Japan published 2021 schedule for low volume permit applications

Japan’s Ministry of Environment (MoE) in 2021 has published the schedule for companies to notify new chemical substances manufactured or imported in volumes of less than 10 tonnes/year, or apply for the small volume chemical permits under the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL).

For receiving the confirmation of manufacturing or importing a small amount of chemicals substances from the Government of Japan, one can apply through following methods under the given dates;

1. Online electronic submission.
2. Optical disc mailing.
3. By E-mail.

The Applicant willing to manufacture or import the chemicals must include all the relevant details about Company Name, Addresses, Notifier or Responsible Person with the amount of Volume and use of chemicals to be exported. The online electronic submission can be favorable in the time of Covid-19, which can be done by uploading the applications to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), MoE and METI are jointly responsible for processing the applications.

The penalty for non-compliance is prison of up to one year or a maximum fine of 50M Japanese yen.

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Update: 2021-01-28