„The only thing constant in life is change" Heraclitus of Ephesus already knew this and this still holds true 2500 years later. Since the beginning of 2020, Infraserv GmbH & Co. Höchst KG is new owner of KFT Chemieservice GmbH. Infraserv Höchst appointed Marcus Rosenberger and Stefan Palla as managing directors of KFT Chemieservice GmbH. As a...
On November 22, the EU published Regulation 2021/2030 to modify Annex XVII of REACH. The Regulation restricts the manufacture, the placement on the market, and the use of dimethylformamide (DMF). One common use of DMF is as a solvent for many polymers. According to REACH, the substance is considered reprotoxic in...
On November 9, the British government approved the Environment Act 2021 in parliament. Schedule 21 is particularly noteworthy. It states that the State Secretary is empowered to modify both REACH and REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008 – as long as they abide by Article 1 of REACH (aim and scope of the regulation). But the...
Prohibition of Zinc Pyrithione and Other Chemicals Takes Effect on March 1 At the end of October, the EU published Regulation 2021/1902 to modify Annexes II, III, and V of the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009. According to the Regulation, 23 chemicals with carcinogenic, mutagenic, or reprotoxic effects (CMR chemicals) may not be used in cosmetics after...
The registration phase for chemicals has been running since the start of this year. What does that mean for you as a company? You should preregister your chemicals as soon as possible and have them registered if you want to manufacture or import them in a quantity greater than one...
The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) has added to its Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR). As the government stated in its official journal (Japanese only), the register of “Class I Specified Chemicals” now lists 515 chemicals, and the register of “Class II Specified Chemicals” now lists…
Numerous manufacturers, distributors, and/or downstream users headquartered in Great Britain have taken advantage of the opportunity to submit notifications for their chemicals with a DUIN by October 27. They are now considered importers and have also gained time to register their chemicals. Depending on the tonnage band, the following registration…
China’s Solid Waste and Chemicals Management Centre (MEE-SCC), a department of the Ministry for Ecology and Environment (MEE), has given companies until October 31 to submit their missing annual reports. The reports are required when companies register new chemicals that are persistent (P), bioaccumulative (B), and toxic (T). They also include information...
In September, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) published the online version of the new GHS requirements (GHS Rev.9). The only change from the previous version (GHS Rev.8) is the chapter on explosives. The remaining content remains essentially the same. A committee of GHS experts regularly revises the…
On September 21, the EU Commission published the temporary impact assessment on the revision of the Detergents Regulation (Regulation No. 648/2004) and invited stakeholders to participate in a public consultation, which ends on October 19. A modification is required because theory and practice diverge too markedly in the text of the...
Since mid-September, consumers and waste disposers can access the data in the SCIP database to learn about hazardous materials in products. The ECHA issued a press release on the availability of access. According to the ECHA, about 6,000 companies have made 17 million submissions to SCIP. As of September 2021, the...
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