Dec 05, 2022 | South Korea updates the Enforcement Decree of the Chemical Control Act
The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea updated the ‘Enforcement Decree of the Chemical Control Act (CCA)’ on November 15th, 2022. This update is mainly on import reporting procedures for...
Dec 07, 2022 | South Korea provides the Guideline for submitting a functional cosmetics report
National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (NIFDS) in South Korea provides a Guideline to prepare functional cosmetics report submission under the Enforcement Rule of the Cosmetic Act on De...
South Korea updates the Regulation on chemical substance classification and labelling
Dec 07, 2022
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updated the ‘Regulation on chemical substance classification and labelling’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of C...
South Korea updates the Designation of toxic substances
Dec 07, 2022
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the Designation of toxic substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) and Chemica...
Israel REACH Regulation expecting to be approved by end of 2021
Jan 29, 2021
When Israel joined the OECD in 2010, the country planned to establish a national mechanism for registering chemicals. There are various regulations in Israel that regulate the practice of chemicals, a...
Russia: EPR for waste is expected to be implemented in January 2025
Dec 06, 2022
Because most of household waste generated in Russia ends up on the landfills, the Russian authorities are now developing updated legislative mechanisms such as extended producer responsibility (ERP) f...
East Africa releases new specifications on Insecticidal aerosols
Dec 06, 2022
In November 2022, the East African Standards Committee (EASC) released a Draft East African Standard (DEAS 1114:2022) that specifies the requirements, sampling, and test methods for insecticidal aer...
Vietnam adopts the updates and amendments to the Asean Cosmetic Directive
Jul 11, 2022
On May 25 and 27, 2022, an online conference for the 35th ASEAN Cosmetic Committee (ACC) Meeting was held. The aim of the meeting was to provide up-to-date information on standards, rules and regulati...
International chemical safety cards training to be conducted in India in 2023
Dec 05, 2022
In the upcoming year 2023, the Indian Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) is expected to commence workplace training in the use of international chemical safety cards (ICSCs). A non-bind...
Japan to classify carcinogenic substances under category 1
Dec 05, 2022
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) is a cabinet-level ministry of the Japanese government which provides services on health, labour and welfare. The MHLW published a proposal on ...
New regulation on environmental remedial products in Brazil.
Dec 05, 2022
Normative Instruction 11 of October 17, 2022, replaces Normative Instruction 5, of May 17 2010. This new regulation adjusts the registration obligation of remedial products, prior consent for import...
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