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Taiwan authority has drafted the first batch of 122 priority existing chemical substances (PECs) needing Phase 2 registration (standard registration) and proposed registration schedules for corresponding batches of PECs as below (CL news).
Batch 1: Jan 1, 2018 – Dec 31, 2020
Batch 2: Jan 1, 2021 – Dec 31, 2023
Batch 3: Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2026
The draft list is accessible here.
Registrants of these PECs will be granted a three-year grace period to prepare and submit the registration dossier. During this period, manufacturing or importation activities will not be hindered since they can use the pre-registration number or late pre-registration number obtained after completion of Phase 1 registration.
The PECs were screened from existing chemicals based on a risk matrix which factors in criteria such as whether the chemicals are manufactured/imported in high volumes, of high hazard concern, or have a lack of data, etc.
According to Dr. Jowitt Li from Taiwan SAHTECH, one substance (2,6-TDI) was deleted before the draft list was issued. The consolidation of 5 substances into a single substance entry (all of which are of concern to the petrochemical industry), is still under discussion. Taiwan authority welcomes any feedbacks on PECs. The list is proposed to be finalized and released before the end of 2017.
Dr. Jowitt Li also shared that Taiwan authority now plans to allow companies to decide whether to do joint or individual registration based on their business interests, rather than impose a mandatory joint registration scheme as previously proposed. If so, the volume limitation set for each PEC which is used to decide if a substance is “high tonnage” (and subject to shortened grace period for registration) will only consider the volume of the individual registrant, rather than the aggregated volumes of all co-registrants. Registrants manufacturing or importing a PEC in excess of volume limitation will have only two years to finish the standard registration.
In addition, Taiwan authority plans to collect qualified data available from the international public databases. Provided the authority can collect sufficient data and omit certain testing endpoints, potential registrants will have reduced compliance burdens.
Although joint registration would not be mandatory, a SIEF-like platform is under development as a channel for registrants to communicate and share data. As proposed, cost sharing of registration information would be negotiated by registrants themselves. The platform is expected to be open in the first half of 2018.
ChemLinked will keep a close eye on the updates and keep our readers posted.
