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May 29, 2026 | South Korea Proposes Updating 136 Existing Chemical Entries Following Expiry of Confidentiality Protection
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...
May 29, 2026 | Japan Proposes Digital Hazard Reporting and Expanded CSCL Requirements
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...
EU Adopts New Labelling Rules for Plant Protection Products Including Mandatory Digital Labels
May 28, 2026
On 27 May 2026, the European Union published Commission Regulation (EU) 2026/1123 laying down new labelling requirements for plant protection products and repealing Regulation (EU) No 547/2011. Th...
Thailand Consults on Restructuring DIW Hazardous Substance Lists to Align with Chemical Weapons Convention Controls
May 25, 2026
Bangkok, May 2025. Thailand’s Department of Industrial Works (DIW) has opened a public consultation on the principles of a draft Ministry of Industry notification to amend the Hazardous Substance List...
EU Notifies Draft Regulation for Digital Product Passport Registry Under ESPR
May 22, 2026
On 21 May 2026, the European Union notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a draft Commission Implementing Regulation, establishing the implementation arrangements for the Digital Product Passp...
South Korea Updates POPs Regulation Following Stockholm Convention Amendments
May 21, 2026
South Korea’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment has issued a draft amendment to its regulations on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) to reflect recent updates adopted under the Stockholm...
EPA Publishes Final TSCA Risk Evaluation for 1,2-Dichloroethane
May 21, 2026
On May 5, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of the final risk evaluation for 1,2-dichloroethane under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The evaluat...
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