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Vietnam
January 22nd, 2021 On November 17, 2020, the National Assembly of Vietnam enacted the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 (72/2020/QH14). This law thoroughly amends the Law on Environmental Protection 2014 and sets out …
Thailand
January 22nd, 2021 The fourth draft of the proposed new Chemical Law of Thailand, which is intended to replace the existing Hazardous Substance Act was released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), …
Indonesia
January 20th, 2021 The Regulation of the Minister of Environment and Forestry No. 29 of 2020 on the management of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (hereinafter referred to as the regulation) was enacted in Indonesia on …
Thailand
January 20th, 2021 The Ministry of Industry of Thailand announced the Ministerial Regulation regarding Format and Methods to Label and Use of Marking on Industrial Products (No.2) B.E. 2564 (2021) in the Royal …
Vietnam
January 20th, 2021 On November 17, 2020, the National Assembly of Vietnam enacted the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 (72/2020/QH14). This law thoroughly amends the Law on Environmental Protection 2014 and sets out …
Vietnam
January 20th, 2021 On November 17, 2020, the National Assembly of Vietnam enacted the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 (72/2020/QH14). This law thoroughly amends the Law on Environmental Protection 2014 and sets out …
Sri Lanka
January 20th, 2021 On December 24, 2020, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Environment has released a draft National Policy on Chemicals Management. The draft policy addresses the life cycle management of chemicals, covering toxic …
Laos
January 19th, 2021 The Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Lao PDR established “Agreement on the Registration of chemical agents, importation, exportation, and transit No. 1204/ MOIC.DIH” on 24 December 2020. The agreement prescribes …
Thailand
January 19th, 2021 The Department of Land Transport, Ministry of Transport, Thailand announced “Notification of the Department of Land Transport regarding Transportation Documents for Hazardous Substance Transporting Vehicles B.E. 2563 (2020)” in the …
China
January 19th, 2021 On December 21, 2020, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China released the following three drafts for comments of national environmental protection standard which stipulate the measurement method of …
China
January 19th, 2021 On December 8,2020, the following 3 mandatory national standards (GB), which set air pollutants emission standards, have been newly released. All of them will come into force on January 1, …
China
January 19th, 2021 China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment released the following 3 technical guidelines on December 23, 2020. Technical Guidelines for Environmental and Health Hazard Assessment of Chemical Substances (Trial) Technical Guidelines …
China
January 19th, 2021 China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment on January 5, 2021 issued the Management Measures on Carbon Emission Trading (trial implementation), which take effect on February 1, 2021. As of November …
China
January 19th, 2021 The Beijing Administration for Market Regulation on December 24, 2020 published local standards collectively called Carbon Dioxide Emission Calculation and Reporting Requirements for the following 6+ industries. All the standards …
China
January 19th, 2021 The Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress on December 26, 2020 approved the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of the Yangtze River (the “Law”) …
Indonesia
January 18th, 2021 On December 23, 2020, the “Regulation of the Ministry of Commerce No. 100 of 2020 on the provisions for the import of used lithium batteries as raw materials for the …
Vietnam
January 18th, 2021 On November 17, 2020, the National Assembly of Vietnam enacted the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 (72/2020/QH14). Article 54, 55 and 73 of the law stipulate requirements for the collection, …
Vietnam
January 18th, 2021 On November 17, 2020, the National Assembly of Vietnam enacted the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 (72/2020/QH14). Article 69 of the law stipulates requirements for environmental protection in the management …
China
January 17th, 2021 On December 31, 2020, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment released a total of 6 recommended national standards (GB/T) related to identification and assessment of environmental damage. They will come …
China
January 16th, 2021 China’s Alliance of Technology Innovation in Extending Producer Responsibility released Annual Report on 2020 EPR for EEE industry in China on Dec. 23, 2020. The report describes the progress of …
China
January 15th, 2021 China’s General Administration of Customs on December 18, 2020 published the Announcement on Issues concerning Inspection and Supervision of Imported and Exported Hazardous Chemicals and Their Packaging (General Administration of …
China
January 14th, 2021 China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment on December 25, 2020 issued the Announcement of the Extension of the Pilot Programs for Intensive Collection and Wide-area Transportation of Lead-acid Batteries by …
China
January 13th, 2021 The government of China’s Jiangxi province on December 22, 2020 published the Regulations of Jiangxi Province on Soil Pollution Control, which took effect on January 1, 2021. Here is an …
Vietnam
January 12th, 2021 On October 5, 2020, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam released a draft circular (hereinafter referred to as this draft) promulgating National Technical Regulations on the environmental …
Vietnam
