The Lithuanian government approved the draft of a new chemicals law in mid-February. With this initiative, the country aims to harmonize its regulations on chemical substances and mixtures with the requirements of the applicable EU regulations (REACH, CLP, and POP). According to an advisor in the Lithuanian ministry, the new…
Inspectors from the Norwegian environmental directorate inspected 15 different Web sites selling automotive care products, adhesives, and building materials. They reached the sobering conclusion that none of the Web sites indicated the presence of hazardous contents in the products. The sellers thereby violated Article 48 Section 2 of the CLP...
The National Coordination Committee (NCC), a group established by the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), has worked out the framework for a chemicals law. It calls for the setup of a chemical inventory and a registration system and it should serve as the foundation of a future...
The Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) has updated its draft Regulation on the Environmental Risk Assessment and Control of Chemical Substances (Chinese only) and notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of the revision at the beginning of September. The MEE has not yet announced when the new law will take effect. When compared to...
The New Zealand (Ministry for the Environment (MfE) is seeking to improve its Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act (HSNO) and has already published some suggestions. From August 19 to September 30, stakeholders can make their positions known as part of a public consultation. The goal of the initiative is to replace hazardous chemicals with harmless alternatives more quickly. Although...