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November 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 November below:
China
Speaking at the 15th Chemical Regulatory Annual Conference (CRAC) on November 17, 2023, Mr. Xu Wei from the Shanghai Emergency Management Bureau (SEMB) introduced Shanghai's localized pilot plan for the Hazchem traceability code system. The pilot plan aims to advance the implementation of the "One enterprise, One chemical product, One QR code" policy in Shanghai. Notably, Shanghai's pilot plan differs from the Hazchem QR code application piloted in Guangdong by requiring additional information, such as product batch numbers, for generating the Hazchem traceability code. Shanghai aims to finalize the official pilot plan by the end of 2023, with the objective of implementing it throughout the entire city in 2024. (Read more)
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South Korea and Japan
By two announcements issued on November 17, 2023, South Korea’s NIER adopted the proposed updates to the TCSL and the GHS Classification List. 55 substances were newly designated as toxic chemical substances. The updated TCSL will come into force three months after its publication. Amendments to the GHS Classification List took effect immediately. (Read more)
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Australia, New Zealand, and Thailand
In November 2023, the AICIS issued three notices to made public updates to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (AIIC). Seven industrial chemicals were added to the AIIC as five years have passed since their assessment certificates were issued. Two chemicals were added to the AIIC as their assessment certificates do not include a condition on the period for which the industrial chemicals are permitted to be introduced, even if 5 years have not passed. The names of 27 industrial chemicals that were previously listed in the AIIC were updated, for the reasons that some chemicals' listed names have been varied to the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) names or some chemicals' CAS names have been updated. (Read more)
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The Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia In November 2023, The Philippines Environmental Management Bureau under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (EMB-DENR) released a draft Administrative Order that clarifies the process for requesting of Confidential Business Information (CBI) for chemical evaluations of general inquiries and permits applied to the Bureau. (Read more) More regulation highlights in the Philippines and Singapore: |
European Union and United Kingdom Speaking at the 15th Chemical Regulatory Annual Conference (CRAC) held on November 16, 2023 in Shanghai, Catherine Cornu, the Senior Scientific Officer of European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), introduced the trends in European chemicals management originating from the Commission’s Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability. (Read more)
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| North America
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has initiated proposals to revise the regulations for decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE) and phenol, isopropylated phosphate (3:1) (PIP (3:1)), two of the five persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) chemicals addressed in final rules issued under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in January 2021. The proposed rules intend to further reduce exposures to these two PBT chemicals to better protect human health and the environment. Comments shall be submitted to EPA within 45 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. (Read more)
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