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Dec 08, 2025 | New UK Restrictions on Mercury-Added Products Take Effect in December 2025
On 2 December 2025, the UK Government published the Control of Mercury (Amendment) Regulations 2025, introducing new restrictions on a wide range of mercury-added products. The regulation was made on ...
Dec 05, 2025 | Council of the EU Adopts its Position on Sixth Revision of the Carcinogens, Mutagens and Reprotoxic Substances Directive with New Exposure Limits
On 1 December 2025, the Council of the European Union agreed its position on the sixth update of the Carcinogens, Mutagens and Reprotoxic Substances Directive (CMRD). The revision introduces new bindi...
KCMA Final Notice on MSDS Submission Deadline -Compliance Required by January 16, 2026
Dec 05, 2025
On November 17,2025, the Korea Chemicals Management Association (KCMA) released an official notice reminding all chemical manufacturers, importers, and distributors that the extended deadline for subm...
ECHA Publishes Reporting Guidelines for Microplastics under EU Restriction
Dec 05, 2025
On 26 November 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published the Reporting Guidelines for Synthetic Polymer Microparticles (SPMs) to support companies in preparing the annual emission reports r...
Chile Announces New Sanitary Controls for Tattoo Inks After Government Review
Dec 04, 2025
Chile’s Institute of Public Health (ISP) has introduced a new sanitary control regime for tattoo inks, marking the first time the country formally categorises how these products should be regulated....
Colombia Imposes Strict New Controls on Hazardous Waste Shipments Under Basel Convention Rules
Dec 05, 2025
Colombia has introduced sweeping new rules to govern the movement of hazardous and other controlled wastes across its borders, in one of the most substantial overhauls of national waste regulations in...
Ukraine Adopts Rules on Joint Submission for Chemical Substances Registration under UA REACH
Nov 28, 2025
On 19 November 2025, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted Resolution No. 1497 entitled “On Approval of the Rules for the Joint Submission of Information in Applications for the Registration o...
Japan consults for 36 chemicals requiring mandatory labelling and SDS under ISHL
Nov 28, 2025
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has announced that it will hold a public consultation in December 2025, in order to update the list of chemicals and mixtures that require safet...
Australia Opens Consultation on Revisions to the Categorisation Guidelines for 2026
Nov 27, 2025
On 13 November 2025, the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) opened a public consultation on proposed revisions to the Categorisation Guidelines. This annual update provides a ...
Australia Launches Consultation on Proposed IChEMS Standards for 10 Groups of Industrial Chemicals
Nov 27, 2025
On 5 November 2025, the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) launched a public consultation on proposed environmental management standards for ten groups of industr...
European Parliament Calls for Faster Approval of Biological Control Agents
Nov 27, 2025
On 25 November 2025, the European Parliament adopted an own-initiative report (2025/2086(INI)) calling for faster approval and authorisation procedures for biological control agents used in agricultur...
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