PFAS now requires Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reporting and the U.S. EPA finishes first High Priority risk assessment on methylene chloride.

Yordas Group can now submit Poison Centre Notification, as per the new harmonised requirements, to the appointed bodies in EU Member States Denmark, Estonia and Germany.

Korean Ministry of Employment and Labor published a draft revision to the Standards for Classification and Labelling of Chemical Substances and Material Safety Data Sheet

The Korean Ministry of Environment (MoE ) published a list of 82 substances whose registrants are small and medium-sized enterprises that are now required to register before 2021

India is drawing up the fifth draft of its Chemical (Management and Safety) 20XX Rules (“India REACH”), which is expected to be the final draft. It will be published this year for wider industry consultation. “India REACH” is expected to be published and enforced in early 2021.

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) is consulting on updating substances under the management of the Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Law (PDSCL).

China’s Ministry of Ecology and the Environment published the final version of the MEE Order 12 “Measures for the Environmental Management of New Chemical Substances” to replace MEP Order 7

A consolidated transitional inventory of chemicals was published on the 16th of June 2020 by the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade. The inventory of chemical substances and mixtures is open for submissions from Russian companies. The inventory informs the Eurasian technical regulation on chemical products also known as “Eurasia-REACH”. EAEU member states will create their own inventories.

The draft Regulation was introduced to implement Article 8, 11 and Article 44-4 of Toxic and Concerned Chemical Substance Control Act.

Yordas can help you comply with Taiwanese Chemical Regulation. On 9th June, Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration published the long awaited Guidance on Standard Registration of Priority Existing Chemical substances (the PEC Guidance). The PEC Guidance regulates the registration of the first batch of 106 priority existing chemical substances (PECs). If the annual tonnage is over 1 tonne/year, the Manufacturer/Importer/Third-party representative of the listed substances needs to complete the registration before the given deadlines (depending on the tonnage and the time of Phase 1 registration).

On 9 June 2020, the EPA issued direct final Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) for 16 substances, which were the subject of pre-manufacture notices (PMNs)

Australia's national authority for work health and safety announced the adoption of the 7th revised edition of the GHS will be delayed by six months to the 1st of January 2021