Australia Seeks Input on Including Short Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in Schedule 7 of the IChEMS Register

On 9 October 2023, the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) opened consultations on the proposed scheduling decisions for short chain chlorinated paraffins under the Industrial...

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Time to submit the Annual Declaration under AICIS

It is time for registered importers or manufacturers who introduced industrial chemicals into Australia during the previous registration year to submit their annual declaration to the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme...

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Australian Government Seeks Public Input on Proposed Changes to Chemical Introduction Regulations

The Australian Government has issued an open invitation to the community to provide valuable input on a comprehensive set of proposed changes to the categorization of chemical introductions. These changes include...

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Australia Seeks Input on Including Brominated Flame Retardants in IChEMS Register Schedule 6 and 7

On 25 September 2023, the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) opened consultations on the proposed scheduling decisions for brominated flame retardants (BFRs) under the Industrial...

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Several updates to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals

During the months of August and September 2023, the Australian Industrial Chemistry Introductory Scheme (AICIS) has made several updates to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (AIIC). The updates include adding...

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Australia Consults on Listing 3 groups of PFAS chemicals and PeCB in the IChEMS Register Schedule 7

On 21 July 2023, the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water opened consultations on the proposed scheduling decisions for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), perfluorohexane...

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Renewal of AICIS Registration Opens in Mid-August.

  UPDATE: The registration is now open in AICIS Business Services.   The Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) has announced that companies that plan to import or manufacture industrial chemicals for commercial...

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Annual authorisation needed for import/export of decaBDE and PFOA-related compounds in Australia

Jul-14-2023

AICIS PFOA

From 21 July 2023 the rules for importation and exportation of decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts, and PFOA-related compounds in Australia will be amended. This was announced by...

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Australia to introduce regulations for waste management and harmful chemicals

On 9 June 2023, the Australian government announced that because of a historic agreement reached at a national summit of environment ministers, strict new government regulations governing packaging will soon be...

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New import/export authorisation rules for decaBDE and PFOA-related compounds coming in Australia

On 20 June 2023, the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) posted information on their website that the rules for importation and exportation of decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its...

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ACF GHS Report