January 12th, 2021 On November 25, 2020, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam enacted the “Decision No. 2664/QD-BTNMT on approval of the plan to develop National Technical Regulation (QCVN) on …
Vietnam
January 11th, 2021 On November 30, 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam enacted “Circular No. 31/2020/TT-BCT (hereinafter referred to as this circular) amending and supplementing a number of articles of …
Vietnam
January 11th, 2021 On December 1, 2020, “Directive 41/CT-TTg regarding urgent measures to strengthen the management of solid waste” was enacted in Vietnam. This directive is intended to address problems in solid waste …
China
December 26th, 2020 On November 27, 2020, The People’s Government of Guangdong Province released the revised “Regulations of Guangdong Province on Urban and Rural Municipal Solid Waste Management”. The regulation came into force …
China
December 26th, 2020 On November 9,2020, China State Administration for Market Regulation released two revised national standards “Plastic Shopping Bags” (GB/T 21661-2020) and “General Requirement of Degradable Disposable Tableware” (GB/T 18006.3-2020). Both of …
China
December 26th, 2020 On December 8, 2020, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced sanctions against new energy vehicle manufacturers that do not meet production conformity requirements. In a bid to promote …
Taiwan
December 26th, 2020 On December 3, 2020, Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare announced its plan to update the List of Ingredients Prohibited in Cosmetic Products and published a draft update. The public …
Taiwan
December 26th, 2020 On November 30, 2020, Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration announced its plan to amend the Regulations for Determination of Fines of Violations of the Waste Disposal Act, and published a draft …
India
December 25th, 2020 In early December 2020, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) released a draft revision of part 8/sec 5 of the Indian Standard IS 101, which specifies sampling and test methods …
India
December 24th, 2020 On November 6, 2020, India’s Central Ground Water Authority issued the detailed guidelines for abstraction of saline ground water (the definition of the saline water: water having above EC above …
India
December 24th, 2020 On December 10, 2020, India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry published the “Refrigerating Appliances (Quality Control) Order, 2020”. The draft of the order was notified to WTO-TBT on November 4, …
Thailand
December 24th, 2020 Ministry of Interior of Thailand announced “Ministerial Regulation No. 67 B.E. 2563 (2020) under Building Control Act B.E. 2522 (1979)” in the Royal Gazette on 18 November 2020. The regulation …
Thailand
December 23rd, 2020 On December 8, the Department of Industrial Works (DIW), Ministry of Industry of Thailand, organized a seminar to disseminate information about the latest policy development on chemical management at the …
China
December 21st, 2020 China’s Ministry of Emergency Management posted several cases of industrial accidents that occurred in chemical industry and hazardous chemical production enterprises on its website on December 9, 2020. There were …
China
December 21st, 2020 At the State Council Executive Meeting of China held on December 9, 2020, the “Administrative Regulations on the Pollutant Emission Permit (Draft)” was passed. The draft was released in November, …
China
December 21st, 2020 On December 4, 2020, China’s Ministry of Finance published “Government Procurement Law of the People’s Republic of China (Revised Draft for Opinions)” and is opened for public comments. The deadline …
China
December 21st, 2020 Ministry of Ecology and Environment of People’s Republic of China released “Interim Measures for the Management of South-South Cooperation Material Assistance Project in Response to Climate Change” on Nov,26 2020. …
China
December 21st, 2020 On November 23, 2020, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of People’s Republic of China released the “Regulations on the Approval Procedures for Environmental Impact Assessment Reports (forms) of Construction Projects …
Thailand
December 16th, 2020 On December 2, the Department of Industrial Works (DIW), Ministry of Industry of Thailand, organized a seminar to update the progress of the project regarding the promotion of energy efficiency …
India
December 15th, 2020 On December 1, 2020, India’s Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry published a public notice that added Hazira port in Gujarat state as …
India
December 15th, 2020 On October 1, 2020, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) published the notification to add the following 7 items (No.57～No.63) to Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS) under the Electronics …
India
December 15th, 2020 On November 5, 2020, India’s Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers published the quality control orders related to acrylonitrile, styrene, etc. These orders will come into force on the expiry of …
China
December 14th, 2020 On November 30, 2020, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment released the Catalogue of Construction Categories for the Management of Classification-based Environmental Impact Assessment 2021. It takes effect on January …
China
December 14th, 2020 On November 25, 2020, the Standing Committee of the State Council of China approved the bill to amend the Production Safety Law, and decided to request the National People’s Congress, …
China
December 11th, 2020 China’s Ministry of Commerce and State Taxation Administration announced the revision of the List of Prohibited Products for Processing Trade on November 5, 2020. The revised list will come into …
China
December 10th, 2020 On 13 November, 2020, China’s National Medical Products Administration submitted WTO/TBT notifications on Administrative Measures for Cosmetic Labelling (Draft for Comments). This Administrative Measures was enacted in accordance with laws …
