Nov 23, 2022 | India to make electric vehicle testing mandatory from 2023
On 2 November 2022, The Ministry of Heavy Industries of India issued a notice regarding vehicle test criteria to ensure enhanced human safety. According to the notice the manufacturers claiming g...
Nov 23, 2022 | Indian Government notifies Battery Waste Management Rules 2022
On 24 August 2022 the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change published the Battery Waste Management Rule, 2022 concerning the waste battery management in India. The new rule takes t...
Sea transport requirements to be revised by Japan
Nov 23, 2022
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) is the Japanese government agency responsible for the comprehensive and systematic use, development and conservation of the land, con...
Indian Government makes location tracking devices mandatory for vehicles used for carrying hazardous goods
Nov 23, 2022
In August 2022The Ministry of Transportation and Highways (MoRTH) issued a notification for all goods vehicles used for transporting dangerous or hazardous products. This notification mandated th...
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive CSRD act was adopted by the EU
Nov 21, 2022
On 11th November 2022, the EU parliament adopted the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) act. This act will require businesses to regularly publish information on their societal and en...
Argentina implements simplified labelling and registration requirements for cosmetics and personal care products
Nov 21, 2022
On September 29, 2022, Argentina enacted Provision 7809/2022 which puts in force the MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on labelling for personal hygiene products, cosmetics and perfumes. This is a step to...
Frequent exposure to graphene oxide is hazardous to the lungs
Nov 18, 2022
Background Graphene is chemically defined as a single-atom-thick layer of monocrystalline graphite, a two-dimensional sheet of sp2-bonded carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal pattern. Foll...
Taiwan Taiwan updates labelling requirements for Toxic and Concerned Chemicals
Nov 16, 2022
The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) of Taiwan has amended some of the articles of Regulations for the Labelling and Materials Safety Data Sheets for Toxic and Concerned Chemical Substanc...
New regulations on chemical imports enacted by Indonesia
Nov 15, 2022
The “Regulation of the Minister of Industry No. 13 of 2021 on the Recommendation of the Importation of Hazardous substances” came into force in Indonesia on 13th of July 2021. The regulat...
The South African industrial sector endorses GHS
Nov 15, 2022
South Africa has adopted a modified version of the United Nations' Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for classifying and labeling chemicals in its industrial sector. The Regulation comes into fo...
Finalization of the Revision of The Guidance on The Risk Assessment of Plant Protection Products on Bees
Nov 14, 2022
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is currently evaluating its 2013 document on the risk assessment of plant protection products and bees (Apis mellifera, Bombus spp., and solitary bees). ...
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