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Japan Amends GHS Classification for Six Substances
Oct 10, 2023
On September 25, 2023, Japan’s National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) amended the classifications of six substances.
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Global Chemical Regulation Highlights | September 2023
Oct 08, 2023
In September of 2023, China set the aim to enact the Law on Safety of Hazardous Chemicals by the end of 2028. Japan proposed to prohibit the manufacture, import, and use of PFHxS, its isomers and their salts, and prohibit the import of certain products in which such chemicals were used. Australia proposed changes to the rules regarding chemical introduction categorization, reporting, and record-keeping under AICIS. South Korea disclosed chemicals names and CAS numbers of 257 new chemical substances previously registered under K-REACH as their CBI protection periods expired. Indian officials clarified mandatory declarations of IUPAC name and CAS number for import on an offline meeting.
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Japan Announces Updates to PAC List, 6 Substances Removed and 6 Added
May 17, 2023
According to the Gazette on April 3, 2023, Japan added six substances to the List of Priority Assessment Chemical Substances (PACs) following the removal of six substances on March 31. The total number in the List is 218 now.
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Japan to Designate NPE as Class II Specified Chemical Substance
Mar 22, 2023
Japan is planning to designate poly(oxyethylene) nonylphenyl ether (NPE) as Class II Specified Chemical Substance.
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Japan to Ban PFHxS and Its Salts
Feb 22, 2023
Japan is consulting on a ban on the manufacture and import of PFHxS and its salts and the import of some product types containing them via a partial revision to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Chemical Substance Control Law (CSCL). Comments are welcome before March 19, 2023.
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Japan Imposes New Export Control on PFOA and DecaBDE
Oct 28, 2022
On October 14, 2022, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) released a notice to revise Export Trade Control Order, adding two substance groups to Annex 1 “regarding export approval of chemical substances”.
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Japan Updates SDS and Labelling Guidance under PRTR Law
Oct 13, 2022
In October 2022, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) updated its comprehensive guidance on labelling and SDS preparation under the PRTR Law. The guidance in Japanese is now available on the METI website.
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Japan Seeks Hazard Information on Three Candidate Substances
Sep 20, 2022
On September 15, 2022, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and Ministry of Environment (MoE) jointly released a notice to seek hazard information on three ‘default candidate substances’.
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Japan Released the 2023 Schedule for Notifications of New Chemicals
Sep 19, 2022
Japan have published the 2023 schedule for companies to notify new chemical substances manufactured or imported at more than one tonne a year under the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL)
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Japan Announces 185 New Chemicals Substances as General Chemical Substances under CSCL
Aug 08, 2022
185 new chemical substances are considered as Newly Announced Chemical Substances (notified on and after April 1, 2011) and categorized as General Chemical Substances under the framework of Japan CSCL.
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