ECHA recommends that the European Commission add eight substances, including lead, to the REACH Authorization List in order to protect workers and the environment. Once substances are added to the list, companies will be required to submit an application for permission to continue using them.… Read More »ECHA recommends eight substances for REACH authorization
German Supply Chain The “Act on Corporate Due Diligence to Prevent Human Rights Violations in Supply Chains” Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, also known as the German Supply Chain Act, places extensive new requirements on businesses regarding human rights along the supply chain, or due… Read More »German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act
German Supply Chain The “Act on Corporate Due Diligence to Prevent Human Rights Violations in Supply Chains” Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, also known as the German Supply Chain Act, places extensive new requirements on businesses regarding human rights along the supply chain, or due… Read More »German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act
Introduction: – Dangerous goods are subject to transport, workplace, storage, consumer, and environment protection regulations, to prevent accidents to persons, property or the environment, to other goods or to the means of transport employed. UN Model Dangerous Goods for Transport Labels The United… Read More »Dangerous Goods
India has released the fifth draft of the Chemical (Management and Safety) Rules (CMSR). This regulation replaces two existing rules – Manufacture, Storage, and Import of Hazardous Chemical Rules, 1989, and the Chemical Accidents (Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Response) Rules, 1996. This is akin to… Read More »Draft Chemicals (Management and Safety) Rules
India has released the fifth draft of the Chemical (Management and Safety) Rules (CMSR). This regulation replaces two existing rules – Manufacture, Storage, and Import of Hazardous Chemical Rules, 1989, and the Chemical Accidents (Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Response) Rules, 1996. This is akin to… Read More »Draft Chemicals (Management and Safety) Rules
On March 15, 2023, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment published two sets of draft regulations on chemicals that have been added to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). The chemicals subject to the draft regulations are hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD), pentachlorophenol (PCP) and its salts… Read More »China drafts regulations on POPs
What is Digital Product Passport (DPP)? Digital Product Passports (DPP) are a way of gathering and sharing information on a product over the course of its full existence. They are used to show a product’s environmental, recyclability, and sustainability features. In order to unlock benefits,… Read More »Digital Product Passport (DPP)
The proposed ban on per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds (PFAS) in firefighting foams is supported by ECHA’s Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC). The draft opinion of the Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) is open for consultation until 15 May. What are Firefighting Foams? Firefighting foam is… Read More »ECHA to ban PFAS in Firefighting foams
ECHA’s Enforcement Forum approved the implementation of a pilot project to test consumer goods, including cosmetics, for the presence of prohibited perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs) and related compounds. The pilot project’s inspections will start in 2023 and continue throughout the 12 participating nations in 2024. Objective:… Read More »ECHA Enforcement authorities to target PFCAs and related substances
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