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Taiwan to Establish Special Department of Chemical Registration and Evaluation under Revised TCSCA

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection will be established to replace Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration next year. A department of chemicals and pollution control will be formed under the Ministry. One of its divisions will be responsible for the registration and evaluation of chemicals under the revised TCSCA. A team of external specialists will be hired to provide assistance with dossier review. Workforce capacity issues relating to the work volume will be solved by outsourcing certain aspects to qualified groups and legal bodies, as authorized by the Article 7-2.

Currently Taiwan’s most comprehensive database for chemicals is arranged by CLA, namely the Existing Chemical Substances Inventory (ECSI), covering approximately 79,000 substances. Taiwan’s EPA will not establish a new national inventory for existing chemicals. Through negotiation with CLA, the ECSI will be taken as the basis to judge whether the chemical is identified as new and subsequently subject to new chemical registration under the revised TCSCA.

The articles for chemical registration and the stricter management of Class 4 toxic chemicals will take effect one year after the revised TCSCA is officially promulgated. The revised TCSCA is expected to be promulgated this year, thus potential registers should complete registration by the end of 2014. No additional buffer period will be afforded to industry.

The 17 articles newly added or revised to the TCSCA which have been passed by the third reading are accessible on the Taiwan’s Laws and Regulations Database. The official English translation will be provided for public reference soon.

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