Posts of Chemical Substances (Factory)

China issues 2023 List of Key Controlled New Pollutants

The 2023 list provides environmental risk control measures for 14 types of pollutants, including PFOA and related chemicals, and Dechlorane plus.

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On Dec. 30, 2022, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued the 2023 List of Key Controlled New Pollutants. It was issued as part of the Action Plan on Controlling …

Vietnam’s new decree revises punishments rules in the fields of industry and trade

Including penalties for violating regulations on chemicals and energy conservation

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On January 31, 2022, the Government of Vietnam established the Decree No. 17/2022/17 Amending and Supplementing a Number of Decrees Stipulating Administrative Penalties in the Fields of Chemicals, Industrial Explosives, …

Japan’s “PRTR Act”

Act on Confirmation, etc. of Release Amounts of Specific Chemical Substances in the Environment and Promotion of Improvements to the Management Thereof

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Act on Confirmation, etc. of Release Amounts of Specific Chemical Substances in the Environment and Promotion of Improvements to the Management Thereof (Japan’s “PRTR Act”) http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/law/detail/?vm=04&re=01&id=101 The Act on Confirmation, …

Expansion of Labeling and SDS Issuance Obligations in Japan

Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare announced estimated schedule for Expansion of substances subject to labeling and SDS issuance that will require mandatory measures

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On February 15, 2021, the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) held a meeting of the Risk Assessment Working Group of the Study Group on the Management of Chemical …

China, New Chemical Substances

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In China, new chemical substances are managed in a system where “companies apply and register chemical substances for themselves”, based on the Measures on the Environmental Management of New Chemical Substances and the Guidelines on the Reporting and Registration of New Chemical Substances as well as the inventory. The application and registration status of new chemical substances are kept updated on the website of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China. A public notice is issued for each reported substance; it gives the receipt number, Chinese name of the substance, applicant (a person or a company), application type and management type.