Vietnam
On Oct. 12, 2022, Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade released a draft revision of the Law on Chemicals (06/2007/QH12). The revision was proposed as the Law on Chemicals, which …
China
On Sept. 26, 2022, China’s Ministry of Transport issued revised regulations on safety in the railway transportation of dangerous goods, which will come into effect Dec. 1, 2022. Under the …
*Taiwan
On Sept. 19, 2022, Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration announced that it would launch an online system to request the inclusion of new chemicals in the Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances …
China
On Sept. 30, 2022, The Department of Ecology and Environment of Zhejiang province, China, released a draft plan for new pollutant control to seek public comments, which will be accepted …
Vietnam
In Vietnam, on August 25, 2022, “Governmental Decree 57/2022/ND-CP stipulating the list of narcotic and precursor substances”, was promulgated and came into force simultaneously. In the past, the list of …
Philippines
In the Philippines, in September, 2022, a new version of the draft of the Chemical Control Order (CCO) for Vinyl Chloride (hereinafter referred to as the Draft) was published. The …
Malaysia
On July 18, 2022, the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) of Malaysia promulgated the Guidelines for Control of Cosmetic Products in Malaysia — Second Edition (hereinafter “Guidelines”). The Guidelines will …
Philippines
In the Philippines, on September 22, 2022, a draft of the Chemical Control Order (CCO) for Benzene (hereinafter referred to as the Draft) was published, and comments were solicited. The …
*Taiwan
In September 2022, the Environmental Protection and Administration Executive Yuan of Taiwan released the draft of “Guideline for new and existing chemical substances phase 1 registration” and the draft of …
China
On Sept. 1, 2022, the General Office of China’s State Council announced a series of measures to restrict excessive packaging of goods. The measures include targets for 2025 as well …
South Korea
On September 4, 2022, South Korea Ministry of Environment announced the full operation of the EPR system in cooperation with the ease of recycling grading system. Under the EPR system, …
Indonesia
On July 27, 2022, the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) of Indonesia promulgated BPOM Regulation No.17 of 2022 amending part of BPOM Regulation No.23 of 2019 on Technical Requirements …
China
On Sept. 27, 2022, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment released a draft 2022 List of Key Controlling New Pollutants to seek public comments, which will be accepted through Oct. …
South Korea
On August 11, 2022, South Korea’s Ministry of Environment announced that during the period from January to June 2022, it had uncovered 623 products that violated safety and labeling standards …
China
To protect the environment and reduce the use of plastic, on August 31, 2022, the Macao Special Administrative Region Government of China announced an amendment to the Article 5 (1) …
India
On September 14, 2022, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India published Notification No.32/2015-2020, which permits PET flakes to be imported subject to approval from the Directorate General of …
Vietnam
On July 28, 2022, the Vietnam Environment Administration, in collaboration with the General Administration of Customs, held a seminar to provide guidance about the regulations on the import, manufacture, and …
Indonesia
On April 4, 2022, the Indonesian National Standard SNI 7188-7:2022 on Ecolabeling Criteria for the Categories of Compostable Products, Product Packaging, and Bioplastic Containers (hereinafter “the Standard”) was promulgated in …
Vietnam
On June 16, 2022, the Vietnamese government promulgated Prime Minister’s Decision 726/QG-TTg on the Strategy for the Development of the Chemical Industry to 2030, which sets out a vision for …
China
According to information released Aug. 31, 2022 by a source familiar with the matter, the Emergency Management Office of China’s Shandong province plans to fully implement the “one company, one …
India
On September 2, 2022, the Indian Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers issued an order further postponing the date of enactment of the Quality Control Order for Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), …
China
On July 19, 2022, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China released a list of 22 chemical substances, which will be added into the “List of existing chemical substances”, …
Australia
On August 19, 2022, the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) issued a request for information on four types of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The …
Vietnam
On Aug. 19, 2022, Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade released draft rules requiring that industrial and food-grade alcohol be made distinct. The proposed rules aim to prevent non-food-grade alcohol …
China
On July 29, 2022, the Department of Ecology and Environment of China’s Guangdong Province announced an action plan for 2022–2025 to take measures against plastic pollution. The plan aims to …
India
On August 24, 2022, the Indian Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers published the Hydrogen Peroxide (Quality Control) Order 2022. This Order replaces the Hydrogen Peroxide (Quality Control) Order, 2020, and …
