Sep 09, 2022 | Upcoming meetings of Stockholm and Rotterdam Convention’s Review Committees
Expert committees for the Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions will hold meetings in the upcoming weeks. At the meetings, aspects relative to trade requirements for hazardous pesticides and chemicals, ...
Sep 09, 2022 | REACH Committee to discuss draft restriction on intentionally added microplastics
The European Union’s Committee for the REACH Regulation will discuss a restriction proposal on microplastics by the European Commission in its upcoming meeting on September 23, 2022. The releas...
Chile consults on overhaul of food additives legislation
Sep 09, 2022
The Chilean Ministry of Health opened, on 22 August, 2022, a consultation on proposed amendments to the Chilean Food Health Code. The proposals would completely modify Title III of the Code – which ...
The legal framework of Veterinary Service in the Republic of Albania
Jan 01, 2012
On the 29 September 2011, the Law No. 10465 On Veterinary Service in the Republic of Albania was presented. This is the legal framework for regulating the protection of animal health and wellbeing, ...
New rules prohibiting the manufacturing of certain plastic products are to apply in New Zealand
Sep 01, 2022
New Zealand has in spring 2022 released the Waste Minimisation (Plastic and Related Products) Regulations 2022 that are a subject of the Waste Minimisation Act 2008. The regulations' purp...
Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Redefined
Sep 01, 2022
On March 17th 2022, the SME regulation has been updated to redefine the micro, small and medium enterprises to match the value change of the Turkish Lira in the past years. The new definitions might a...
Iceland is now accepting PCN through ECHA’s submission portal.
Sep 01, 2022
Under Annex VIII to the CLP Regulation, importers and downstream users placing hazardous mixtures on the EU market are to provide specific information on their mixtures to appointed bodies. The platfo...
Argentina adopts Mercosur rules on the inland transport of dangerous goods
Aug 31, 2022
The Argentinian government adopted, on 22 August, 2022, new Mercosur rules concerning the inland transport of dangerous goods, covering both road and rail transport. Currently, the transpor...
Chile adapts transport and storage legislation to new chemicals management framework
Aug 31, 2022
In 2019, Chile adopted Supreme Decree 57 (DS/57), on the Classification, Labelling and Notification of Chemical Substances. DS/57 seeks to comprehensively implement the UN GHS in Chile, as well as int...
UN body discusses new global framework for the sound management of chemicals
Aug 30, 2022
The United Nation’s Environment Programme (UNEP) intersessional process on the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the sound management of chemicals and waste beyond...
India updates Hydrogen Peroxide Quality Control Order
Aug 29, 2022
On 24th, 2022, the Indian Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers published an order, replacing the Hydrogen Peroxide (Quality Control) Order 2020. The updated order applies to the chemical compound of ...
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