Updates on Chemical Regulations in Europe and North America | May 2022

🇪🇺European Union EU Consults on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)- Perfluoroctanoic Acid (PFOA) (May 17, 2022) The Commission aims to protect human health and the environment by eliminating or restricting the production and use of POPs, as defined in the Stockholm Convention. This act concerns PFOA, its salts and PFOA-related compounds (included in Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021). It amends the PFOA concentration as an unintentional trace contaminant in substances, mixtures and articles, and removes a specific exemption that is no longer needed in the EU. (Read more) ECHA: No Change Proposed to Hazard Classification of Glyphosate (May 30, 2022) ECHA\’s Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) agrees to keep glyphosate’s current classification as causing serious eye damage and being toxic to aquatic life. Based on a wide-ranging review of scientific evidence, the committee again concludes that classifying glyphosate as a carcinogen is not justified. (Read more)   🇬🇧United Kingdom UK: Audit Report on Regulating after EU Exit (May 18, 2022) In May of…

Jun. 02nd, 2022

Updates on Chemical Regulation in Asia-Pacific Region | May 2022

🇨🇳Chinese Mainland China Plans to Apply Hazchem QR Codes Extensively China’s new Hazardous Chemical Registration Comprehensive Service System was launched on February 16, 2022, which supports the automatic generation of QR codes (called “hazardous chemical safety information codes”) for registered hazardous chemicals. Since the QR code cannot be generated unless the registration information is completed, information supplementation in the new system is a necessary step to enable the smooth roll-out of the QR code policy. Although no penalty is imposed if failing to supplement the information in time currently, enterprises are highly recommended to respond to the call from local registration offices. (Read more) China to Strengthen Safety Supervision and Administration of Transport of Dangerous Goods by Vessels On May 11, 2022, the Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China (MoT) issued the draft amendments to the Provisions on the Safety Supervision and Administration of Transport of Dangerous Goods…

Jun. 01st, 2022

China Released Action Plan for New Pollutants Treatment

Strengthening the source control is a major method to prevent the generation of new pollutants.   General Office of the State Council of the People\’s Republic of China officially released the approved Action Plan for New Pollutants Treatment (hereinafter referred to as the Plan), according to Notice No.15 of 2022 issued on May 24, 2022, which vows to improve China’s new pollutants treatment capacity significantly by 2025. The Plan was drafted to solicit public comments in October of 2021, which had attracted widespread attention from the industry (CL news).   What Are the New Pollutants? New pollutants, in most cases, come from the production and use of toxic and hazardous chemicals, and they have common properties such as biological toxicity, environmental persistence, and bioaccumulation. Mr. Ren Yong, the Director of the Department of Solid Waste and Chemicals, Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), said in response to media queries – “There are four…

May. 26th, 2022

UPDATE! REACH24H Complete KKDIK Registration As LR

  Recently, REACH24H Consulting Group has successfully completed the registration under Turkey REACH – KKDIK as a lead registrant(LR), which reveals that REACH24H is ready to help global companies to enter the Turkey market, with its professional experts and experiences in chemical compliance services. What is Turkey REACH–KKDIK? KKDIK is an acronym in Turkish for Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals. The KKDIK regulation requires companies importing into or manufacturing products, with an annual production or importation volume of more than one ton in Turkey, to register all chemical substances before December 31st, 2023,  whether these chemicals are pure, in mixtures, or intended to release in articles.   Why is KKDIK Registration Challenging? Although KKDIK is similar to EU REACH Regulation, there are still many differences. According to the Ministry of Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change (MoEUCC) in Turkey, companies must prepare the requested dossiers, Chemical Safety Report (CSR) as well as safety data sheet (SDS) in the Turkish….

May. 20th, 2022

China Plans to Apply Hazchem QR Codes Extensively

Hazardous Chemical Safety Information QR Codes China’s new Hazardous Chemical Registration Comprehensive Service System was launched on February 16, 2022, which supports the automatic generation of QR codes (called “hazardous chemical safety information codes”) for registered hazardous chemicals. (China Hazardous Chemical Registration) Following the “One enterprise, one chemical product, and one QR code” principle, hazardous chemical management based on QR code was previously expected to be fully implemented in China this year. However, it appears that the plan is overly ambitious given the difficulties in resuming production and supply chain paralysis due to COVID curbs, the lack of legislative support, etc. An official who wished to remain anonymous told ChemLinked that “the authority is planning to expand the Guangdong pilot project to an even larger-scale program in the latter half of the year, to involve more cities.” The Guangdong pilot project, starting from October 1, 2021, mandated QR codes displayed on…