China
On Aug. 3, 2022, the Municipal Transportation Commission and other two departments of Shanghai, China announced new rules for the road transportation and storage of dangerous goods/hazardous chemicals. The rules …
South Korea
On July 29, 2022, South Korea Ministry of Environment published a revised version of the implementation rules of the Act on Registration, Evaluation, etc. of Chemicals (K-REACH). This amendment establishes …
China
On July 29, 2022, the Department of Ecology and Environment of China’s Shenzhen city released a draft local standard called the Limit of Volatile Organic Compounds and Certain Harmful Substances …
China
On July 27, 2022, China’s customs published Q&A on the customs declaration of hazardous chemicals on its official account of WeChat. Below are the details. Question Answer About determining if …
South Korea
On July 22, 2022, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea announced the proposed amendment to the enforcement degree of the Chemical Control Act (hereinafter referred to as the CCA) …
South Korea
On July 20, 2022, South Korea’s Ministry of Environment announced a draft amendment to the Designation of, and Safety and Labeling Standards for, Consumer Chemical Products Subject to Safety Verification …
*Taiwan
On July 29, 2022, the Environmental Protection Administration of Taiwan officially released the revised “Prohibited Ingredients Contained in Environmental Agents and Detection Methods”. The revision adds chlorpyrifos-methyl and chlorpyrifos into …
China
On July 11, 2022, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation released a revised version of the recommended national standard “Packaging Recycling Marking” (GB/T 18455-2022), which will come into effect on …
New Zealand
On March 14, 2022, New Zealand promulgated the Waste Minimisation (Plastic and Related Products) Regulations 2022 as a sub-rule of the Waste Minimisation Act 2008. The purpose of the regulations …
*Taiwan
On July 21, 2022, the Environmental Protection Administration of Taiwan announced a notice on partial revisions to the “Regulations on the labeling and safety data sheets management for toxic and …
Philippines
The Philippines enacted the Extended Producer Responsibility Act of 2022, Republic Act (RA) No. 11898 on July 23, 2022. This Act amends the country’s solid waste management act, RA9003, “Ecological …
Australia
On June 30, 2022, the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) announced the extension of the risk evaluation deadline for dechlorane plus (1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10,13,13,14,14-dodecachloro-1,4,4a ,5,6,6a ,7,10,10a ,11,12,12a, -dodecahydro-1,4;7-dimethanodibenzo [a, e] cyclooctene) …
Indonesia
On Dec. 23, 2021, Indonesia introduced two Indonesian National Standards (SNI) for the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). Both national standards are based on the …
China
On June 10, 2022, China’s Ministry of Emergency Management released experimental guidelines on the safety risk management of “hazardous chemical production construction projects”. A “hazardous chemical production construction project” refers …
India
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of India published and enforced the Plastic Waste Management (Second Amendment) Rules, 2022 on July 7, 2022. This amendment exempts labelling requirements …
South Korea
On June 24, 2022, the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced an amendment to the “Guidelines on Separate Discharge Mark” (MOE Notification No. 2022-361). This amendment stipulates …
Malaysia
On June 13, 2022, the government of Malaysia released draft amendments to the Classification, Labeling and Safety Data Sheet of Hazardous Chemicals Regulations (as known as “CLASS Regulations”). While there …
Singapore
On June 5, 2022, the National Action Strategy on Marine Litter (NASML) was announced in Singapore. Marine litter is a cross-border problem that moves by wind and tidal currents, and …
Global
On June 21, 2022, the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) hosted the webinar “Green Talks LIVE: Global Plastics Outlook – Policy Scenarios to 2060“. The webinar featured two …
India
India has finalized two ‘codes of safety’ for acetone and acetaldehyde, detailing properties of the two chemicals, hazards associated with it and proposing standard safety measures to control such hazards. …
Malaysia
On June 1, 2022, the Malaysian government released a draft standard called “Architectural Coatings – General Requirements”. The draft standard sets out general requirements for retailed architectural coatings used on …
China
On June 20, 2022, Shanghai International Port Group, the operator of the Port of Shanghai, announced the enhancement of safety measures for containers of hazardous chemicals. More specifically, the port …
Singapore
On June 13, 2022, the National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore proposed to add 26 chemicals, which are controlled by the Chemical Weapons Convention, to the list of hazardous substances …
South Korea
On May 31, 2022, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea published a draft amendment to Eco-label Target Products and Certification Criteria. The Ministry of Environment explained that it has …
Vietnam
On June 3, 2022, the Legislation Department of Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) held an event titled “Seminar to Exchange Opinions on the Draft Circular on the …
