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The legal framework for the regulation of the introduction (importation and manufacture) of industrial chemicals in Australia is the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019 (IC Act). It came into force on 12 March 2019 and establishes the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) and its Executive Director. The IC Act is supported by the Industrial Chemicals (General) Rules and the Industrial Chemicals Categorisation Guidelines, which set out technical and operational details of the AICIS and the requirements introducers need to meet to categorise their chemicals if they are not already listed on the AIIC. The IC Act regulates the importation and manufacture of industrial chemicals in Australia.

GPC has a legal entity in Australia and can help non-Australian companies to meet their compliance requirements as an Australian agent.

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Several updates to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals
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
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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ACF GHS Report