China
December 7th, 2020 On 13 November 2020, China’s State Administration of Market Supervision submitted WTO/TBT notifications on compulsory national standard “Minimum Allowable Values of the Energy Efficiency and Energy Efficiency Grades for multi-connected …
China
December 7th, 2020 On 18 November, 2020, China’s National Medical Products Administration submitted WTO/TBT notifications on three sets of draft regulations for cosmetic products listed below. The comment period for the drafts is …
China
December 7th, 2020 November 24, 2020, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Commerce, National Development and Reform Commission, and General Administration of Customs jointly issued the Announcement on Matters concerning the …
China
December 2nd, 2020 On November 25, 2020, five Chinese government agencies and departments, including the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, jointly published the National Hazardous Waste List 2021. This revised list takes effect …
China
November 30th, 2020 On 16 November, 2020, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment published a revision of the Guidance on New Chemical Substance Environmental Management Registration (Announcement No. 51 of 2020) and relevant …
China
November 30th, 2020 On November 6, 2020, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment released the “Technical Guidelines for Ecological and Environmental Impact Analysis for Economic and Technological Policies (Trial)”. The guideline sets out …
China
November 30th, 2020 In the autumn and winter of 2019-2020, the average concentration of PM2.5 was 50%-70% higher than other seasons, and the number of heavy pollution days accounted for more than 95% …
China
November 27th, 2020 China Standardization Administration released “Guidelines for enterprises to develop emergency response plan for work place accidents” GB/T 29639-2020 on September 29, 2020. This standard is a revision of the 2013 …
China
November 27th, 2020 On 30, Dec 2020, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Public Security, and other departments of the …
China
November 27th, 2020 On November 6, 2020, State Administration for Market Regulation of China submitted a notification, which is about an enforceable national standard –”Content limitation of mercury, cadmium and lead for zinc …
Thailand
November 26th, 2020 Ministry of Energy, Thailand announced “Ministerial Regulation Prescribing Type or Size of Building and Standard, Criteria and Procedure in Designing Building for Energy Conservation B.E. 2563 (2020)” in the Royal …
China
November 24th, 2020 China’s State Administration of Market Supervision submitted WTO/TBT notifications on November 6, 2020 on 3 compulsory national standards, including the “Lithium ion cells and batteries used in stationary electronic equipments–Safety …
India
November 20th, 2020 On November 11, 2020, India’s Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises published ‘Electrical Equipment (Quality Control) Order, 2020’. The electrical equipment covered by the order and the Indian standards …
India
November 20th, 2020 On November 16, 2020, India notified the draft on quality control orders for methylene chloride, red phosphorus and 3(N, N di-ethyl) aminophenol to WTO-TBT and 60 days-comment has been conducted. …
China
November 20th, 2020 On November 2, 2020, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment released the Management Measures on National Carbon Trading (trial implementation; draft for comments) and Management Measures on Registration, Transactions and …
China
November 19th, 2020 Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China released the List of Fifth Batch of Green Manufacturing on October 16, 2020. The list includes 719 green …
China
November 19th, 2020 As the only province that implements the pilot project- “Promotion the Consumption of Renewal of Household Appliances by Improving the Waste Household Appliances Recycling and Treatment System”, the government of …
China
November 19th, 2020 In October 2020, the Department of Marine Strategic Planning and Economics of the Ministry of Natural Resources released the “2019 National Seawater Report”. The report provides information on seawater utilization …
China
November 16th, 2020 On October 27, 2020, “Technology Roadmap 2.0 for Energy-Saving and New Energy Vehicles” was launched at the annual meeting and exhibition of the China Society of Automotive Engineers (China-SAE) in …
China
November 16th, 2020 On October 26, 2020, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China released an announcement on matters related to the transition of registration of environmental management …
China
November 16th, 2020 The 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) adopted the CPC Central Committee’s Proposals for the Formulation of the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social …
Vietnam
November 12th, 2020 On September 29, 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) of Vietnam enacted the “Circular No. 25/2020/TT-BCT on planning for economical and efficient use of energy and its implementation”. …
China
November 10th, 2020 On November 2, 2020, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China published the second List of Priority Chemicals for Regulation. The 18 listed chemical substances are as follows. Number …
Thailand
November 10th, 2020 Thailand announced “Notification of Director-General of Revenue Department (No. 388) regarding Categories, Criteria, Procedures, and Conditions on Exemption of Corporate Income Tax for Expenses against Biodegradable Plastic Products” in the …
India
November 9th, 2020 On November 4, 2020, India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry notified the draft of Refrigerating Appliances (Quality Control) Order, 2020 to WTO-TBT and 30 days-comment has been conducted. The provisions …
