Chemical Inventory in Chile

Chemical Inventory in Chile

According to Decree 57, manufacturers and importers of chemicals including dangerous substances that are not supervised by special regulations have the responsibility to notify the authority for substances over 1 TPA via the environmental authority portal.

The notification of chemicals is also foreseen in Decree 57. The first notification accounts for:

substances of industrial use which must be submitted three years after the Decree came into force, that is August 30, 2024;
for substances of non-industrial use, the notification is mandatory until August 30, 2025.

In respect of the notification for mixtures, the Decree establishes the first notification for:

mixtures of industrial use until August 30, 2027,
mixtures of non-industrial use until August 30, 2029.

After these notification deadlines, manufacturers and importers have to update the amount of their imported/produced substances every two years with the deadline on August 30^th. Authorities already started to develop the Industrial Chemical Program Notification Platform.

Adoption of GHS

SDS/GHS standards are part of Decree 57 and will be gradually implemented and become mandatory:

for substances of industrial use from February 9, 2022,
for substances of non-industrial use, such as domestic or general consumer goods, from February 9, 2023
for mixtures of industrial use from February 9, 2025,
for mixtures of non-industrial use from February, 9, 2027.

In Chile, the GHS standard and the national chemical regulation will be implemented together. For further information, see the Chile’s GHS webpage.

National Regulation
Status	In force - transitional period
Regulation name	Regulations on the classification, labeling, and notification of chemical substances and mixtures Reglamento de clasificación, etiquetado y notificación de sustancias químicas y mezclas peligrosas - Decreto 57
Objective	Establish the criteria and obligations relating to the classification, labeling, notification, and risk assessment of dangerous substances and mixtures, which must be met by manufacturers and importers in order to protect human health and the environment
Implementation date	Notification: · Industrial substances: August 30, 2024 · Non-industrial substances: August 30, 2025 · Industrial Mixtures: August 30, 2027 · Non-industrial mixtures: August 30, 2029
Scope	Hazardous substances and mixtures for industrial and non-industrial uses
Further substance lists	Substance classification list will be published on future resolution. Chile has not introduced: flammable liquids-category 4; skin corrosion/irritation-category 3; serious eye damage/eye irritation-category 2A and 2B; inhalation hazard-category 2; and hazardous to the aquatic environment-acute hazard-category 2 and 3. The resolution 777/2021 provides a list of 4,500 substances requiring mandatory classification. Resolution 777/2021 can be used as a reference for Chilean manufacturers or importers when making classifications of their products.
Exemption	Nuclear substances, pharmaceutical and veterinary products, food products for human and animal consumption, cosmetics, pesticide residues in food, hazardous waste (decree 148/2003), fertilizers (law 3.557/1981), minerals of natural origin, substances intended for research, on transit or warehouse, unintended, medical devices, articles containing dangerous substances or mixtures
Affected stakeholders	Manufacturers and importers of ≥ 1 ton per year
Requirements	Importers and manufacturers are requested to follow the guidelines of: · Risk assessment (Decree 57 - Title II and III) · Label (Decree 57 - Title IV) · SDS (Decree 57 - Title V) · Notification (Decree 57 - Title VI)
Non-compliance	Non-compliance means to not follow or fail to comply with the requirements. Sanctions and penalties will be further established.
Comments	Notifiers shall submit information on a biennial basis with the deadline on August 30
SDS / GHS Regulation
Status	In force - transitional period
Regulation name	Regulations on the classification, labeling, and notification of chemical substances and mixtures Reglamento de clasificación, etiquetado y notificación de sustancias químicas y mezclas peligrosas - link
Implementation date	Industrial use: · 1 year for substances (2022) · 4 years for mixtures (2025) Non-industrial use: · 2 years for substances (2023) · 6 years for mixtures (2027)
Language	Spanish
Comments	In Chile, the GHS standard and the national chemical regulation will be implemented together. For further information, see the Chile’s GHS webpage.

Chile Reach Regulation for Various Sectors

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