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January of 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 January below:
China On January 10, 2025, the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) opened a public consultation on the addition of 7 substances to the Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances of China (IECSC). Comments are welcome before January 23, 2025. If adopted, these 7 chemicals will be regulated as existing chemical substances in China. (Read more)
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South Korea As of January 1, 2025, the revision to K-REACH has come into effect, raising the tonnage band for new chemical registration from 0.1 t/y to 1 t/y. According to the official response, it is clarified that the current K-REACH does not include provisions for the modification in annual import/manufacture quantity. Therefore, companies that have notified substances below 0.1 t/y prior to 2025 are not required to take any additional actions and can manufacture/import those notified substances up to 1 t/y. (Read more)
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The Philippines, Australia and Singapore
On January 22, 2025, The Philippines' Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) released an Administrative Order (DAO 2025-09), which further expanded the Philippine Inventory of Chemicals and Chemical Substances (PICCS) from 22,277 to 22,438, with the addition of 96 new chemicals in CY 2022 and 65 new chemicals in CY 2023. This new Order shall take effect from February 6, 2025. (Read more)
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Europe On January 21, 2025, ECHA’s Member State Committee (MSC) has confirmed the addition of five hazardous chemicals to the Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHC) and the update of one entry. The list now contains 247 entries, some of which are groups of chemicals, so the overall number of impacted chemicals is higher. (Read more)
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