Latin America Defines an Action Plan for 2021-2024
May-20-2021
At the XXII Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean on 1-2 February 2021, ministries from six countries in Latin America announced the Action Plan...
Read MoreColombia’s Labor Ministry the first sector to implement GHS
Apr-30-2021
Colombia incorporated GHS guidelines in 2018 based on the Decreto 1.496/2018. The regulation provides guidance for ministries to implement the standard in each sector. In 2021, the Ministry of Labor is the first...
Read MoreChile leads the way on chemical safety in Latin America: Decree published
Mar-30-2021
On February 9, 2021, Chile approved its rules for the classification, labeling, and notification of dangerous chemical substances and mixtures (Decree 57) in the official gazette. The Decree 57 was promulgated in November 2019...
Read MoreColombia's chemical legislation might be right around the corner
Jan-29-2021
In 2020 Colombia became the third Latin American country to join the OECD. As a membership requirement, the country has to develop a chemicals management system, including chemical regulation. The chemical...
Read More5) Thailand: Thailand published the first Existing Chemical Inventory
Jun-01-2020
To support the introducers under current Australian chemical regulation (AICIS), authorities have rolled out minor improvements in categorization along with adding few chemicals in the inventory (The Australian Inventory of Chemical...
Read More4) Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS)
Jun-01-2020
To support the introducers under current Australian chemical regulation (AICIS), authorities have rolled out minor improvements in categorization along with adding few chemicals in the inventory (The Australian Inventory of Chemical...
Read More3) Are you ready to submit to SCIP Database?
Jun-01-2020
The Substances of Concern In articles as such or complex objects (Products) also known as the SCIP database is a new requirement under the Waste Framework Directive. Companies that supplying articles...
Read More2) Turkey REACH: Pre-registered substance count exceeds 18,000 as the deadline approaches!
Jun-01-2020
While there are less than 160 days left for the first phase for Turkey’s REACH regulation to conclude, more than 18,000 substances were pre-registered already by the first half of 2020,...
Read More1) South Korea: 332 substances require prompt CICO establishment
Jun-01-2020
A South Korean industry support group published a list of 332 substances that require prompt CICO (Chemical Substance Information Communicative Organization) establishment. These substances are the cases where pre-registrants of a...
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