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Japan Amends Import Customs Clearance Procedures under CSCL – Effective February 2025

Feb-18-2025 Amendment CSCL Import/export restrictions METI Enforcement Japan UV-328 Methoxychlor Dechlorane Plus

Update: On 18 February 2025, the updated import customs clearance procedure became effective, in line with the scheduled notice.    Original Text:  On February 6, 2025, the updated import ...

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Japan designates three POPs as Class I Specified Chemical Substances

Feb-18-2025 Import/export restrictions METI MHLW Product restrictions / prohibitions Ministry of Environment MOE Enforcement Japan

Update: On 18 February 2025, Japan designated three POPs as Class I Specified Chemical Substances, in line with the scheduled notice. As of this date, there are a total of 39 chemicals on the list.  ...

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Japan proposes to amend the Priority Assessment Chemical Substances List 

Feb-14-2025 CSCL Database METI MHLW Ministry of Environment MOE Japan Update Priority Assessment Chemical Substances PACS

On 12 February 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Environment (MoE), together with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) released a joint dr...

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Japan revises the Priority Assessment Chemicals list and Monitoring Procedures for FY2024

Feb-11-2025 CSCL Database METI MHLW Priority substances Ministry of Environment MOE Japan Priority Assessment Chemical Substances PACS Monitoring Procedures

On 7 February 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the Ministry of Environment (MOE), released a ...

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Japan Releases Q and A Document to Clarify Provisions of Positive List for Food Contact Materials

Feb-11-2025 FCM Food contact materials MHLW Japan Update Positive List

On 6 February 2025, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) published a Q&A document on its portal to clarify the provisions of a Positive List for Food Contact Materials (FCMs). The Positive List is ...

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Japan Amends Import Customs Clearance Procedures under CSCL – Effective February 2025 

Feb-11-2025 Amendment CSCL Import/export restrictions METI Japan Update UV-328 Methoxychlor Dechlorane Plus

On February 6, 2025, the updated import customs clearance procedure for chemicals under the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL) was made available on the official portal of Japan's Ministry of ...

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Japan publishes English version of GHS Classified Chemicals for FY 2022

Jan-31-2025 Database GHS METI MHLW Ministry of Environment MOE Japan Update Hazard Classification and Labelling

On 23 January 2025, Japan’s National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) published the English version of the list of 169 chemicals classified according to the provisions of the Globally ...

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