Japan
On June 12, 2026, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW); Ministry of Economy (MOE), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI); and other relevant ministries jointly promulgated the …
Malaysia
The Department of Environment (DOE) of Malaysia published the outline for the draft Environmental Quality (Environmentally Hazardous Substances) Regulations 202X on June 22, 2026, and is conducting a 30 day …
China
On April 30, 2026, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) of China promulgated the mandatory national standard Safety Technical Specification for Cleaning Products (GB 26396-2026). This standard will enter …
India
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) published a draft amendment to the Ecomark Rules, 2024, on June 8, 2026, and is conducting a 60 day public consultation.
Japan
On June 1, 2026, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW); Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI); and Ministry of the Environment (MOE) jointly launched a public consultation …
Australia
On March 19, 2026, the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) updated its fiscal year 2026 work plan for the Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management Standard …
Japan
In Japan, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI); the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW); and the Ministry of the Environment (MoE) promulgated “the Cabinet Order Partially …
South Korea
On April 29, 2026, South Korea’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment (MCEE) officially promulgated the revised Regulations on Types of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Specific Exemptions through MCEE Notice …
New Zealand
On May 11, 2026, the New Zealand Government introduced the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Amendment Bill (government bill) to Parliament. This bill responds to a recommendation by the …
Japan
On April 17, 2026, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and Ministry of the Environment (MOE) jointly promulgated the “Ordinance Specifying …
*Taiwan
On April 27, 2026, the Taiwan Ministry of Environment (MOE) officially announced amendments to the Regulated Toxic Chemical Substances and the Management of Their Handling. These amendments will take effect …
China
On January 28, 2026, the State Administration for Market Regulation of China promulgated the voluntary national standard, Limit of Decabromodiphenyl Ether (decaBDE) in Thermal Insulating Products for Building Applications (GB/T …
South Korea
On March 19, 2026, South Korea’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment (MCEE) issued an administrative notice of a proposed amendment to the Regulations on Types of Persistent Pollutants and …
Japan
On March 20, 2026, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and Ministry of the Environment (MOE) jointly opened a public comment …
China
The Ecological Environment Code of the People’s Republic of China was promulgated on March 12, 2026, via Presidential Order No. 70. As the second law in China to be designated …
New Zealand
On March 17, 2026, the New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) released a Discussion Document and opened a public consultation on proposed amendments to Schedule 2A of the Hazardous Substances …
Japan
On February 2, 2026, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and other relevant ministries announced their intention to designate three groups of substances: chlorpyrifos; medium‑chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs); and …
Japan
On January 21, 2026, Japan released a draft ministerial ordinance specifying the individual “perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS)‑related substances” that will be designated as Class I Specified Chemical Substances under the …
China
On February 1, 2026, the Department of Ecology and Environment of Shandong Province published the Shandong Province Supplementary List of Key New Pollutants for Management (2025 Edition) on its official …
Singapore
On January 26, 2026, Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) released a document titled Updates on the Phase‑Out of Chlorpyrifos, MCCPs, and LC‑PFCAs. The document follows the December 16, 2025 notification …
Japan
On December 17, 2025, in Japan, o a Cabinet Order partially amending the Enforcement Order of the Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc. …
Vietnam
On January 17, 2026, the Government of Vietnam promulgated Decree 24/2026/ND‑CP on the list of regulated chemical substances falling within the scope of the Law on Chemicals. The decree took …
South Korea
On December 10, 2025, the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea announced a draft amendment to the Water Environment Conservation Act and stated that it was under consideration by …
*Taiwan
On November 4, 2025, Taiwan’s Ministry of Environment (MOENV) announced a draft amendment to the “Regulated Toxic Chemical Substances and Their Handling Requirements.” The public comment period will remain open …
Thailand
In September 2025, Thailand’s Department of Industrial Works (DIW), under the Ministry of Industry, released the results of its public consultation and regulatory impact assessment report regarding the draft ministerial …
India
India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority (FSSAI) published a draft on October 11, 2025, to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Regulations, 2018, and is inviting comments for a …
Japan
On July 22, 2025, Japan held a joint council meeting among the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and the Ministry …
*Taiwan
On August 5, 2025, in response to ongoing international efforts—such as the Stockholm Convention—to regulate certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), Taiwan’s Ministry of Environment (MOENV) announced the draft regulation …
South Korea
On June 12, 2025, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced draft amendments to the Water Environment Conservation Act and the Sewage Act. The proposed amendments aim to …
Singapore
On July 31, 2025, Singapore promulgated the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999 (Amendment of Second Schedule) (No. 4) Order 2025, which will take effect on August 1, 2025.
Japan
On July 22, 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) released a document titled “Regarding Export Regulations for Products Such as Electronic Devices Containing Dechlorane Plus”.
