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Oct 12, 2022 | South Korea updates the Regulation on chemical substance classification and labelling
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updated the Regulation on chemical substance classification and labelling under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemica...
Oct 12, 2022 | South Korea updates the Designation of toxic substances
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the Designation of toxic substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) on October 6th,...
Argentina Australia and the US comment on lithium classification proposals
Oct 12, 2022
In August the European battery industry was joined by Argentina, Australia, and the US in warning against classification of Lithium compounds under the EU’s CLP. Their statements were sent to the Comp...
Canada proposes to add Solvent Violet 13 to the list of toxic substances
Oct 11, 2022
The Canadian government has proposed adding Solvent Violet 13 to the country’s list of toxic substances under Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), which is likely to trigger...
Japan seeks hazard information for ‘default candidate substances’
Oct 11, 2022
On 15 September 2022, the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and Ministry of Environment (MOE) jointly released a Notice to seek hazard inf...
South Korea updates the Regulations on preparation methods for registration application dossier and hazard review methods
Oct 11, 2022
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the Regulations on preparation methods for registration application dossier and hazard review methods’ under the Act on...
Restrictions on four phthalates in EEE proposed by Vietnam
Oct 11, 2022
New restrictions on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) have been suggested by Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) to conform with the directives of th...
Study on cadmium quantum dot RoHS exemption by German Institute
Oct 11, 2022
Under the EU Directive on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE), Germany’s Öko-Institut has initiated an evaluation on exemption requests for cadm...
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