China
November 9th, 2020 The Ecology and Environment department and Market Supervision and Management Commission of Tianjin, China released a revised regional standard- “Emission Control Standard for Industrial Enterprises Volatile Organic Compounds” (DB12/524-2020) on …
China
November 9th, 2020 China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment released the “Measures on Environmental Management of Hazardous Waste Transfer (revised draft)” on October 23, 2020. The deadline for collecting comments is November 22, …
Thailand
November 7th, 2020 The Ministry of Public Health of Thailand announced “Ministerial Regulation regarding Management of Toxic and Hazardous Waste from Communities B.E. 2563 (2020)” in the Royal Gazette on 22 October 2020 …
China
October 31st, 2020 On September 18, 2020, Guangdong Province, China released “Guangdong Provincial Measures on Compensation for Ecological and Environmental Damage(Trial)”. The Measures stipulate the work process of the compensation parties, case …
China
October 31st, 2020 On October 13, 2020, Ministry of Emergency Management of the Peoples’ Republic of China published “Measures on Hazardous Chemical Enterprises’ Responsibility System for the Safety of Major Hazard Sources (Trial)” …
China
October 31st, 2020 On September 28, 2020, in order to implement effective sanctions against discrediting acts in the field of safe production and to improve the current management system for the list of …
China
October 30th, 2020 On September 13, 2020, the China National Light Industry Council released the “Guideline for Classification and Label Standard of Biodegradable Plastic Products”, which make a further explanation of the concept …
Thailand
October 29th, 2020 The Department of Energy Business, the Ministry of Energy of Thailand, announced “Notification of Department of Energy Business: Fire protection and extinguishing system with fire sprinkler for the gas cylinders …
Thailand
October 28th, 2020 Thailand Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) recently announced a requirement that manufacturers and/or importer of TISI certified products shall affix electronic information by QR Code together with the TISI mark. Ministry …
Vietnam
October 28th, 2020 On October 28, 2020, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam issued the “Decision 2395/QD-BTNMT of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (hereinafter referred to as this …
China
October 28th, 2020 China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment published six representative cases of illegal activities related to hazardous waste on its official website on 18 September, 2020. In 2020, from July to …
China
October 27th, 2020 On September 22, 2020, the State Administration for Market Regulation of China submitted a WTO/TBT notification of a proposed revision to the compulsory National Standard of P.R.C. (GB) called Fuel …
China
October 26th, 2020 China’s National Development and Reform Commission released “Product list for Water Efficiency Labeling (the 2nd batch)” and three related Implementation Rules on October 15, 2020. The three Implementation Rules are …
China
October 26th, 2020 On September 29, 2020, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China released three draft for comments of technical guidelines, and began to collect opinions. …
China
October 26th, 2020 On September 24, 2020, the government of Zhejiang Province, China issued the Regulation of Zhejiang Province on Water Resources. It will come into force on January 1, 2021. The new …
Thailand
October 26th, 2020 Natural gas pipeline owned by PTT Public Company Limited, the energy state enterprise of Thailand, has exploded in the Bang Bo District, Samut Prakan province on 22 October 2020. Three …
China
October 22nd, 2020 Ministry of Ecology and Environment of People’s Republic of China released 5 national environmental protection standards (draft for comments), including “Ambient air and waste gas – Determination of acrylic esters …
China
October 22nd, 2020 On September 23, 2020, State Administration for Market Regulation of China submitted a notification, the proposed compulsory “National Standard of P.R.C., Specification for the Limitation of Harmful Substances Found …
China
October 22nd, 2020 On September 27, 2020, the Ministry of Emergency Management of China released the first Catalogue of Abolished Outdated Processes and Equipment for Safe Production of Hazardous Chemicals. The public notice …
Vietnam
October 20th, 2020 On October 16, 2020, the Vietnam Chemical Agency (Vinachemia) of Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) promulgated an official document No. 897/HC-ATHC to announce the reopen of substance nomination to …
India
October 17th, 2020 On October 17, 2020, India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change published the “Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Amendment Rules, 2020” to amend the state government’s …
India
October 15th, 2020 On September 29, 2020, the government of India published ‘Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020’. The implementation date of the code will be set forth in a separate …
China
October 15th, 2020 On September 22, 2020, State Administration for Market Regulation of China submitted a notification， the “National Standard of the P.R.C., Limits of Certain Heavy Metal in Printing Ink” to WTO/TBT. …
China
October 13th, 2020 On September 21, 2020, the Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment of Guangdong released the “Catalogue of Plastic Products Restricted and Prohibited …
China
October 13th, 2020 On September 11, 2020, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China announced the Guidance on Optimization and Improvement of Environmental Protection Enforcement (draft for comments) to collect opinions. …