China
On December 18, 2025, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), together with nine other central government agencies including the National Development and Reform Commission, issued the Measures for the …
Vietnam
On October 30, 2025, Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade published a draft circular titled “Detailed Provisions and Implementation Guidelines for Certain Articles of the Law on Chemicals Regarding the …
China
On May 30, 2025, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released a revised mandatory national standard, titled Limit of Harmful Substances of Coatings—Part 1: Architectural Coatings (GB 30981.1-2025). The …
China
On May 30, 2025, China’s Standardization Administration issued a mandatory national standard, the “Limit of Harmful Substances of Coatings—Part 2: Industrial Coatings” (GB 30981.2-2025). It will come into effect June …
South Korea
On May 23, 2025, South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MOE) announced the promulgation and immediate implementation of an amended enforcement rules of the Clean Air Conservation Act. Aimed at strengthening …
Vietnam
On April 10, 2025, Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance and General Department of Customs issued Notification No. 1546/CHQ-GSQL on the export-import management of products containing industrial precursors (hereafter referred to as …
China
On August 30, 2024, the Ministry of Transport of China released a draft industry standard called “Container coatings Part 2: water-based coatings”, which sets limits on harmful substances in container …
New Zealand
On August 19, 2024, New Zealand’s Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) decided to amend relevant group standards to lower the maximum allowable levels of lead in paint to align with international …
Singapore
On August 16, 2024, the National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore notified the WTO/TBT of the draft Environmental Protection and Management Act (Amendment of Second Schedule) Order 2024. This bill …
China
On July 17, 2024, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published a draft mandatory national standard, “Limit of Harmful Substances of Coating Materials Part 2: Industrial Coatings”. The ministry …
China
On July 17, 2024, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published a draft mandatory national standard that sets limits on harmful substance content in coating materials used for buildings. …
China
On July 8, 2024, China’s Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development published a draft revised standard for the construction industry called the Limit and Test Method of Harmful Substances in …
Indonesia
On July 4, 2024, the Regulation of the Minister of Environment and Forestry No. 9/2024 on Management of Trash Containing Hazardous Substances and Hazardous Waste was promulgated in Indonesia. The …
Malaysia
In Malaysia, on April 25, 2024, two guidelines on the MyHIJAU system “Guideline for the Registration of MyHIJAU Mark Product Version 2.0” and “Guideline for the Registration of MyHIJAU Mark …
China
On April 8, 2024, China’s Industry and Information Technology announced a plan to revise the country’s mandatory national standards that set limits on hazardous substance content in coating materials used …
Singapore
On November 22, 2023, Singapore announced a proposal to ban the sale (retail, online, etc.) of indoor paints containing formaldehyde (CAS registration number: 50-00-0), and began soliciting opinions. Only indoor …
China
On Sept. 28, 2023, the Municipal Administration for Market Regulation, Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau and other two government departments of Beijing, China, announced stricter regulations on volatile organic compound …
China
On September 21, 2023, the Macao Environmental Protection Bureau and the Economic and Technical Development Bureau notified the WTO of a notice regarding a ban on the import and transshipment …
South Korea
On June 19, 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) functioning under the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the South Korea revised the Notice on the Calculation Method of …
*Taiwan
On February 20, 2023, the Environmental Protection Administration of Taiwan released a partial amendment to the notice “Toxic chemical substances to be controlled and management requirements for handling of such …
China
On November 23, 2022, the Department of Ecology and Environment of Shandong Province released the draft of “Implementation rules of exemptions from the end of pipe treatment of VOC for …
Singapore
Singapore plans to tighten formaldehyde regulations to protect indoor air quality.
Singapore
In September 2022, two national standards on the specification for water-based primers and water-based enamel paints were published in Singapore. These standards define specific requirements for each product type, such …
China
On October 24, 2022, the China Coating Industry Association announced that it would conduct a survey on the use of 73 chemicals in the Coating industry, including PFCAs, UV-350. The …
Vietnam
On Oct. 18, 2022, Vietnam’s government issued a governmental decree (Decree No. 82/2022/ND-CP) that revises Decree No. 113/2017/ND-CP specifying and providing guidelines for implementation of certain articles of the Law …
*Taiwan
On Oct. 4, 2022, the Environmental Protection Administration of Taiwan announced that it would revise Taiwan’s toxic substance regulations called the Toxic Chemical Substances Listed for Control and Relevant Operations …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
China
The General Administration of Customs of China has issued a decision (Decree No. 257 of the General Administration of Customs) on the repeal of certain departmental regulations on March 1, …
South Korea
On September 1, 2021, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea issued a legislative notice of a partial amendment to the Designation of Restricted Substances and Prohibited Substances (MOE Notification …
Laos
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Lao PDR established “Decision on the Control of Lead Element in Paints or Coating Products No. 4566/MONRE” on 23 August 2021 and announced …
Vietnam
NOTE: On Oct. 18, 2022, Vietnamese government issued a governmental decree (Decree No. 82/2022/ND-CP) that partially revises Decree No. 113/2017/ND-CP. See more details in the following: Vietnam revises detailed regulations …
Indonesia
On April 1, 2021, “the Regulation of the Minister of Trade No. 25 of 2021 on determining products required to use or display Indonesian language labels” was enacted in Indonesia. …
Singapore
The “Environmental Protection and Management Act (Amendment of Second Schedule) Order 2021” was promulgated in Singapore on June 3, 2021. This amendment strengthens the limit of lead content in paint …
China
Many customs offices across China reported that they detected paint products exceeding VOC content limits of reviewed national standards (GBs) during inspections from January through March 2021. Here are some …
India
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 …
Philippines
On December 22, 2020, the FAQs and decision matrix (for determining whether a product is subject to Household/Urban Hazardous Substances (HUHS) regulations) regarding Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Circular No. …
Vietnam
On December 21, 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam released the Circular No. 51/2020/TT-BCT on Promulgating the National Technical Regulation QCVN 8:2020/BCT on Limiting Lead Content in …
China, regulations on VOC content in products such as paints and inks
China
The latest trends in tightening regulations on VOC content in products such as paints and inks in China. 1. Recently promulgated 7 new VOC national standards and their background …
Philippines
On August 19, 2020, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Circular No. 2020-025: Implementing Guidelines for Administrative Order No. 2019-0019, “Reinstatement of Requirements of Licensing as Importers, Exporters, Manufacturers, Toll Manufacturers, …
Thailand
Department of Industrial Works (DIW), Ministry of Industry, Thailand officially announced its existing chemicals inventory for the first time by the notification dated on 22 June 2020. The inventory, which …
Vietnam
On July 21, 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) of Vietnam consulted the draft “National Technical Regulation (QCVN) on the limits of total lead in paints”. The draft …
India
On June 18, 2020, India published the notification including the amendment of “IS 15495：Printing Ink for Food packaging”. 2004 version was repealed on July 3 and the provisions of IS …
Philippines
On January 18, 2017, the Philippines Department of Education enacted DepEd Order No. 4, s. 2017, Mandatory Use of Lead-Safe Paints in Schools (hereinafter referred to as this Order). This …
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