In the future, Turkey wants to ensure better compliance with import regulations for imported toys and a variety of consumer goods. That’s way, as part of TAREKS, its risk-based trade control system), it published two notifications on December 31, 2022 that took effect the next day. The first notification (only…
The ECHA has added nine more substances of very high concern (SVHCs) to the REACH Candidate List and issued a report on the change. The substances involved include printing inks and toners, plasticizers, paints, coatings and coated products, and flame retardants along with those used in the manufacture of pulp…
The British Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) plans to extend the current REACH submission deadlines for every quantity area yet again and to create the appropriate draft legislation. The plan would extend each current submission deadline by three years, to October 2026, October 2028, and October 2030….
As part of the new EU enforcement project, REACH-EN-FORCE 12, enforcement agencies and customs inspectors will examine how well companies meet their obligations under REACH when they import chemicals, mixtures, and products from outside the EU. The planning phase is set to begin in 2023, and the inspections themselves are…
One quarter of all recycled substances and mixtures do not meet the requirements of REACH, according to a study undertaken as part of an ECHA enforcement project. In the project, inspectors performed 46 examinations in 11 countries of the European Economic Area. In 12 cases, management of the waste operators…
South Korea plans to enact a new legal framework for dealing with toxic substances. The changes effect K-REACH and the Chemical Control Act (CCA), a law that regulates the handling of hazardous substances. Representatives of the Environmental Ministry presented the plans (only in Korean) on October 19 at a conference…
The EU Commission Programme for 2023 presented on October 18 foresees publication of the draft revision of REACH in the fourth quarter of 2023, instead of in the first quarter, as originally announced. The response to this postponement is divided. The chemicals industry welcomed the plan, but non-governmental agencies and…
The Brazilian Ministry of Environment wants to obtain an overview of the hazardous chemicals used industrially in the country and plans to monitor the imports and exports of these substances. International conventions already restrict or ban the use of these substances. The project is scheduled to start in early 2023….
The expected approval of the revised chemical regulation (Eurasia REACH or TR EAEU 041/2017) will be delayed by one year, to 2023. The war in Ukraine and the related postponement of finalization of the central chemical inventory are the reasons. Because of the confusion caused by the war, the five…
