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Dec 22, 2025 | GCC Notifies WTO of Draft Gulf Technical Regulation Aligning Chemical Classification and Labelling with GHS Rev. 10
On 17 December 2025, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Member States (excluding Saudi Arabia), and Yemen notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a draft Gulf Technical Regulation prepared by t...
Dec 19, 2025 | Stakeholder Consultation Held on Mandatory BIS Standards for Camphor and Isoborneol
stakeholder consultation meeting on the proposal to make Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) specifications mandatory for camphor (CAS No. 76-22-2) and isoborneol (CAS No. 124-76-5) was held on 18 Decemb...
EU Publishes Regulation Establishing a Common Data Platform on Chemicals
Dec 18, 2025
On 12 December 2025, the European Union formally established a Common Data Platform on Chemicals by publishing Regulation (EU) 2025/2455 in the Official Journal of the European Union. This creates a c...
EU Publishes Guidance on Implementation of BPA and Bisphenol Restrictions in Food Contact Materials
Dec 18, 2025
On 17 December 2025, the European Commission published a formal Note for Guidance clarifying the implementation of Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/3190, which bans the use of bisphenol A (BPA; 80-05-7...
EU Reassigns RoHS Exemption Assessments and Restriction Tasks to ECHA from 2027
Dec 18, 2025
On 12 December 2025, the European Union published Directive (EU) 2025/2456 in the Official Journal, amending the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive (2011/65/EU) to transfer specific...
EU Council Advances Standalone Regulation for the European Chemicals Agency
Dec 17, 2025
On 10 December 2025, the Council of the European Union agreed its position on a proposed regulation to establish a standalone legal framework for the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). This is a signif...
Taiwan’s Ministry of Environment Bans Methoxychlor in Environmental Pesticides
Dec 16, 2025
On December 16, 2025, Taiwan’s Ministry of Environment announced that methoxychlor would be added to the list of banned ingredients in environmental pesticides. This prohibits the manufacture, process...
EU Notifies WTO of Draft ATP Introducing New and Updated Harmonised Classifications to Annex VI
Dec 16, 2025
On 27 November 2025, the European Commission notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a draft Commission Delegated Regulation proposing amendments to Annex VI of the Classification, Labelling an...
Japan publishes 2026 application process for Specific New Chemical Substances
Dec 15, 2025
On 5 December 2025, the application process for FY 2026 of specific new chemical substances in Japan was released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the Ministry of Health, Labour,...
EU Enforcement Checks Reveal High Non-Compliance in Imported Chemicals and Consumer Products
Dec 12, 2025
On 10 December 2025, the European Chemicals Agency published the results of an EU-wide enforcement project under the Enforcement Forum. The project identified significant non-compliance with REACH req...
Argentina Announces Simplified Approval Process for Low-Risk Medical Products
Dec 12, 2025
Argentina’s Administración Nacional de Medicamentos, Alimentos y Tecnología Médica (ANMAT) has introduced a new measure to streamline the approval process for manufacturers and importers of low-risk m...
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