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Jun 01, 2026 | Vietnam Proposes Updated Technical Rules for Industrial Sodium Hydroxide, PAC and Ammonia
Vietnam has notified the WTO of a draft Circular amending national technical regulations for industrial sodium hydroxide, poly aluminium chloride (PAC) and industrial ammonia. The proposed measur...
May 31, 2026 | South Korea Introduces Temporary K-REACH Relief for Supply-Crisis Chemicals
South Korea has begun the early application of a special temporary measure to ease K-REACH registration procedures for designated supply-crisis chemicals. This measure applies from April 10, 2026, and...
Vietnam Notifies Draft Circular on Medium-Risk Products under MOIT Quality Management
May 29, 2026
Vietnam has notified the WTO of a draft Circular establishing the list of medium-risk and high-risk products and goods under the state management responsibility of the Ministry of Industry and Tr...
UK Publishes First List of GB Biocidal Active Substance Expiry Date Postponements
May 29, 2026
On 26 May 2026, the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announced the first group of active substance/product-type combinations whose approval expiry dates have been postponed under recent amendments...
China Adds Eight New and Revised Cosmetic Testing Methods to Safety Standards
May 29, 2026
On May 29, 2026, China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) announced the adoption of eight new and revised testing methods under the Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics (2015 Ed...
South Korea Proposes Updating 136 Existing Chemical Entries Following Expiry of Confidentiality Protection
May 29, 2026
South Korea’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment has issued a draft amendment to the Existing Chemicals Inventory under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH). The prop...
Japan Proposes Digital Hazard Reporting and Expanded CSCL Requirements
May 29, 2026
Update 29 May 2026: On 29 May 2026, Japan's MHLW, METI and MoE published the results of the public consultation on the country’s e-GOV Public Comment Portal. On the same day, final order was promu...
EU Extends Certain Biocides Data Protection Periods Until 2030
May 28, 2026
On 26 May 2026, the European Union published Regulation (EU) 2026/1165 amending the EU Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) (Regulation (EU) No 528/2012) as regards the extension of certain data protect...
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