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…
Updated Regulations (Decree 82/2022/ND-CP – only in Vietnamese) on the implementation of the Vietnamese Chemical Law were published in mid-October. They also modify the registration requirements for many substances, including important precursors like ammonia; acetylene; chlorine; fluorine; hydrogen; hydrogen fluoride; hydrogen sulphide; sulphur dioxide; nitric acid; and phosphorous (white, yellow…
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…
The European Union, the United States, and Canada want to promote the exchange of data on substances at the global level. As part of a pilot project, they will test how such an exchange might operate at the international level. The experience gained from the project should then serve as…
The EU Commission has issued Regulation (EU) 2022/1531, thereby amending the EU Cosmetics Regulation (Regulation (EG) 1223/2009) to forbid the presence of 14 additional chemicals that are carcinogenic, mutagenic, and toxic to reproduction (CMR chemicals) in cosmetics. The modification takes effect on December 17 of this year. Among others, the…
Every third consumer product contains substances of very high concern (SVHCs). That’s the finding of a study undertaken as part of an EU project, LIFE AskREACH. The German Federal Environmental Agency also participated in the study and published the results at the beginning of September. Overall, some 106 leisure, garden,…
