Brazil Moves Forward with New Chemical Law
On May 9, 2023, Brazil’s Constitution, Justice and Citizenship Commission (CCJC) approved the National Chemical Law (PL 6120/19). The Bill will now be submitted to Senate for consideration. Once passed, the Bill will serve as the Brazil REACH Regulation and make Brazil the third countries in South America to establish a chemical management law after Chile and Colombia.
Guidance Updated for UK Companies Submitting EPR Packaging Data
Recently, the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has issued an updated Guidance on the compilation and submission of packaging data for companies that are affected by EPR for packaging.
POPs Convention listed DP and UV-328 in Annex A for Global Ban
At the 11th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Stockholm Convention held from 1 to 12 May, 2023, delegates representing 180 countries took important decision to list three persistent organic pollutants (POPs), namely the pesticide methoxychlor and the industrial chemicals Dechlorane Plus and UV-328 in Annex A to the Convention.
