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1 Seven substances have been proposed for authorisation by ECHA Regulatory Regions gpcgateway.com On April 14, 2021, ECHA recommends for the European Commission to add seven substances to the Authorisation List (Annex XIV of REACH). Once on the list, companies will need to apply for authorisation to continue using them. The seven substance
2 Taiwan’s EPA modified Chemical Registration Fee Regulatory Regions gpcgateway.com Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) has published the modification of the fee structure for chemical registration on April 7, 2021. In response to the international trend of reducing the use of animal testing, the registratio
3 Amendments of Poisons Act in India Regulatory Regions gpcgateway.com In early April, the Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, India chaired a meeting on implications of Poisons Act (1919) in chemical industry.   One of the issues that brought up in this
4 EPA Develops Testing Method to Improve Detection of 6PPD-Quinone in Water - Vital for Environmental Protection Initiatives Regulatory Regions gpcgateway.com Following its November 2023 commitment to gather data on the widely used tire additive 6PPD and its chemical by-product 6PPD-quinone, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the release of a draft testing method (EPA Method 1634)
5 Entry into force Eurasia REACH postponed Regulatory Regions gpcgateway.com The entry into force date of Eurasia REACH has been postponed. The regulation was initially planned to come into force on 2nd June 2021.  This postpone is mainly due to the delay of the approvement of the second part of Eurasia REACH regulation
6 Colombia’s Labor Ministry the first sector to implement GHS Regulatory Regions gpcgateway.com 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 sector to adopt GHS under Resol
7 ANVISA proposes to update methodologies on agrochemical residues  Regulatory Regions gpcgateway.com On April 8, 2021, the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) opened a public consultation on the criteria for conducting Pesticide Residue Studies and for the establishment of Maximum Residue Limits (MRL). The proposal intends to ado
8 Draft guidelines on chemical exemptions and confidential business information published by the Philippines DENR Regulatory Regions gpcgateway.com s after their national publication in a newspaper of general circulation and upon ac
9 New Reporting Rule For 1,300-Plus PFAS Compounds, Proposed By US EPA Regulatory Regions gpcgateway.com On the 10th of June, EPA proposed a new Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) reporting rule after the White House Office of Management and Budget cleared it. For producers and importers, this new rule means that they have to 
10 EU-REACH: Declare your company size correctly Regulatory Regions gpcgateway.com Companies are recommended to register substances under EU REACH with an appropriate declaration of company size together with supporting documents in REACH-IT system. Qualification of micro, small or medium-sized (MSME) enterprise is listed in
11 US EPA Revokes Snur Guidance, Issued In January 2021 Regulatory Regions gpcgateway.com Significant New Use Rules (Snur) draft guidance was released on 10 December 2020 to help businesses understand and comply with a TSCA Snur. This is the guidance that defines what qualifies as ‘surface coating’ under the rule and 
12 India CMS Rules to be adopted in 2021, hints Government Report on Circular Economy and Hazardous Waste Regulatory Regions gpcgateway.com In August 2020, the 5th draft of the Chemicals Management & Safety Rules (CMS Rules) was published by the Government of India. These draft rules are based on the EU REACH legislation and the existing Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous C
13 Australia Calls for Information On 188 Chemicals With No Known Commercial Use Regulatory Regions gpcgateway.com Australian authority has identified 188 chemicals that are on the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals and according to the authority, these chemicals are not manufactured, imported, or used in Australia for commercial purposes. Austra
14 Quality Guidelines for Aluminium, Selenium, and D4’; Canadian Government Proposes Regulatory Regions gpcgateway.com Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has suggested federal environmental quality guidelines (FEQGs) for aluminum, selenium, and octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4). For this, a draft has been set out for the threshold levels acceptable in t
15 Are you aware of the new EU Single-use plastic directive? Regulatory Regions gpcgateway.com As convenient as single-use plastic seems to be, the challenges and adverse effects far outweigh its benefits. One of such is that 80 to 85% of marine litter in the EU is plastic material.    On the 31st of May 2021, the European
16 Philippines Updates the Inventory Of Chemicals and Chemical Substances With 52 New Substances Regulatory Regions gpcgateway.com In EMB Memorandum Circular No. 2021-08, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) – Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) issued the 2021 updated Philippine Inventory of Chemicals and Chemical Substances (PICCS). 52 new chemica
17 Philippines: EMB AND BOC to Implement Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) in Chemical Mixtures Regulatory Regions gpcgateway.com Philippines-Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) informs the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on the upcoming implementation of GHS in chemical mixtures and seeks their cooperation for enforcement Early February, the director of The Department of Envi
18 HSE calls for Information on Pigment Red and Solvent Violet Regulatory Regions gpcgateway.com The UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched two public consultations on two substances, Pigment Red 83 and Solvent Violet 13, used in tattoo and permanent make-up (PMU) inks. The two substances have been proposed for mandatory classific
19 China Endorses Two Cosmetics Ingredients Under CSAR Regulatory Regions gpcgateway.com China implemented CSAR in January 2021, and this was after 30 years of waiting. China recently took another massive step by approving its first cosmetics ingredients under CSAR. As recently published in the International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ing
20 New Zealand EPA Takes Pioneering Step to Ban PFAS in Cosmetics Regulatory Regions gpcgateway.com New Zealand, a pioneer in environmental protection, has taken a significant step to improve consumer safety and safeguard the environment by banning the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as 'forever chemicals', in cosm
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