China
On June 1, 2022, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation issued on its website implementation rules for spot checks of 15 types of products, including toys, hazardous chemical packaging, electric …
Philippines
NOTE: On July 22, 2022, the Philippines enacted the Extended Producer Responsibility Act of 2022, Republic Act (RA) No. 11898, which requires enterprises (producers of products generating plastic packaging waste with …
China
On May 31, 2022, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued a National Ecological and Environmental Standard on Technical Specification for Pollution Control of Plastic Waste (HJ 364-2022), which came …
Pakistan
On January 2022, the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published draft regulations (Handling, Manufacture, Storage, Import of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Substances Rules, 2022) on the handling, manufacture, storage and …
China
China’s Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration has introduced a whitelist of goods that are not considered dangerous goods banned for transportation under the Yangtze River Protection Law. The Yangtze River Protection …
Singapore
The Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999 (Amendment of Second Schedule) Order 2022 and the Environmental Protection and Management (Hazardous Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 were published in Singapore on May …
China
On May 11, 2022, the Emergency Management Agency of Jiaxing city, Zhejiang province, China published a WeChat post regarding a case of a company violating hazardous chemical registration and management …
China
China’s Hainan province April 27 announced a plastic pollution control action plan for the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021–2025). With the aim of tackling plastic pollution in earnest, the province …
South Korea
On May 3, 2022, South Korea Ministry of Environment published a revised version of the Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling of Resources (Presidential …
China
China’s National Registration Centre for Chemicals (NRCC) May 5 publishes notes on important points that should be checked by companies which register hazardous chemicals. These notes list the following seven …
Thailand
NOTE: The notification was partially amended in May, 2023. See more details below: Thailand extended reporting deadline of hazardous chemicals in the factory Thailand Ministry of Industry published “Notification …
South Korea
The Ministry of Environment of South Korea is in the process of providing administrative notice on the proposed enactment of the Regulations on Labeling and Advertising of Consumer Chemical Products …
South Korea
On April 25, 2022, the Ministry of Employment and Labor of South Korea announced the proposed amendment to the Rules on Occupational Safety and Health Standards, explaining that it will …
China
China’s Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration on May 11 released a revised, more detailed version of the explanatory statement clarifying how to declare the components of hazardous mixtures transported by ship …
*Taiwan
On April 29, 2022, the Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan of Taiwan announced the “Restrictions on the manufacture, import and sale of polyvinyl chloride-contained packaging materials, containers required to be …
India
On May 13, 2022, India’s Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers published Orders postponing the effective date of the Quality Control Orders on methylene chloride, ortho phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acid. …
*Taiwan
On April 27, 2022, the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Taiwan announced the amendments of the “List of Ingredients Prohibited from Using in the Cosmetic Products”. In the Article …
Vietnam
NOTE: On Oct. 27, 2022, Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade issued a circular (Circular No. 17/2022/TT-BCT) to amend Articles 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 10 of Circular …
China
On March 10, China’s National Medical Products Administration published on its website answers to FAQs about cosmetics management, such as where to keep samples of imported cosmetics. Three of the …
India
On April 27, 2022, India’s Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers published Quality Control Orders for eight chemicals, including 1,3-phenylenediamine, lauric acid, and acid oil. Target products must comply with each …
South Korea
On March 15, 2022, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea announced that it would promote the Scheme for Simplification of Registration and Exemption Confirmation of Chemical Substances to simplify …
South Korea
On March 7, 2022, National Institute of Environmental Research (hereinafter referred to as the NIER) under the Ministry of Environment of South Korea published the amendment of the Regulations on …
Singapore
On March 7, 2022, Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) announced that the country will begin charging for disposable carrier bags in supermarkets from mid-2023. Large supermarkets with annual sales of …
Indonesia
“Mayor’s Regulation No. 16 of 2022 on the Reduction of the Use of Plastic Bags” was promulgated on March 9, 2022 in Surabaya, the capital of East Java, Indonesia. The …
Japan
