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Monthly Digest: Chemical Regulatory Updates in Asia-Pacific Region in July 2020
Aug 11, 2020
July of 2020 has witnessed many chemical regulatory changes in the Asia-Pacfic region. To recap the most important news during the last month, we've put together the most important chemical regulatory news in the region.
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New Zealand Proposes to Strengthen the Control on Mercury
Jul 17, 2020
To bring New Zealand into line with international standards and finally ratify the Minimata Convention, the government proposes to introduce a permitting system for trade in mercury and prohibit the sale, manufacture, import, and export of certain products containing mercury.
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New Zealand EPA Identifies 18 Hazardous Substances for Reassessment
Jun 23, 2020
On June 18, 2020, the New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) announced that it identifies 18 hazardous substances which have met the criteria for reassessment.
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Hazchem
Chemical management
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New Zealand Initiates the Second Round of Consultation on Adopting GHS Revision 7
Jun 09, 2020
Most comments received during the first round of consultation are in support of the adoption of GHS Rev.7. The second round of consultation seeks feedback on 5 proposals, involving the review of existing hazardous substance approvals and amendment of group standards.
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New Zealand Consults on the Reassessment of Two Kinds of Hazardous Substances
Feb 17, 2020
There are two public consultations open for submission on the New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) website now, both of which concern the reassessment of hazardous substances. One consultation is for the reassessment of benzalkonium chlorides (BACs), this reassessment has already finished, and the proposed changes are currently subject to public consultation. The second public consultation has been issued to gather data and information on hydrogen cyanamide containing products.
New Zealand
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NEWS
New Zealand Proposes Adoption of GHS Revision 7 Classification System
Nov 07, 2019
On 29th October, New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) issued a notice seeking public feedback on the proposal to change the classification system for hazardous substances in New Zealand.
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New Zealand Proposes to Update the Hazard Classifications of 79 Substances
Sep 02, 2019
On August 29th, 2019, New Zealand’s EPA issued a consultation seeking public feedback on a chemical review of the hazard classifications of 79 substances, including single chemicals and mixtures containing chemicals.
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New Zealand Consults on Proposed Changes to Hazardous Substances Management System
Aug 21, 2019
On August 19th, 2019, the Ministry for the Environment[2] of New Zealand issued a public consultation[3] on proposed changes to New Zealand’s hazardous substances management system. MFE of New Zealand issued this consultation in order to make improvements on the assessment and reassessment process of new and existing hazardous substances and to encourage the introduction of beneficial and ‘greener’ substances.
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New Zealand Chemical Inventory Updated
Jul 12, 2019
Recently, New Zealand EPA released an update to the New Zealand Inventory of Chemicals (NZloC). A total of 159 chemical substances have been newly added into the original NZloC, the inventory “status”* of three chemical substances has been updated and 28 chemical substances have been deleted from the original NZloC.
New Zealand
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New Zealand EPA Releases HSNO Enforcement Report 2018
Jun 29, 2019
On June 27, 2019, the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) of New Zealand published the HSNO Enforcement Report 2018. The report looks at the enforcement of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (the HSNO Act) for the 2017/18 financial year (July 1 2017 – June 30 2018).
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