Feb 14, 2022 | European Commission adds Resorcinol to REACH Candidate List
The European Commission, after a serious struggle, recently declared resorcinol as an SVHC. This decision was made based on the endocrine-disrupting properties of human health. This decision was mad...
Feb 14, 2022 | Norwegian authorities extend annual report deadline
The Norwegian Environmental Agency announced on February 3, 2022, that the duty to declare annual quantities for 2021 is postponed until May 20, 2022. This occurred because the agency is improving ...
Brazil issues decree to regulate the National Waste Policy
Feb 11, 2022
On January 12, 2022, the Brazilian government issued a Regulatory Decree for the National Waste Policy, officialized and published by Law 12.305 on August 2010. The Regulatory Decree 10.936 does n...
Chile signals mandatory awareness about recycling potential
Feb 11, 2022
On January 21, 2022, Chile published the determination decision to start the elaboration of a decree to regulate the instrument intended to prevent waste generation and promote waste recovery.The futu...
OECD opens accession discussion for candidate countries
Feb 11, 2022
On January 25, 2022, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) decided to open a discussion to evaluate the membership of Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Peru, and Rom...
South Korea consults on a draft amendment of Designation of Substances Subject to Intensive Control
Feb 08, 2022
The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea is consulting on a draft amendment of Designation of Substances Subject to Intensive Control under Enforcement Decree of the Act on Registration and ...
European Commission bans the use of fragrance ingredient in cosmetic products
Feb 08, 2022
Under EU Cosmetics Regulation, the commission banned some uses of methyl-n-methylanthranilate as a fragrance ingredient. This is an ingredient usually used in the production of shampoos, soaps, and ...
Japan adds 4-methylbenzenesulfonic acid to its list of deleterious substances
Feb 08, 2022
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan recently designated 4-methylbenzenesulfonic acid as a deleterious substance. This is an industrial substance widely used in coating prod...
UK authorities to assess 4 groups of substances for potential inclusion in the candidate list
Feb 04, 2022
When UK REACH entered into force, all substances included in the EU REACH candidate list were ipso facto (by the fact itself) transferred into the new UK REACH candidate list. As to the substances ...
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Vietnam publishes a draft amendment to Decree No. 113/2017/ND-CP
Aug 10, 2021
On July 9, 2021, the General Department of Chemicals of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) of Vietnam published a draft decree to amend Decree No. 113/2017/ND-CP regarding the Law on Chemic...
BIS extends the implementation date of Acetic acid Menthanol Aniline and Morpholine
Feb 04, 2022
On January 31, 2022, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) released a Gazette notification for Extension in the Implementation date of Chemicals under mandatory certification Scheme I. The chemica...
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