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…
As part of an update of the Industrial Safety and Health Act (ISHA), Japan is also introducing workplace exposure limits for 860 chemical substances. The introduction will occur in steps according to the following schedule (only in Japanese). The update means that in the future, companies must perform a risk…
The Canadian ministry for transportation, Transport Canada, plans to align Canada’s Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (TDGR) with international regulations. A related proposal was published on November 26. The proposal is open for comments until February 9, 2023. With this initiative, the Canadian government wishes to simplify the transport of…
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….
The European General Court (EGC) has annulled the decision of the EU Commission to classify titanium dioxide as carcinogenic. The ruling means that companies are no longer required to place a warning label on their products that contain titanium dioxide, as had been obligatory according to Regulation (EU) 2020/217. In…
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…
Tests that do not use animal experiments can identify endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The EU Commission clarified that finding and therefore once again updated planned changes for the CLP Regulation in its draft. The previous draft did not clearly state that a classification based on non-animal tests was possible. The revised…
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…