Japan
On June 30, 2025, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency issued Cabinet Office Notification No. 105 of 2025 to amend the Standards for Foods, Food Additives, etc. (Ministry of Health and Welfare …
Japan
On June 20, 2025, Japan held a joint meeting of three ministries—the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and the Ministry …
Malaysia
On May 2, 2025, EnviX visited Malaysia’s Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) and conducted an interview on occupational safety and health (OSH) and factories’ chemical management related regulations. …
Vietnam
On December 31, 2024, Vietnam’s Ministry of Health issued Circular No. 52/2024/TT-BYT, establishing the “Regulations on Domestic Water Quality Testing and Monitoring and National Technical Standards for Domestic Water Quality …
China
On April 10, 2025, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment published “Official Guidelines on more Effective Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Construction of Facilities Involving New Pollutants” in key …
China
On October 21, 2024, the Chief Executive of Macau issued Executive Order No. 168/2024, prohibiting the import, export, and transshipment of substances regulated under the Stockholm Convention (POPs Convention), as …
Australia
The Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water (DCCEEW) initiated a public consultation on April 4, 2025, regarding a proposal to add six chemical groups to the …
Indonesia
On January 24, 2025, the Indonesian Ministry of Industry issued Ministerial Regulation No. 6 of 2025 concerning the mandatory application of the Indonesian National Standard for primary paper and cardboard …
New Zealand
On March 13, 2025, the New Zealand government published the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (Schedules 1AA and 2A) Order 2025 in the official Gazette. The order, which came into …
New Zealand
On March 15, 2025, the New Zealand government announced in the official Gazette the enactment of the Imports and Exports (Restrictions) Prohibition Order (No. 2) 2004 Amendment Order 2025, which …
Singapore
On March 21, 2025, Singapore issued the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999 (Amendment of Second Schedule) (No. 3) Order 2025. This order, effective March 24, 2025, defines exempted uses …
China
On Feb. 25, 2025, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment published a draft indicative list of long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs), their salts and related compounds, as well as draft updated …
*Taiwan
On January 20, 2025, the Ministry of Taiwan released the amendment to the “Water pollution control measures and test reporting management regulations”. The amendment was made to strengthen the management …
Philippines
In the Philippines, on March 6th, 2025, a call for opinions was announced regarding substances proposed for addition to the Rotterdam Convention and the Stockholm Conventions.
Singapore
Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) has proposed on February 27, 2025 to regulate Chlorpyrifos, Paraquat, and Paraquat salts as hazardous substances under the Environmental Protection and Management Act (EPMA). A …
Malaysia
An announcement regarding regulations of Dechlorane Plus and UV-328 under the Stockholm Convention was published on the Malaysian Registration System “MyEHS” website on February 28, 2025. The announcement explained the …
Singapore
In Singapore, the “Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999 (Amendment of Second Schedule) Order 2025” and the “Environmental Protection and Management (Hazardous Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2025” were published on January …
Japan
On November 15, 2024, the Japanese Cabinet promulgated the Ministerial Order Specifying Chemical Substances Pursuant to Article 1, Paragraph 1, Item 35 (c) of the Order for Enforcement of the …
China
On Nov. 25, 2024, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment made on its website an announcement seeking information from the public on the production, use, import and export of chemicals …
Japan
On December 24, 2024, Japan held an expert meeting to discuss provisional target values for PFOS and PFOA levels in tap water, as well as provisional guidelines for public water …
Japan
The Cabinet of Japan decided the Cabinet Order on Designation of UV-328, methoxychlor, and decolane plus as Class I Specified Chemical Substances under the Act on the Evaluation of Chemical …
Singapore
In Singapore, on November 12, 2024, the circular “Updates on Exemptions for Dechlorane Plus and UV-328 in Singapore” was published. This circular sets out the exemptions for the prohibition of …
Japan
On Nov. 7, 2024, the Japanese government published a draft cabinet order amending the enforcement order for the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL) to designate UV-328, methoxychlor and Dechlorane Plus …
*Taiwan
On October 21, 2024, the Ministry of Environment of Taiwan issued an amendment draft to the “Controlled toxic chemical substances and their handling management matters”.