May. 17th, 2022

17,263 Substances Pre-registered under K-REACH

On March 31, 2022, South Korea\’s Ministry of Environment (MoE) published the updated list of pre-registered substances under K-REACH. So far, a total of 212,992 pre-registration applications were submitted for 17,263 chemical substances, of which 76 are CMR substances. About 9% of the pre-registered substances are manufactured or imported over 1,000 tonnes per year. For each pre-registered existing chemical substance, the MoE provides information including  KE number, CAS number and chemical name; number of applications for pre-registration; the maximum tonnage band (1-10t/y: 6,768 substances; 10-100t/y: 5,748 substances; 100-1000t/y: 3,162 substances; Above 1000: 1,585 substances); if it is a CMR substance; if consumer uses apply; and hazard classification information. The Ministry of Environment urges the stakeholders involved with existing chemical substances to speed up the registration work before the end of grace period.

May. 07th, 2022

China MEE Consults on Adding 22 Substances into IECSC

On April 28, 2022, the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) published a notice to consult on the addition of 22 substances to the Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances in China (IECSC). The consultation will end on May 13, 2022. These 22 substances were manufactured in or imported into China before October 15, 2003, which fulfilled the supplementation criteria but missed the previous supplementation window. Details of these substances can be assessed here, including chemical name (both in Chinese and English), CAS number or Series number, molecular formula, structural formula, etc. They are now going to be regulated as existing chemical substances in China, and thus free from new chemical registration or notification requirements under the Measures for the Ecology and Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances (MEE Order No.12).  

Apr. 28th, 2022

30 Apr 2022: Deadline for Annual Reporting of China New Chemical Substances

China’s Solid Waste and Chemicals Management Center (SCC) issued a notice on January 22, 2022 to notify certificate holders to submit the annual report for 2021 through the online submission system before April 30, 2022. There’s no need to mail the original paper version. According to the notice, the 2021 annual reporting for China New Chemical Substance shall be prepared as per requirements under The Measures for the Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances (Order No. 12 of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the P. R. China, MEE Order No. 12)  and MEE Announcement No.46 of 2020 (Transitional Arrangements for Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances). Scope New hazardous substances of priority environmental concern that were previously registered under MEP Order No.7; and New substances for which the submission of an annual report is specified as an environmental management requirement in the Regular Registration Certificate under MEE Order No.12. Content The…

Apr. 27th, 2022

South Korea Initiates MSDS Self-check Campaign, Followed by Official Inspection

On April 8, 2022, South Korea\’s Ministry of Employment and Labor announced to initiate a nationalwide supervision campaign on MSDS. Korean manufacturers and importers are required to review internal management on MSDS and fill in the self-check list from April 11, 2022, to May 31, 2022. The Basin/Regional Departments of Employment and Labor conduct spot checks from July 2022 on the compliance of units and rectify issues uncovered. The self-checklist mainly focuses on issues regarding Preparation, online submission and delivery of MSDS; Elements on MSDS (including usage, classification, name and content of components, and regulatory information) and its update; Publicity of MSDS, employee training, etc. * The self-checklist shall be signed by the legal representative and kept for inspection. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), MSDS submission and CBI non-disclosure approval through the IT system is mandatory. For chemicals circulated in Korea with MSDS prepared before January…

Apr. 26th, 2022

EU REACH: Upcoming Changes to Information Requirements

On April 12, 2022, the European Chemicals Agency(ECHA) published the news that the European Commission has revised certain information requirements for registering chemicals under EU REACH. Companies should start to prepare as the changes will begin to apply in October 2022. ECHA will publish further advice later this year. The update of the EU REACH annexes clarifies the information companies need to submit in their registrations and makes ECHA’s evaluation practices more transparent and predictable. The changes will start to apply from 14 October 2022. Companies should get familiar with the updated annexes and prepare to review their registration dossiers. The main changes concern: Requirements and specific rules for adaptation of: in vitro and in vivo mutagenicity studies, specifying when further studies are needed based on mutagenicity concerns; reproductive toxicity studies, specifying the preferred animal species and administration routes, and clarifying the conditions triggering the need for further studies based on concerns; aquatic…

Apr. 20th, 2022
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