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Dec 05, 2025 | India Withdraws Six Chemical Quality Control Orders for Industrial Chemicals
The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has officially withdrawn six Quality Control Orders (QCOs) covering the following key industrial chemicals: p-xylene, toluene, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate...
Dec 05, 2025 | Council of the EU Adopts its Position on Sixth Revision of the Carcinogens, Mutagens and Reprotoxic Substances Directive with New Exposure Limits
On 1 December 2025, the Council of the European Union agreed its position on the sixth update of the Carcinogens, Mutagens and Reprotoxic Substances Directive (CMRD). The revision introduces new bindi...
KCMA Final Notice on MSDS Submission Deadline -Compliance Required by January 16, 2026
Dec 05, 2025
On November 17,2025, the Korea Chemicals Management Association (KCMA) released an official notice reminding all chemical manufacturers, importers, and distributors that the extended deadline for subm...
ECHA Publishes Reporting Guidelines for Microplastics under EU Restriction
Dec 05, 2025
On 26 November 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published the Reporting Guidelines for Synthetic Polymer Microparticles (SPMs) to support companies in preparing the annual emission reports r...
Colombia Imposes Strict New Controls on Hazardous Waste Shipments Under Basel Convention Rules
Dec 05, 2025
Colombia has introduced sweeping new rules to govern the movement of hazardous and other controlled wastes across its borders, in one of the most substantial overhauls of national waste regulations in...
Chile Announces New Sanitary Controls for Tattoo Inks After Government Review
Dec 04, 2025
Chile’s Institute of Public Health (ISP) has introduced a new sanitary control regime for tattoo inks, marking the first time the country formally categorises how these products should be regulated. T...
European Council Approves “Stop-the-Clock” Mechanism on CLP Regulation (Updated)
Dec 03, 2025
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...
Ukraine Adopts Rules on Joint Submission for Chemical Substances Registration under UA REACH
Nov 28, 2025
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...
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