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Clarification on UK REACH compliance processes

May 31, 2021 | Clarification on UK REACH compliance processes

In a private communication with GPC, UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provided some clarification on the UK REACH compliance procedures currently available for importers and manufacturers. A...

HSE DUIN chemical notification/registration UK-REACH
Canada intends to approach PFAS as single class

May 30, 2021 | Canada intends to approach PFAS as single class

The Government of Canada evaluated the risks of PFOS, PFOA, and LC-PFCAs, and published the findings in screening assessment reports in 2006 and 2012. The PFOS, PFOA, and LC-PFCAs (and their salts and...

Canada PFAS Substance & mixture classification
Brazil: The National Chemical Inventory is a step ahead
Brazil: The National Chemical Inventory is a step ahead
May 30, 2021

The Law Bill 6.120/2019 is in possession of the Environment and Sustainable Development Commission (CMADS) of the Deputies’ Chamber since early December 2019, aiming to create the National Inventory o...

Chemical inventory Risk management
204 chemical substances were added in IECSC
204 chemical substances were added in IECSC
May 30, 2021

Ministry of Environment and Ecology of China (MEE) announced that the 3rd batch of chemical substance were added in the IECSC on 16 April. There were 204 chemical substances added this time. Since the...

China-REACH
India published Policy Paper on Circular Economy in Electronics and Electrical Sector
India published Policy Paper on Circular Economy in Electronics and Electrical Sector
May 30, 2021

India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) published a draft policy paper Circular Economy in Electronics and Electrical Sector in May 2021. India is the third-largest cons...

Electrical & electronics Circular Economy Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability
Taiwan: Deadline for Standard Registration of 106 PECs proposed to be postponed to 2023
Taiwan: Deadline for Standard Registration of 106 PECs proposed to be postponed to 2023
May 28, 2021

On May 27 Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) proposed an amendment to the Regulation on New and Existing Chemical Substances. The regulation was first published in 2014 and had...

Taiwan TCCSCA chemical notification/registration

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