In December of 2025, China passed the Law on Hazardous Chemicals Safety to strengthen lifecycle safety management, while the EU postponed key CLP labelling, distance sales and fuel station requirements to January 1, 2028, and the US advanced state-level PFAS reporting and Proposition 65 substance controls; South Korea updated hazard assessments, GHS classifications and its hazardous substances list, Japan designated PFHxS-related substances as Class I Specified Chemical Substances under CSCL and ended an essential-use exemption for 8:2 FTOH, Taiwan tightened PFAS and environmental agent controls and advanced OSH reforms, the UK extended UK REACH transitional registration deadlines and applied new mercury-added product restrictions, Ukraine proposed epoxy limits in food contact materials and extended REACH/CLP-aligned compliance deadlines, Australia updated the AIIC industrial chemicals inventory, and Canada progressed DSL substance investigations and proposed stricter rules on single-use plastics.
December 2025 has witnessed many chemical regulatory changes in the global chemical industry. To help you keep abreast of chemical regulation updates, ChemLinked presents a monthly recap, which delivers major regulation dynamics around the globe. Find out what's new on chemical regulation in December below:
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