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March of 2023 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 March below:
South Korea
On March 10, 2023, South Korea published a notice to urge enterprises handling Group B biocidal active substances to speed up dossier preparation and submission for approval under K-BPR. The authority emphasizes that, after the stipulated deadline for dossier submission expires, the online application platform will be closed immediately and the applications for approval of Group B active substances will no longer be accepted. (Read more)
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| Japan
The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) will listen to overseas stakeholders' opinions from 14 March 2023 on the second and third batches of candidate substances subject to mandatory SDS and labeling requirements under the Industrial Safety and Health Act (ISHL). Two batches of 1,469 hazardous substances are proposed to mandate SDS and labelling requirements under Japan ISHL. (Read more)
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| Australia and New Zealand
In March 2023, the AICIS issued three notices to announce the addition of eight industrial chemicals to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (AIIC) for different reasons. (Read more)
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Thailand, Singapore, and India
Thailand’s Department of Industrial Works (DIW) issued an order in the Royal Gazette regarding the destruction of 8 perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds, when they are classified as Type 4 hazardous substances. (Read more)
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European Union and United Kingdom On March 21, 2023, ECHA updated the Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP) for the year 2023-2025, listing 24 substances suspected of posing a risk to human health or the environment. The plan contains 6 substances that will be evaluated in 2023, while 9 will be evaluated in 2024 and another 9 in 2025. (Read more)
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| North America
On March 14, 2023, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a state of science report on PFAS. The report summarizes current PFAS research in key strategic areas, including safe removal and destruction of PFAS and alternatives to PFAS that are safer, as well as gaps in PFAS data and knowledge. (Read more)
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