Jan 26, 2022 | Consultation: Canada deliberate on adding Competency Based Training for Dangerous Goods’ Transportation Rules
Transport Canada (TC) recently opened a discussion to revise Part 6 of the Transportation of Dangerous Products (TDG) and set new training requirements. Published in the Canada Gazette Part 1 on...
Jan 26, 2022 | Acceptance of VOC regulations for consumer goods in Canada
Canada has embraced Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) directions for certain customer and commercial products, setting up the most extreme concentration...
NMPA publishes good manufacturing practice ‘specifications’ for cosmetics
Jan 21, 2022
Based on the China cosmetic regulation (Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulation, CSAR), the National Medical and Pharmaceutical Agency (NMPA) published the good manufacturing practice &lsq...
MEE adds 11 chemicals to IECSC
Jan 21, 2022
On 22nd December 2021, the Ministry of Environment and Ecology announced that 11 chemical substances will be added to the Inventory of Existing Chemical Substance list (IECSC) of China. For chemica...
ECHA: Four hazardous chemicals added to the Candidate List
Jan 21, 2022
The Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) now contains 223 entries. On 17th January 2022, ECHA added four hazardous chemicals that are commonly used in cosmetics to the candidate li...
ECHA gives new advice for determining dose levels in toxicity testing
Jan 21, 2022
On the 18th of January 2022, ECHA advises on how to determine and apply dose selection for dose and reproductive toxicity. This is in alignment with OECD guidelines. The director of ECHA for Hazard As...
KKDIK 2022 fees are published
Jan 18, 2022
The directorate of the Revolving Fund of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization has published the 2022 KKDİK fee on its website. Compared to 2021, the fees have increased by 20%. In 2021, th...
Key Regulatory Updates in 2022
Jan 18, 2022
European Union (EU) A new Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability was presented by the EU in 2020 as part of the EU Green Deal. This year, there are major implementations that will be...
European Commission proposes to strengthen environmental protection through criminal laws
Jan 14, 2022
In December 2021, the European Commission adopted the proposal of a new EU Directive aimed at reducing environmental crime. This proposal defines new environmental crimes, obliges Member States to tak...
Selection of the candidate substance subject to permission and collection of opinions
Jan 13, 2022
The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea introduced 'Designation and Management of Substance Subject to Permission System' in 2015. This is to designate chemical substances with a...
European Commission notifies the exemption of lead in electronic components
Jan 12, 2022
On the 11th of January 2022, the European Commission granted a temporary exemption for the use of lead in the following electronic materials: bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide superconducto...
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