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On August 29, 2025, the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) made public 3,264 new chemical record notifications that were received in the first half of 2025, covering 16,619 new chemical substances. The attached list contains the applicant and the corresponding representative agent (if any), the time for record notification, the receipt number and the number of new chemical substances.
Under MEE Order No. 12, new chemicals manufactured or imported in quantities below 1 ton per year, polymers containing less than 2% of a new chemical monomer/recant or PLCs are subject to record notification. Notably, there’s no approval for record notification, which means that businesses can start relevant activities immediately after submitting application materials and receiving the receipt sent via the online registration system.
However, in practice, it doesn’t mean that obligations under record notification are that easy to fulfill. The MEE will conduct spot checks of the submitted materials. The applicants in question will be asked to provide materials for supplementary or correction. If applicants fail in providing the required materials within the limited period, the record notification receipts will be revoked, and the corresponding activities will be ordered to cease.
Details can be accessed here.
