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Dec 03, 2025 | European Council Approves “Stop-the-Clock” Mechanism on CLP Regulation (Updated)
Update 3 December 2025: The amendment introducing the “stop the clock” mechanism has now been published in the Official Journal of the European Union as Regulation (EU) 2025/2439. The act was signe...
Nov 28, 2025 | Ukraine Adopts Rules on Joint Submission for Chemical Substances Registration under UA REACH
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 of...
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 safety...
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...
Canada Releases Updated Risk Characterization and Risk Management Scopes for Flame Retardants Group
Nov 27, 2025
The Government of Canada has published new human health risk characterization documents and updated risk management scopes for key substances in the Flame Retardants Group, as part of ongoing assessme...
Canada Releases Final Screening Assessment for Selected C3–C5 Alcohols Group
Nov 27, 2025
The Government of Canada has published the final screening assessment for the Selected C3–C5 Alcohols Group under the third phase of the Chemicals Management Plan (CMP). The announcement was made on N...
Canada Publishes Final Screening Assessment and Proposed Risk Management for Decenes Group
Nov 27, 2025
On 22 November 2025, the Government of Canada published the final screening assessment for two industrial chemicals known as the Decenes Group, as part of the third phase of the Chemicals Management P...
Minamata COP-6 Advances Global Mercury Phase-Outs, Including Dental Amalgam
Nov 27, 2025
The sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-6) concluded in Geneva on 7 November 2025, with over 1,000 in-person participants and nearly 4,000 online...
India Initiates Major Reforms to the Quality Control Orders Framework
Nov 26, 2025
In its Second Report (October 2025), the High-Level Committee on Non-Financial Regulatory Reforms (HLC-NFRR) called for a major overhaul of India’s Quality Control Order (QCO) framework. The number of...
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