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ECHA considers adding eight new substances to the Authorisation list

Feb 03, 2022 | ECHA considers adding eight new substances to the Authorisation list

ECHA regularly recommends substances from the Candidate List to be included in the Authorisation List (Annex XIV to REACH), based on the information in the registration dossiers on uses and volumes...

Chemical authorisation EU REACH European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
Mexico bans cosmetics animal testing

Sep 03, 2021 | Mexico bans cosmetics animal testing

On the 2nd of September 2021, the Chamber of Senators in Mexico passed the bill to prohibit the use of animals for cosmetics testing. The bill stipulates that cosmetic product cannot be manufacture...

Animal testing Cosmetic Products Mexico
Vietnam publishes a draft amendment to Decree No. 113/2017/ND-CP
Vietnam publishes a draft amendment to Decree No. 113/2017/ND-CP
Aug 10, 2021

On July 9, 2021, the General Department of Chemicals of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) of Vietnam published a draft decree to amend Decree No. 113/2017/ND-CP regarding the Law on Chemic...

GHS Vietnam POPs Restricted use
Indian Government proposes to bring out a ‘Reference Document for Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road
Indian Government proposes to bring out a ‘Reference Document for Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road
Aug 06, 2021

Indian Government is proposing to bring out a ‘Reference Document for Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road’. These Dangerous Goods (DG) refer to substances that pose risks to health, safety, proper...

Hazardous chemicals Major accident hazard & risk Human Health Exposure.
MEE Publishes a Hazardous Waste Management Working Plan for Soliciting Opinions
MEE Publishes a Hazardous Waste Management Working Plan for Soliciting Opinions
Aug 06, 2021

On the 7th of July, the Ministry of Environment and Ecology of China (MEE) published a notification of “Letter on Soliciting Opinions on the "14th Five-Year Plan" National Hazardous Waste Standard...

MEE Order 12 Hazardous waste
China Endorses Two Cosmetics Ingredients Under CSAR
China Endorses Two Cosmetics Ingredients Under CSAR
Aug 06, 2021

China implemented CSAR in January 2021, and this was after 30 years of waiting. China recently took another massive step by approving its first cosmetics ingredients under CSAR. As recently publis...

CSAR Cosmetic Products IECIC
European Commission adopts ‘clarifications’ to REACH information requirements
European Commission adopts ‘clarifications’ to REACH information requirements
Aug 06, 2021

REACH (EC 1907/2006) is a regulation aimed at improving the protection of human health and the environment through a better and earlier identification of the intrinsic properties of chemical substance...

EU REACH
South Korea updates the chemical substance classification and labelling list
South Korea updates the chemical substance classification and labelling list
Jul 27, 2021

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updated the chemical substance classification and labelling list on July 12th, 2021. This list includes name of chemical subs...

Substance & mixture classification Hazardous chemicals Labelling

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