Thailand DIW: “REACH-like Regulation”? Not Exactly

Thailand’s national chemical management policy has drawn a lot of attention since the Department of Industrial Works (DIW) announced that it would compile a national chemicals inventory and expand the management scope of the Hazardous Substances Control Act (HSCA) by adding the annex 5.6 to the hazardous substances list. Despite the importance of this topic for global enterprises, DIW seldom publishes English language information regarding chemical policy changes. So when the Director of Hazardous Substances Control Bureau under DIW, Ms. Somsri Suwanjaras gave her speech at REACH24H’s Chemical Regulatory Annual Conference (CRAC 2016) on Sep 20^th, she received the most questions during the Q&A session in the afternoon.