Thailand
On December 2, 2024, the Department of Industrial Works (DIW) of the Ministry of Industry published a draft amendment to List 5 of hazardous substances under the Hazardous Substances Act, …
Japan
On Sept. 20, 2024, Japan’s Central Environment Council, an advisory body to the government, submitted to the Environment Minister its third and fourth reports on how to regulate perfluorohexanesulfonic acid …
China
On Aug. 23, 2024, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation issued a mandatory national standard titled “Household and Similar Electrical Appliances—Energy Saving and Environment Protection Specification” (GB 44499-2024), which will …
Australia
On September 27, 2024, the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) released a consultation paper on “Reform of packaging regulation.” The deadline for submitting comments …
Japan
On Sept. 9, 2024, the Japanese government published a draft ministerial order that specifies controlled chemicals in accordance with Article 1, paragraph (1), item (xxxv), (c) of the Order for …
India
India’s Basic Chemicals, Cosmetics & Dyes Export Promotion Council (Chemexcil), under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, has surveyed companies on the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), and …
New Zealand
The New Zealand Ministry for the Environment (MOE) / Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), in a press release dated July 25, 2024, announced the publication of a discussion document titled “Amendment …
South Korea
On April 2, 2024, the Korea Consumer Agency announced that it had detected Short-chain Chlorinated Paraffins (SCCPs), a persistent organic pollutant (POP) exceeding relevant European standards in some products, as …
China
In May 2024, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and other central government departments published a white paper on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the country …
Singapore
On May 6, 2024, the National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore announced by circular that, following the official notification by the Secretary-General of the United Nations on February 26, 2024 …
Australia
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, …
*Taiwan
On April 24, 2024, Taiwan’s Ministry of Environment announced a revision of the country’s toxic chemical rules called “Categories and Management of Handling for Toxic Chemical Substances”, which is based …
Singapore
On March 15, 2024, the National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore issued a circular notifying the prohibition of fire-fighting foams containing PFAS from 2026 onwards. This measure aligns with the …
Vietnam
On March 13, 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) of Vietnam released a draft amendment to the Law on Chemicals (hereinafter the “Draft”). The revising work of the …
China
On February 12, the State Administration for Market Regulation of China notified a draft of a mandatory national standard (GB) entitled “Household and similar electrical appliances – Energy saving and …
China
On Dec. 27, 2023, China’s National Development and Reform Commission published the 2024 edition of the Industrial Structure Adjustment Guidance List ― a national list of industrial fields, operations, equipment, …
Singapore
On January 18, 2024, Singapore published a proposal to regulate medium-chain chlorinated paraffins and long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (long-chain PFCAs), their salts and related compounds under the Stockholm Convention (POPs Convention), …
Global
According to a press release dated October 16, 2023, the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC) of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention), considered a draft proposal …
China
On November 2, 2023, the Solid Waste and Chemicals Management Technology Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China published the “Reference list of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its …
Australia
Since September 25, 2023, the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has been soliciting public comments on a draft decision to add four bromine-based flame retardants …
Thailand
On 1st November 2023, the Department of Industrial Works (DIW), Ministry of Industry of Thailand released a draft notification to revise the hazardous substance list under Hazardous Substance Act B.E. …
China
On August 28, 2023, the State Administration for Market Regulation of China issued a WTO notification on a draft amendment to a mandatory national standard (GB) “Safety and technical standards …
China
On Sept. 5, 2023, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment released on its website a draft 2023 installment of the national implementation plan for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic …
Australia
On July 21, 2023, the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water began a call for comments on a draft decision to add three types of perfluoroalkyl …
Vietnam
On June 26, 2023, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam promulgated Decision 1701/QD-BTNMT on Guidance for Implementation of Administrative Procedures in the Environmental Sector, which came into …
China
On July 20, 2023, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China issues a notice to start collecting information on the production, uses, import/export, alternative substances and alternative technologies of …
South Korea
On June 9, 2023, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced that the latest revised version of the Regulations on Types of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Specific Exemptions …
*Taiwan
On July 11, 2023, the Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan of Taiwan (Taiwan EPA) announced the draft amendment to the “Regulated Toxic Chemical Substances and Handling Management Matters”. The deadline …
China
On June 6, 2023, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Commerce, and General Administration of Customs published the eighth installment of the list of goods prohibited for import …
China
On June 6, 2023, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Emergency Management and eight other government departments issued an announcement of environmental …
Philippines
On 11 April 2023, Chemical Management Section (CMS) of Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) of the Philippines, released a report on the review of …
Global
In a press release dated May 15, 2023, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention/hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”) announced that it was decided the 11th Conference …
China
On March 15, 2023, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment published two sets of draft regulations on chemicals that have been added to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants …
Thailand
Department of Industrial Works, Ministry of Industry of Thailand published “Order of Department of Industrial Works No. 42/2566 regarding Hazardous Substance Management of Perfluorooctanoic Acid, Salt of Perfluorooctanoic Acid and …
New Zealand
On January 1, 2023, the New Zealand (NZ) Government imposed severe restrictions on foam extinguishing agents which contain PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances). The NZ Environmental Protection Agency made the …
Thailand
Ministry of Industry of Thailand published “Notification of Ministry of Industry B.E. 2565 (2022): List of hazardous substances (No.7)” in the Royal Gazette on 21 December 2022. The notification has …
Vietnam
On Sept. 15, 2022, Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment published the second Draft National Technical Regulation on Thresholds for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Articles, Products, Commodities and …
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 …
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 …
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) …
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 …
Thailand
NOTE: Ministry of Industry of Thailand published “Notification of Ministry of Industry B.E. 2565 (2022): List of hazardous substances (No.7)” in the Royal Gazette on 21 December 2022. See more …
Vietnam
On January 10, 2022, the Vietnamese government established and enacted the Decree No. 08/2022/ND-CP Detailing a Number of Articles of the Law on Environmental Protection (hereinafter the “the Decree”). Articles …
Vietnam
On November, 2021, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam published the draft National Technical Regulation (QCVN) on Allowable Limits of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Raw Materials, …
Vietnam
On September 21, 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) of Vietnam submitted an official document (No. 4720/BCT-ATMT) providing its official opinion on the Draft Decree on Detailed Provisions …
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