Oct 20, 2022 | Belgium requests views on SVHCs for EDC action plan
On 3 October 2022, as a step into the Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDC) blueprint that was received in June, the Belgian Federal Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Public Health sent a survey ...
Oct 20, 2022 | The government of India allows the import of PET flakes but with certain conditions.
On 14 September 2022, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India published Notification No.32/2015-2020. This notification permits the import of PET Flakes. However, there are certain conditions. ...
Discussions opened for the updated proposal on the European Food Contact Material legislation.
Oct 19, 2022
The proposal to the European legislation on Food Contact Materials (FCMs) has now been opened for public consultation. The FCM legislation has been in place since 2004 and has been criticized for not ...
Malaysia consults on aligning health and safety rules with GHS 8
Oct 12, 2022
Malaysia’s Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is consulting on amendments to its health and safety regulations. The main purpose behind this is to align the regulations with the eig...
South Korea consults for the hazard review of chemical substances
Oct 12, 2022
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘the results of hazard review of chemical substances’ under the Act on Registration and Eval...
South Korea updates the Regulation on chemical substance classification and labelling
Oct 12, 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 Chemica...
South Korea updates the Designation of toxic substances
Oct 12, 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) on October ...
Argentina Australia and the US comment on lithium classification proposals
Oct 12, 2022
In August the European battery industry was joined by Argentina, Australia, and the US in warning against classification of Lithium compounds under the EU’s CLP. Their statements were sent to the Co...
Canada proposes to add Solvent Violet 13 to the list of toxic substances
Oct 11, 2022
The Canadian government has proposed adding Solvent Violet 13 to the country’s list of toxic substances under Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), which is likely to trigg...
Japan seeks hazard information for ‘default candidate substances’
Oct 11, 2022
On 15 September 2022, the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and Ministry of Environment (MOE) jointly released a Notice to seek hazard ...
South Korea updates the Regulations on preparation methods for registration application dossier and hazard review methods
Oct 11, 2022
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the Regulations on preparation methods for registration application dossier and hazard review methods’ under the Act...
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