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EU Launches Public Consultation on Evaluation of the Cosmetics Regulation
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On 5 May 2025, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the evaluation of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 on cosmetic products. This regulation governs the safety, labelling and marketing of cosmetics in the EU. The consultation is open |
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South Africa Implements GHS Revision 10 for Classification and Labelling from 1 July 2025
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Japan amends the Deleterious Substances List under PDSCA (Updated)
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uring this period.
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On 25 July 2025, Japan’s Ministry |
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EU Reassigns RoHS Exemption Assessments and Restriction Tasks to ECHA from 2027
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On 12 December 2025, the European Union published Directive (EU) 2025/2456 in the Official Journal, amending the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive (2011/65/EU) to transfer specific scientific and technical responsibilities from the |
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Taiwan’s Ministry of Environment Bans Methoxychlor in Environmental Pesticides
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ble through the Ministry of Environment News Section: https://enews.moenv.gov.tw/Aft |
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GCC Notifies WTO of Draft Gulf Technical Regulation Aligning Chemical Classification and Labelling with GHS Rev. 10
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On 17 December 2025, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Member States (excluding Saudi Arabia), and Yemen notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a draft Gulf Technical Regulation prepared by the GCC Standardization Organization (GSO) Technica |
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The nomination to the Russian Inventory has closed!
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ill continue to keep you updated on the news regarding the Russian inventory and TR |
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Ministry Publishes Draft Fees
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2021.
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GHS in Australia
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Revision 7.
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China: Guidelines for key chemical substances in consumer products
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On November 19th, 2020, the Standardization Administration of China (SAC) published the Guidelines for the Use and Control of Key Chemical Substances in Consumer Products (GB/T 39498-2020), with its effective date on June 1st, 2021.
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KOSHA: Major revision of the MSDS regulation effective from 2021 Jan 16
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The “Occupational Safety and Health Act” was revised on January 15, 2019 and came into effect from January 16, 2020. In relation to this Act, the “Material Safety Data Sheet” (MSDS) was recently revised and will be effective from January |
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Taiwan’s EPA extended the deadline for Standard Registration regardless of tonnage to 2022
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The EPA showed its intention to grant the extension of the deadline for Standard Registration of 106 PECs as chemical manufacturing and import associations in Taiwan raised their concerns over the preparation for dossiers in public seminars in Oc |
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Extension of implementation date of certain Mandatory BIS standards in India
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The Central Government of India in exercising its powers conferred by section 16 of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Act (2016) prepared the following amendments in the orders that were published by the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, |
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Turkish CLP regulation (SEA) is updated
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The amended SEA Regulation, the “Bylaw on Classification, Labeling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures” (the CLP regulation) in Turkey, was published on 10 December 2020 in the Official Gazette No.31330. This amendment harmoniz |
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Transfer of EU-REACH registrations from the UK to the EU
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According to a statement released by ECHA on January 11, 80% of all EU-REACH registrations held in the UK have been or are in the process of being transferred back into the EU.
The remaining 20%, for which the transfer process had not be |
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Brazil updates resolution concerning the active substance Glyphosate
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On January 4th, 2021, the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) addendum, concerning the active substance Glyphosate (G01), entered into force. The resolution RDC 441/2020 applies to all technical and formulated products register |
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K-BPR: Three biocidal substances were added to the existing biocidal substance list
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South Korea added three substances in the 741 existing biocidal substance list therefore, the total number of biocidal chemicals in the existing list becomes 744 entries. It includes:
Chlorine dioxide generated from sodium chlorite by oxida |
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KOSHA: What are the implications to Industry as a result of the MSDS regulation amendment?
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The recent MSDS amendment in South Korea was enforced on 16 January 2021. This amendment requires chemical manufacturers and importers to deliver and submit an MSDS to the competent authority (Korean Occupational Safety and Health Agency, KOSHA |
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238 Substances added to the List of Existing Substances in China
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On 21 Dec. 2020, China MEE announced that the second batch of 238 substances have fulfilled the requirements for IECSC supplementation and will be managed as existing chemical substances.
On 17 November 2020, China MEE released a publ |
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India: Nine new BIS Standards for Chemicals to become mandatory
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On January 11, 2021, a stakeholder consultation meeting was organized by Additional Secretary (Chem) to discuss BIS standards of 12 chemicals. Nine of the twelve standards under consideration are concluded to be made mandatory. The 12 BIS s |