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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)
South Korea distributes a guide for serious civic accidents caused by raw materials under SAPA

Jan 27, 2022 | South Korea distributes a guide for serious civic accidents caused by raw materials under SAPA

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea published and distributed a guide to serious civic accidents caused by raw materials and products under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act (SAPA)....

K-REACH Regulatory Update Major accident hazard & risk
Consultation: Canada deliberate on adding Competency Based Training for Dangerous Goods’ Transportation Rules
Consultation: Canada deliberate on adding Competency Based Training for Dangerous Goods’ Transportation Rules
Jan 26, 2022

Transport Canada (TC) recently opened a discussion to revise Part 6 of the Transportation of Dangerous Products (TDG) and set new training requirements.  Published in the Canada Gazette Part 1 on 1...

Hazardous chemicals Chemical industry Ecotoxicology
Acceptance of VOC regulations for consumer goods in Canada
Acceptance of VOC regulations for consumer goods in Canada
Jan 26, 2022

Canada has embraced Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) directions for certain customer and commercial products, setting up the most extreme concentration limits in around 130 item categories. Publishe...

Solvent/VOC emissions Import/export restrictions Personal care.
NMPA publishes good manufacturing practice ‘specifications’ for cosmetics
NMPA publishes good manufacturing practice ‘specifications’ for cosmetics
Jan 21, 2022

Based on the China cosmetic regulation (Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulation, CSAR), the National Medical and Pharmaceutical Agency (NMPA) published the good manufacturing practice ‘spe...

Cosmetic Products CSAR
MEE adds 11 chemicals to IECSC
MEE adds 11 chemicals to IECSC
Jan 21, 2022

On 22nd December 2021, the Ministry of Environment and Ecology announced that 11 chemical substances will be added to the Inventory of Existing Chemical Substance list (IECSC) of China. For chemica...

Chemical inventory IECSC Compliance strategy

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