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2015 Global Regulatory Highlights – EU REACH

With the deepening of market globalization, trade barrier inevitably becomes a common phenomenon. In the chemical industry, the EU REACH regulation has long been perceived by many as a kind of ...

2016-01-13

Industrial Chemical

Are You Ready for the 2016 Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) under U.S. TSCA?

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), implemented by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is a prominent law in U.S. that aims to prevent unreasonable risks of injury to human health or the ...

2015-12-29

Industrial Chemical

Analysis of the Final Report on the Third REACH-EN-FORCE Project: Advice on REACH Supply Chain Compliance

Recently, ECHA published the final report of the third REACH-EN-FORCE (REF) Project. REF3 covered 28 countries, with 1,169 companies and 5,746 substances inspected during 2013-2014. Detailed ...

2015-12-22

Industrial Chemical

ECHA Asks Registrants to Show their Considerations of Alternative Methods before Consulting on Testing Proposals

To protect the welfare of animals, ECHA has started requesting additional information from registrants who submit new testing proposals for vertebrate animal tests as an approach to ensure that ...

2015-12-10

Industrial Chemical

ECHA Helps Potential Registrants Get Prepared for the REACH2018 Deadline

As the last deadline of May 31, 2018 for REACH registration comes close, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has taken several steps to facilitate joint registration before 2018. On the one hand, ...

2015-12-10

Industrial Chemical

How to Comply with REACH for the Flavor and Fragrance Industry

The Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (‘REACH’) Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 came into force on 1 Jun 2007. The central principle of this regulation is to integrate ...

2015-11-12

Industrial Chemical

Updates on Restrictions of Bisphenol A, DecaBDE and PFOA and Two Opinions for Authorisation

According to the news released by ECHA on 15 September, 2015, SEAC has concluded on restriction proposals of three substances including Bisphenol A, DecaBDE and PFOA and formed two opinions for ...

2015-09-17

Industrial Chemical

Seven Proposed SVHC Are Soliciting Public Comments

On August 31, 2015, seven substances proposed by ECHA, Germany, Austria and Sweden to be identified as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) have been approved and are soliciting public comments. ...

2015-09-09

Industrial Chemical

First list of existing chemical substances subject to K-REACH registration is officially published

First list of existing chemical substances subject to K-REACH registration is officially published today. 510 existing chemical substances are listed, most of which are not very different from draft version published in October, 2014.

2015-07-03

Industrial Chemical

Two New SVHCs added to the Candidate List

On 15 June 2015, ECHA added two new substances of very high concern (SVHCs) to the Candidate List. The Candidate List now contains 163 substances, and 31 of them have subsequently been included in ...

2015-06-16