Updated: On July 19, 2022, the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) published a notice, announcing that 22 substances were included into the Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances (IECSC).
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On April 28, 2022, the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) published a notice1 to consult on the addition of 22 substances into the Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances in China (IECSC). The consultation will end on May 13, 2022.
Details of these substances can be accessed here2, including chemical name (both in Chinese and English), CAS number or Series number, molecular formula, structural formula, etc.
These 22 substances were manufactured in or imported into China before October 15, 2003, which fulfilled the supplementation criteria but missed the previous supplementation window. They are now going to be regulated as existing chemical substances in China, and thus free from new chemical registration or notification requirements under the Measures for the Ecology and Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances (MEE Order No.123).
This is the seventh batch of existing substances going to be added into the inventory after IECSC supplementation window was opened in June 2019 (CL news). The other sixth batches are:
the first batch of 156 substances published on May 6, 2020;
the second batch of 238 substances published on December 19, 2020;
the third batch of 204 substances published on April 15, 2021;
the fourth batch of 8 substances published on July 7, 2021;
the fifth batch of 23 substances published on October 18, 2021; and
the sixth batch of 11 substances published on December 22, 2021.
