Feb 15, 2023 | South Korea publishes the Guidelines for the Approval of Biocidal Polymers
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea publishes the Guidelines for the Approval of Biocidal Polymers in December 2022. In accordance with the enforcement of the Consum...
Feb 08, 2023 | South Korea extends the deadline for the public consultation on the draft list of substances subject to permission
The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea extends the deadline for the public consultation on the draft list of substances subject to permission under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of ...
Agreement signed between Saudi Arabia and Japan on Circular Carbon Economy Clean Hydrogen Fuel Ammonia
Feb 17, 2023
In December 2022, a memorandum was signed between Saudi Arabia and Japan at the first ministerial meeting of the Saudi Japanese Ministerial Dialogue for Energy. . The memorandum was about cooperatio...
200 compounds are classified as "Category 1" carcinogens in Japan
Feb 17, 2023
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has classified 200 substances under Category 1 for carcinogenicity. The announcement was made on 26 December 2022, under an amendment to the Ind...
The European Commission has published its 2050 digital and green goals.
Feb 16, 2023
A comprehensive plan that outlines more than 150 steps to assist business and government agencies in achieving the Green Deal and digital targets by 2050 has been released by the European Commission i...
UK chemical strategy - insights
Feb 16, 2023
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will publish its chemicals strategy later this year (no date announced). The UK's chemicals strategy is intended to replace the EU's R...
Taiwan updates the RoHS requirements to include UV disinfection equipment
Feb 16, 2023
In 2013 voluntary national standard, CNS 15663 Guidance to Reduce the Use of Restricted Chemical Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE), was released by the Taiwanese Bureau of Standa...
Turkey Has Initiated Polystyrene Foam Environmental Project
Feb 14, 2023
The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change have launched a plan with the aim of eliminating the usage of HCBD in Turkey and getting the necessary support from the private sector to ...
The cosmetic control guidelines in Malaysia updated
Feb 14, 2023
On 9 December 2022 the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) of Malaysia published revised cosmetics control regulations, including new product categories and labelling requirements. The Co...
New Regulation Related to KKDIK Registration Dossiers
Feb 08, 2023
On 2nd February 2023, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change of Turkey announced a new regulation related to KKDIK registration dossiers for sections 1.7 and 13.1. Firstly,...
Details of the PFAS restriction proposal published.
Feb 08, 2023
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has released the full details of a proposed EU REACH restriction that aims to limit the use of more than 10,000 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), which ...
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