Since April 15, 2024, the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has been soliciting public comments on a draft decision to add five types of chemicals, Dechlorane Plus®, UV-328, melamine, boric acid and its precursors, and beta-alanine, to the Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management Standard (IChEMS). The deadline for submitting comments is May 13, 2024.
Australia notified the WTO/TBT of the proposed decision on these substances on 19 April 2024 (G/TBT/N/AUS/168), as the Conference of the Parties had resolved to list the above-mentioned Dechlorane Plus ® and UV-328 in “Annex A Abolition” of the “Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants”, which prohibits their manufacture/use except for “individual exemptions”. The deadline for submission of comments on this report is June 18, 2024, and the effective date is July 1, 2026.