On March 28, 2022, a joint meeting was held on Fluorocarbon Countermeasures of the Industrial Structure Council and the Central Environment Council. In 2013, the “Fluorocarbons Recovery and Destruction Act” …
China
On March 18, the Municipal Administration for Market Regulation of Haikou city, Hainan province, China released information on 10 law enforcement actions against violations of plastic product regulations. According to the …
India
On April 5, 2022, India’s Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers published the Trimethyl Phosphite (Quality Control) Order, 2022. This order shall enter into force 181 days after its promulgation. Target …
India
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) have developed an integrated guidance framework for chemical safety in isolated storage and industries …
China
On March 10, China’s Ministry of Emergency Management released on its website a National Program to Enhance Production Safety of Hazardous Chemicals during the 14th Five-Year Plan period. The program …
New Zealand
On March 24, 2022, the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment (MfE) released a position statement on compostable products as part of its National Plastics Action Plan. MfE states that …
India
On March 14, 2022, the India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued Notification of amendment in the Import Policy (Schedule-I) of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, establishing new conditions for …
India
On February 17, 2022, the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) published Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2022 which provides details on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for …
China
On March 31, China’s National Institutes for Food and Drug Control published on its website a draft revised version of the country’s Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics. The institutes …
China
On April 1, the Beijing Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau issued a revised version of the city’s mandatory local standards called the Limit Standards of Volatile Organic Compounds of Architectural …
*Taiwan
On April 1, 2022, the Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan of Taiwan released the revised version of Green Mark standard “Products Made from Recycled Plastic or Rubber”. The name of …
*Taiwan
On April 1, 2022, the Ministry of Labor of Taiwan released 10 “priority management chemicals” for which supplementary handling information registration is required. Article 10 of the “Regulations Governing Designating …
Thailand
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Thailand bans single-use plastics from national parks for the conservation of natural resources. The …
Indonesia
On March 14, 2022, the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) of Indonesia published a draft regulation to partially amend BPOM Regulation No.23 of 2019 on Technical Requirements for Cosmetic …
*Taiwan
On March 24, 2022, the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration released an explanatory note on the labeling of “hydrogen fluoride,” which is a chemical substance of concern. Article 3 of the …
*Taiwan
On April 1, 2022, the Taiwan Ministry of Labor released a document on frequently asked questions and answers regarding “Priority Controlled Chemicals” notifications. For example, to the question, “A Priority …
South Korea
On February 22, 2022, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea issued draft “Regulations on Designation of Substances Subject to Authorization” which sets forth criteria for selecting and disclosing candidate …
Australia
On March 31, 2022, the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) released a revised version of its self-judgment categorization guide that business operators who intend to import industrial chemicals into …
South Korea
On February 22, 2022, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea issued a draft amendment to the Regulations on the Stipulated Quantities for Toxic Substances, Restricted Substances, Prohibited Substances and …
Global
The resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) which took place from February 28 to March 2, 2022, adopted a resolution to end plastic pollution and to …
South Korea
South Korea Ministry of Environment announced that, effective February 14, 2022, the products that require safety management under Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Act (hereinafter referred to as K-BPR) …
*Taiwan
On March 21, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor released an updated edition of the priority management chemical notification manual based on the Regulations for …
Malaysia
In December 2021, the Malaysia Plastic Sustainability Roadmap, 2021–2030 (hereinafter “the Roadmap”) was published in Malaysia. The Roadmap identifies strategies and concrete action plans for achieving plastic circularity within the …
Malaysia
In January 2022, the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) of Malaysia published the Revision 2.0 of the Guidelines for the Registration of Surface Disinfectant (hereinafter “the Guidelines”). Currently, surface disinfectants …
Bhutan
The National Environment Commission of Bhutan promulgated the Regulations on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and Hydrofluorocarbons 2021, which came into effect on January 3, 2022. This regulation, which …
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