines on 11 administrative processes in the environmental domain published by Vietnam.

Aug 31, 2023 | New guidelines on 11 administrative processes in the environmental domain published by Vietnam.

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,...

Chemical industry Environment
India passes exemption list of Electronic and Electrical Equipments under RoHS rules.
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...

Circular Economy Electrical & electronics
Have your say on ECHA’s draft investigation report on the presence of CMRs in childcare articles
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...

Children''s products CMRs
Brazil's chemical industry regains special tax regime
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...

Chemical industry Latin America
HSE notifies the WTO of mandatory classification and labelling of 26 hazardous chemicals
HSE notifies the WTO of mandatory classification and labelling of 26 hazardous chemicals
Aug 28, 2023

On 24 August 2023, the United Kingdom’s Health and Security Executive (HSE) notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the amendment of the Great Britain mandatory classification and labelling lis...

HSE Hazardous chemicals

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