China MEE Proposes to Include 8 Substances into IECSC

On June 15, 2021, the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) published a notice to consult on the inclusion of 8 chemical substances ^[1] into the Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances (IECSC).

The 8 substances are the fourth batch of substances issued for public consultation after internal review. They were manufactured in or imported into China before October 15, 2003, which fulfilled the IECSC supplementation criteria but missed the previous supplementation window. The first three batches of substances, 598 in total, were included into the IECSC last year and earlier this year.

According to MEE Order No. 12, a permanent supplementation window has been opened for chemical substances that had been manufactured, sold, used in processing or imported within China before October 15, 2003. Businesses, which wish to apply for the supplementation of any such substance into IECSC, need to submit relevant information via the new system under MEE Order No. 12.

The consultation is set to end on June 28, 2021.