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Mar 08, 2023 | KKDIK Data-Sharing Guide Has Been Updated

On 6th March 2023, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change of Turkey announced that the data sharing guide within the scope of the Regulation on the Registration, Evaluation,...

Chemical industry Chemical notification/ registration KKDIK
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Mar 07, 2023 | REACH Guidance for monomers and polymers updated

ECHA, the European Chemicals Agency, has updated its guidance for importers and manufacturers of polymers and monomers to comply with minimum requirements for REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authoriz...

ECHA EU REACH Sustainability Regulatory Updates
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Singapore updates its GHS
Mar 06, 2023

Singapore has recently updated its standards for chemical classifications, labelling, and safety data sheets (SDSs) to conform to the seventh version of the UN's Globally Harmonized System (GHS) o...

GHS Safety data sheets (SDSs) Substance & mixture classification
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Israel proposes a regulation for cosmetics
Mar 06, 2023

A draft Regulation governing the creation, marketing, and import of cosmetic items has been published by Israel's Ministry of Health. Israel sent the draft to the WTO on January 24.  Comments are acc...

Cosmetic Act Regulatory Updates
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India published a new guideline and regulation on insecticides
Mar 03, 2023

On February 2nd the department of agriculture and farmers welfare of India published a new guideline and regulation on insecticides. This regulation with code name S.O.701(E) is intended to prohibit a...

Chemical authorisation Chemical industry Import/export restrictions Product restrictions / prohibitions
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South Korea consults for the draft amendment of the Designation of Consumer Chemical Products and Standards for Labelling and Safety
Mar 03, 2023

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘the Designation of Consumer Chemical Products and Standards for Labelling and Safety’ on February 27th, 2023. The...

Labelling Risk assessment
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India: E-waste disclosure exemptions for solar panels and medical devices
Mar 03, 2023

On 30 January 2023 the Ministry of India notified a new amendment regarding the exemptions for solar panels and medical devices.  The notification stated that companies producing solar panels and ...

Green & sustainable chemistry Environment
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Canada: 4 Substances removed from CEPA's toxic list under section 64
Mar 02, 2023

The Canadian government has announced that four ethers have been cleared from the toxic list under section 64 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA 1999). These four4 substances are used ...

CEPA Chemical authorisation Chemical industry Hazardous chemicals
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Updates on the EU Food Contact Material regulation revision proposal.
Mar 02, 2023

The revision of the FCM Regulation has been long-awaited, with the Regulation not having been reviewed since its entry into force in 2004. In May 2020, the Commission announced that it would adopt a p...

FCM Human health exposure Safer alternatives
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ECHA: No possibility for SCIP and the AskREACH consumer app to align
Mar 02, 2023

The Waste Framework Directive's database (WFD) for information on substances of concern in articles as such or in complex objects (products) is known as Substances of Concern In Products (SCIP). A...

Circular economy ECHA
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PFCA to be banned in the European Union
Feb 24, 2023

Starting from February 25th, certain perfluorocarboxylic acids (C9-C14 PFCAs), which are a subgroup of PFAS, will be restricted throughout the European Union. After this date, PFCAs cannot be used in ...

Chemical industry Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability EU chemicals strategy Product restrictions / prohibitions

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